Commissions & custom 3D printing
A description, a picture, a sketch or a digital file is enough to begin.
We develop the direction with you, refine the digital result and agree what will be made before anything is committed to print.
The starting point can be simple. The finished object does not have to be.
Wherever you are starting
You do not need to arrive with a production-ready model. The first job is to understand what you want the final object to be.
Start with words. Tell us the subject, purpose, approximate size, mood or details that matter. A rough idea is enough to open the conversation.
Send photographs, sketches, reference images or an existing object. We use them as the visual starting point and ask for anything else needed to establish the form.
Already have a 3D model? We can assess the file, agree scale and production requirements, prepare or adapt it where appropriate, then take it through to print and finishing.
Before production
The digital stage is where the idea can be discussed, shaped and refined. Proportion, scale, important details and the intended finish are established before physical production begins.
Once the agreed direction is clear, we confirm the production route, scope, timescale and price. Only then does the project move into making.
You approve the direction first. We make it physical afterwards.
Develop the form
Finish the object
How a project moves
01
Text, photographs, sketches, references or an existing digital model.
02
We clarify the intended result and establish the form, scale, key details and practical route.
03
The digital direction is checked before production. Changes belong here, before material and machine time are committed.
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When the direction is agreed, the production scope, finish, timescale and final price are confirmed.
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Printing, assembly, preparation and the agreed finish turn the approved digital work into the finished object.
What the studio can take on
Each project is scoped around what it actually needs rather than forced into a fixed package.
Portraits, figures and display pieces developed from an idea or suitable visual reference.
Production from a supplied 3D model, with scale, preparation and print requirements agreed first.
Selected existing concepts can be scaled, adjusted or given a different presentation or finish where practical.
Where the brief calls for it, a print can continue through preparation and surface finishing rather than leave as raw printed plastic.
Production range
Portrait & sculpture
Display objects
Functional pieces
Custom & practical work
These are examples of the studio's production capability, not presented as previous client commissions.
Start a project
You do not need to prepare a formal brief. Give us enough to understand the direction and we can work out what information is needed next.
No production begins from this form. We first review the project and agree the route, scope and price.
Before you ask
No. Text, photographs, sketches or references can be enough to start. What is needed next depends on the object and how precisely it must follow the reference.
Yes, as a starting reference. Some projects need additional views, measurements or decisions because a single photograph cannot show every side of a three-dimensional object.
Yes. The direction is developed and agreed before physical production. Significant changes requested after approval may change the scope, price or timescale.
Usually, provided the model is suitable for production and you have the rights or licence required for the requested reproduction. We can assess the file before quoting production.
Pricing depends on the development required, size, material, machine time, assembly, finishing, quantity and delivery. The production scope and price are agreed before making begins.