What people commission · Hands & Impressions
A Hand, at the Size It Actually Was
Almost always for a new baby, and sometimes for a memorial. Either way the appeal is exactness — this is the hand at the size it actually was, in a metal that does not change.
Send a reference, a rough idea, or a photograph. We will tell you honestly whether it will cast well.
The whole argument, in one line
One of one. The design retires after casting.
1 of 1
No mould survives to make a second
Approved
You sign off before any metal is poured
.999
Fine silver, hand-poured in the USA
.999
Fine silver. One grade, every piece, every size
1 of 1
The design is retired after casting. Genuinely
USA
Hand-poured here, not imported and rebadged
COA
Certificate of authenticity with every piece
The impression is the whole thing
Everything depends on the quality of the impression, and impressions of very small children are difficult because children do not hold still. A poor impression cannot be rescued in the sculpt, and casting from it produces something soft and disappointing.
How it works
- An impression kit posted to you, with instructions written by someone who has done it.
- Two attempts included, because the first often does not work.
- Best done when a baby is asleep, which is the only real trick.
- We assess the impression before casting and tell you if it needs redoing.
- The impression is returned or destroyed as you prefer.
The most personal subject, and the most time-sensitive
Hands and small casts occupy a different category to every other commission because they are the one subject taken from life rather than from images. A child's hand, a pair of hands together, a print — these are records of a specific person at a specific moment, and the moment does not wait. Parents of small children are the most common clients here and they are usually working against a stage that is already ending.
That timing is the honest advice worth giving. Where a cast can be taken, take it sooner than feels necessary — a cast keeps indefinitely and can be worked from whenever you are ready, but it cannot be taken retrospectively. Working from photographs alone is possible for hands and it is genuinely harder, because hands are the part of the body people recognize most precisely and photograph least well.
How we handle it
- 01Send the kit with clear instructions and a spare.
- 02Assess what comes back honestly before proceeding.
- 03Cast in .999 fine silver and hand-finish.
- 04X-ray verify and issue the certificate.
- 05Retire the mould.
Do it while they are asleep. It is the single piece of advice that determines whether this works, and every parent who has tried it awake already knows why.
Said plainly
Where we stop
If the impression is not good enough we will tell you and send another kit rather than cast something soft. There is no point producing a keepsake that does not look like the hand.
FAQ
Common questions
- How do you take the impression?
- A kit we post to you, with a spare. It is straightforward and best done while the baby sleeps.
- What if it goes wrong?
- Two attempts are included, and we will send more rather than cast a poor impression.
- Can you do an adult hand?
- Yes, and it is much easier because adults hold still.
- Is it solid silver?
- Yes, .999 fine, weighed and X-ray verified like everything else we make.
How it works
The Brief
Send a photograph, a reference, or a description. This stage costs nothing and it is where we tell you the truth about what is possible.
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The Sculpt
We build it digitally first and show it to you. Nothing is cast until you have seen it and said yes.
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Casting & Finishing
The sculpt becomes a mould, the mould becomes metal, and then a person finishes it by hand. That last part is why no two castings are identical.
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Delivery & Certificate
It is heavy, it is valuable, and it ships insured. The certificate travels with it.
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The Buy-Back
Because you own a solid silver object, you can sell it back to us at any time at 95–98% of the current silver spot price for its metal weight.
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More what people commission
Pets
By a distance the most commissioned thing we make, and usually the one that means the most. Often it is a memorial, which changes how carefully we handle every part of it.
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Mascots & Logos
Companies commission these for milestones, retirements and the kind of award nobody throws away. A solid silver version of your own mascot is difficult to put in a drawer.
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Cars & Vehicles
Not a generic model of that make. Your actual car, with your plate, your wheels and the modification you spent a summer arguing with.
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Next step
Run it both ways before you decide.
No credit check and no obligation. Tell us what you hold and what the money is for, and if selling is the better answer for your situation you will be told that first.