What people commission · Pets
Your Dog, in Solid Silver
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.
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 photograph decides everything
We are sculpting from your pictures. A single front-on phone snap in bad light does not contain enough information about the shape of a head, the set of the ears or how an animal actually stood. The commission is only as good as what we can see, and that is the honest constraint.
What makes a good reference set
- Five or more photographs from different angles, including both sides.
- Natural daylight rather than flash, which flattens everything.
- At least one standing, full body, at the animal's eye level.
- Close-ups of the face and any marking that matters to you.
- A video if you have one — movement tells us more than stills do.
Why pets are the commission that has to be exactly right
Pet commissions carry a weight that most other subjects do not, because a large share of them are memorial pieces and the animal is not available to photograph again. There is no second chance to gather references and no possibility of the client shrugging off an inaccuracy. Everyone involved knows that from the first message.
What owners actually recognize is rarely a measurement. It is a stance, a tilt of the head, the particular way an animal sat. That is why we ask for casual photographs rather than good ones, and for several rather than one, and why the sculpt approval stage matters more here than for any other subject. If the photographs that exist are limited, we will say what that means for the result before you commit rather than afterwards.
How we handle it
- 01Look at your photographs and tell you honestly whether they are enough.
- 02Talk through the pose, which matters more than people expect.
- 03Digital sculpt for your approval before anything is cast.
- 04Cast in .999 fine silver, hand-finished, X-ray verified.
- 05Retire the design. Nobody else gets your dog.
Long thin legs and fine tails are the practical limit. A whippet in mid-stride is a lovely idea and a fragile object, so we usually adjust the pose slightly to keep it robust. We will show you that change before we cast it, not after.
Said plainly
Where we stop
If your photographs are genuinely not enough, we will say so rather than guess and send you something that is almost your dog. For a memorial, almost is worse than nothing.
FAQ
Common questions
- How many photos do you need?
- Five or more from different angles, in daylight. A video is better than any of them.
- Can you work from one photo?
- Sometimes, and the result depends entirely on that photo. We will tell you honestly before you commit.
- My pet has died and I only have a few pictures.
- Send what you have. We will look at them properly and tell you the truth about what is possible.
- Can you match the markings?
- Silver does not carry color, so markings become texture and relief rather than color. We will show you how it reads before casting.
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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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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Characters & Original Art
People ask us for characters constantly. Here is exactly what we do, and what we do not, without the vagueness this subject usually attracts.
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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.