The portrait bifold

$79USD · preview price

A bifold wallet for a portrait, a handwritten note, or a drawing. Preview your mark on the front, across the fold, or inside.

Tan bifold wallet: with a black lab burned into the front

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Close view of a lake scene burned edge to edge, beside the corner stitching

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The wallet held in one hand, a black lab on the front

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The wallet open beside a coffee, a father and son fishing burned on the inner leather

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The wallet opened flat, a city skyline burned in a strip across the fold

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The back face with grandparents drawn in line and the words Married 1971

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The wallet on a walnut dresser with keys and a watch, two dogs on the front

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AI editorial concept of an espresso bifold going into a coat pocket

AI concept

The photo that works

Works: Daylight, eye level — Daylight, eye level

Works: Face and ears in frame — Face and ears in frame

Works: Sharp, looking at you — Sharp, looking at you

Does not work: Too far away — Too far away

Does not work: Nine people, faces too small — Nine people, faces too small

Portrait works best with 1 or 2 people whose faces each span at least a fifth of the photo's width. For 3 or more people, choose Silhouette. In our tests a family of four drawn as a portrait came back with the wrong faces, and a group of nine came back as five people.

Example photos are generated, not customers or their pets.

Preview. Actual burn color and depth vary with the leather.

Use your own image or try a sample.

See a sample

Preview colourTan

Pre-launch preview. Product images are renders. Not yet taking orders.

Piece details

Size: About 11 x 9 cm closed. Final dimensions confirmed before launch.
Inside: Six card slots, a full-length bill pocket, and one plain inner panel for a hidden mark.
Placements: Centred 72 x 64 mm, full front 100 x 76 mm, wrap 200 x 48 mm, back 64 x 52 mm, inside 58 x 40 mm, corner 34 x 30 mm.
Leather: Named here before launch, with its tannery and grade, once it is documented.
The mark: A laser burn of the exact file you approve. Burn color and depth vary with the leather.

Drawing styles and guides

Stencil: Bold filled shapes. Best for dark coats, and the style that holds on a keychain.
Woodcut: Solid shapes with hatching. Closest to the photo, needs room.
Line: Outlines only. Best for light coats and for faces.
Portrait: Faces as clean line art, heads and shoulders. Best for 1 or 2 people.
Silhouette: Solid shapes on a simple horizon. Holds at every size, and the right choice for groups.
Scene: A simplified woodcut of the place: bold lines, few textures, open sky.
As written: Your handwriting or drawing, cleaned to one ink. Nothing is redrawn.

Photo and handwriting guides ↗

Shipping and remake

Ship dates published at launch. Every order will show its burned-by and arrives-by dates before you pay.

You approve the exact drawing before we burn it. If the likeness is off, we redraw and reburn it free. If the burn does not match the file you approved, we remake it or refund it. Each order keeps the fingerprint of the approved file, so we can check.

Care

Keep it dry. Wipe with a soft dry cloth. Full care notes follow once the leather is named.

Illustrative source image for Tabby cat — 01 · Source image

Drawing study for Tabby cat — 02 · Drawing study

The trace · Tabby cat

From image to mark

Start with an image, choose a placement, and review the exact drawing before approving it. The preview checks which placements hold the detail.

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