Personal EditionSet of two

The Fold Set

$99USD · preview price

The Fold Set pairs a bifold wallet with a matching key fob. Both carry the same drawing.

Tan wallet and matching key fob, both burned with a senior golden retriever

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Hands lifting the lid off a box, a family silhouette burned across the wallet front

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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

In the set: One bifold wallet and one key fob on a steel split ring.
Placements: Wallet centred 72 x 64 mm. Keychain 22 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 Senior golden — 01 · Source image

Drawing study for Senior golden — 02 · Drawing study

The trace · Senior golden

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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