Hand-sculpted custom portraits in high-fired glazed porcelain of couple with their dogs. All colors are hand-painted under-glazes and over-glazes. A clear glaze is applied on the under-glazes and is fired in an electric kiln to almost 2400F.Hand-painting of patterns and faces and other details are fired to 1300F. The price for this couple & dogs piece shown is $1300. Additional charge will be assessed if complicated patterns are requested. The price for a similar piece wiith 1 person and 1 dog is $750. The piece shown with single figure with 3 dogs and floral pattern on sofa is $950. Time frame is approximate. Approximately 7"- 8"L
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Custom hand-sculpted portraits of people and/or pets in porcelain or white clay. They can be fully 3-dimensional figures or scenes in relief.
Working from your photos I can do realistic portraits of dogs, cats, or you. I make each piece by hand. Smaller figures are sculpted in high-fired porcelain, whereas larger pieces are sculpted in low-fired white clay. Each piece goes through 3 firings. All the colors are durable fired glazes (2380F) or overglazes (1300F) .
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Nancy Adelman
For Salt and pepperLaura was awesome to work with! Can’t wait to see the finished product!!! The photos look great! Thank you!!!
Lisa Haymaker
For Small Dog Or Cat UrnIt's lovely, thank you!!
Lisa Haymaker
For Pet MugsWe love it, thank you!
Ruby Smith-White
For Sculpted Portraits Of People And Dogs: Part 2I'm very happy with the final project and very impressed with Laua'a artistry. She is a professional, very customer oriented, and she takes pride in her work which was an indication to me, no need to worry. Of course I will work with Laura Wilenskt again and have already referred others to her!
Cheryl Carter
For Cheryl's Wedding & Special OccasionThis artist has been wonderful to work with. My project was a ceramic replica of my closest and dearest friend, my dog Jack. She did the entire piece from pictures! She was very careful to ask me questions along the way to make sure the likeness was right. I am just so impressed with this artist. I have a feeling her work will be priceless at some point in her career... the likeness of my Jack is already priceless to me. There are many great artists at Custommade, but Laura is exceptionally gifted. I just couldn't be happier with the entire process!
Kim Giery
For Alphabet & Name TilesTiles were delivered quickly and they are just beautiful. It was a pleasure working with Laura.
David Burritt
For Sculpted Portraits Of People And DogsIt was a pleasure working with Laura... highest quality in all aspects. We are delighted with her creation and we eagerly await Mother's Day because we know it will be such a special gift.
Jonathan Schneider
For Jonathan's Custom Ring Holder for Wedding RingsLaura is a great person to work with. She did exactly what I wanted and custom made my product exactly with what I asked for while also helping me design it. Communication was great and everything was in my budget. I highly recommend the products and business to anyone. Thank you so much! I will definitely be reaching out to you again.