To create the sculpture, first we take a 3-d mould. This is done by placing the child’s foot or hand in alginate, a soft setting solution used widely by dental surgeries.
It doesn’t matter if your child wriggles and they don’t have to be asleep, it only takes a few minutes. We then use the mold to create a final sculpture in plaster.
These can be finished as stand-alone polished plaster sculptures or in bronze or aluminium resin , solid bronze or solid silver, or framed as a pair using a number of framing options. We hand engrave all sculptures with words of your choice such as your child’s name and age.
Casts can be taken from a child as young as three to four-weeks old.
See our price list for 3D casting
A bit about us..
Feet-1st is run by Chloe Constantine and Pippa Campbell. In our 6 years of experience in the casting business we have gained expertise and knowledge in Impression casting, plaster sculpture and mould making. We spend 50% of our time on the road on home visits, the other 50% of our castings are taken from either of our homes in Carshalton near Sutton and in Tooting, near Streatham.
Pippa has a strong Art background, starting with commercials, documentaries and short films in the Art department of the TV Industry for 13 years. She has also worked in the creative department for the Events Industry and as a design adviser for a well known interior design company before finally training and moving in to casting and sculptures. Pippa has an HND in Art and Design.
Chloe has a business and project background working in the TV industry as a production manager for 10 + years, moving in to the event side of production for 5 years, before training up in casting and joining forces with Pippa to start up a business of their own.
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