The Workshop · Los Angeles
Personalised pieces, engraved and made in small batches.
Your names, your dates, your mark.
Pick a piece, send us the names and dates, and it is made for you within the week. Parties, businesses and bigger orders are welcome too. Our Etsy shop is coming soon.
The pieces
Some of the things we make, each one made yours.
Every piece is personalised at no extra charge. Proofs on request, spelling confirmed before anything is engraved.
SignatureEngraved Coaster Set
Four coasters in slate, cork or wood. Monogram, a name and date, or a line drawing.
Personalise: initials, names, a date, or your own artwork.
Personalised Cutting Board
Bamboo or acacia board with a family name, a recipe in someone's handwriting, or a wedding date. Food-safe finish.
Personalise: name, date, a recipe or a handwritten note.
SignatureInside-Out Shot Glass
The design is engraved on the underside, so it appears through the glass as you pour. Sets of two, four or six.
Personalise: a name, a monogram or a logo.
Engraved Party Shot Glass Set
One design for the event and every guest's name engraved on their own glass. Bachelorettes, birthdays, the table at the wedding.
Personalise: the event design plus a name per glass. Eight glasses and up.
Personalised Mug
An 11 oz white mug with a full-colour photo or design, printed to last through the dishwasher.
Personalise: a photo, a design, or a name and a line of text.
Relief Coin
A 40 mm brass coin with your pet, your face or your mark raised in real relief, not just marked on the surface.
Personalise: from a photo. We send a preview before it is made.
Engraved Sign or Award
Slate, or wood with an engraved metal plate. A line for the wedding table, a house name, or your company mark on an award. Awards are best in fives and tens.
Personalise: words, names, dates, a logo.
Engraved Pens
Metal pens engraved with a name, initials or a company mark. One as a gift, or a box for the whole team.
Personalise: a name, initials or a logo.
3D-Printed Models and Pieces
Architectural models, city skylines, figures and display pieces, printed in fine detail from your drawings or ours.
Personalise: your building, your city, your design.
Recent work
A few things that left the shop.
Made in Los Angeles, one piece or a small run at a time.
From the workshop
More pieces, start to finish.
Engraved pens and the printed holders made for them, gift sets, coins and keepsakes, all designed and made here.
New · from your photos
Full-colour photo figurines.
A 10 to 15 cm figurine of a person, a couple or a pet, modelled from a few phone photos and printed in full colour. A keepsake for a desk or a shelf, made to order.
Decorative keepsake for display. Not a toy. Not intended for children.
Ordering a figurine
Tell us who it is for.
Send us who should be in the figurine (one person, two people, a pet, or a person and a pet), the height you would like (10, 12 or 15 cm) and any name or date for the base. We reply with the next steps and a quote.
Before we start, we ask you to confirm that you are 18 or older, that you have the right to use the photos, and that everyone shown has agreed. A figurine of a child needs the written consent of a parent or legal guardian.
Where your photos go. We create a 3D model from your photos, on our own computers or with an AI modelling service whose settings keep your files private and out of its training. The finished model goes to a professional 3D-printing partner in the United States or overseas. We keep your photos and the model for 90 days after delivery in case a reprint is needed, then delete them, including from those services, unless you ask us to keep the model for a future order. You can ask for deletion sooner at any time. We never sell your photos or your data.
How ordering works
Three steps, and it is on its way.
Pick and personalise
Choose a piece and send us the names, dates or text through the form below. Attach a photo or logo if the piece takes one.
We make it
Personalised pieces ship in three to five business days. Anything with custom artwork gets a proof first, and we confirm spelling before we engrave.
Ship or pick up
Shipped anywhere in the US, or picked up in Los Angeles. Packed so glass arrives as glass.
Parties, businesses and bigger orders
Ten of something, or a hundred.
Event sets, corporate gifts, recognition awards and stock for your own shop. One design, many pieces, a better price per piece.
- Party and wedding sets with a name on every piece
- Business awards and client gifts with your mark
- Wholesale for shops and event planners, from ten pieces
- Holiday gifts for a team, ordered early for custom artwork
Send the piece, the quantity and the date you need it. We reply within two business days with a price and a proof.
Beyond these
Custom engraving on almost anything
- Metals
- Stainless, aluminium, brass, copper, coated metal, tumblers and lids. Colour marking and deep engraving.
- Glass & stone
- Glasses, bottles, jars, ceramic, tile, slate and stone.
- Wood & leather
- Walnut, bamboo, basswood, plywood; leather, felt and card, engraved or cut.
- Acrylic
- Clear, frosted, opaque and black, engraved or cut.
- The unusual
- Chocolate, fruit, coconut shell. If you can hold it still, we can mark it.
Printed pieces and parts
- Figures & models
- Cake toppers, figures from a scan, city skylines, architectural models, in colour and in fine resin detail.
- Household
- Holders, hooks, organisers, replacement knobs and clips modelled from the broken original.
- Materials
- Everyday plastics, tough engineering plastics, flexible rubber-like parts and high-resolution resin.
- Bigger than the bed?
- Large pieces are printed in sections and assembled into one.
Good to know
The small print, in plain words.
The full versions are one click away: Terms, shipping and returns and the privacy policy.
Turnaround
Personalised catalog pieces ship in 3 to 5 business days. Photo figurines ship within four weeks of your preview approval. Custom artwork, party sets and awards get their date with the quote.
Proofs and spelling
We copy your text exactly as you typed it and confirm it before engraving. Anything beyond plain text gets a proof image to approve.
Returns
Personalised pieces cannot be returned for a change of mind. If a piece arrives damaged in transit, or does not match the preview you approved, send a photo within 14 days and we remake it.
Care
Boards: hand wash and oil now and then. Slate and glass: hand wash. Mugs: dishwasher safe. Figurines: dust with a soft brush, keep out of direct sun.
Logos, artwork and faces
We engrave a logo only for its owner, and we make a figurine only with the consent of everyone in it. Send artwork and photos you have the right to use.
What we don't make
No children's products or toys. No copies of other makers' designs.
On Instagram
Watch it being made.
Get in touch
Tell us what you're imagining.
No commitment. We come back with a quote and any questions. Prefer email? info@arbanilabs.com or call (818) 484-5244.