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Fitted Pictures If you would like a picture fitted in to your stick then please select the kind of stick you want and type in the picture you require from the list below - or choose to supply your own (on the right). We can copy and resize your image using digital technology so any picture you supply will not be used itself and can be returned to you if necessary. Having your own picture copied costs
only an Pictures (not sticks) already in our stock include: Fox, Red Grouse, Cock Pheasant, Hen Pheasant, Red Legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Woodcock, Badger,Hare, B/W Border Collie, Border Terrier, B/W Springer, L/W Springer, Black or Yellow Labrador, Westie L/W Borzoi, Grey Lurcher, Chocolate Cocker, Golden Retriever, Brittany, Jack Russell.
Sticks require ordering in advance and have around a one to two month waiting period.
You may send pictures through the post to the usual address at the bottom of the CONTACTS page or you can send pictures from your computer if you email me and ask for an address that will accept attachments or give me a link to a website (no copyrighted pictures). |
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For the DIY Stickmakers, we can also fit pictures into handle blanks and antler pieces for you to finish off yourselves. Look at the DIY pages and select your blank after choosing the picture you want.
Examples of Picture Sticks: A "Regency" handle with picture of The Duke of Wellington on the front.
Staghorn (Antler) Walking stick with dog picture.
Staghorn thumbstick with fox picture.
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How do we use your photo? Here's a typical photo of three dogs - actually my own! The subject for the picture stick is the one in the middle.
First we crop the picture on the computer to leave just the subject. If you send a picture in the post then your own picture is not cut or used in the stick at all - so you can have it back!
Then we resize it to fit in the stick, print it on special paper and treat it so the liquid resin won't damage it. The picture is fitted into a hole drilled in the stick handle and the liquid resin is poured in and left for 24 hours to set. The resin is then filed and sanded to shape and polished to a clear, glass-like finish:
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Please note: Having a personal picture fitted will delay your stick being delivered by days or weeks. It is often not possible to fit a picture to a stick already in stock so we will normally make the stick and fit the picture during the process of building the stick. If your chosen picture is already fitted in a stick in our stock you may have it immediately! Images must be as clear as possible if you want us to use your own. Some cropping of the picture is normal so that it will fit the space available on the stick. Unsuitable backgrounds may be edited out. |