Live ENGRAVING + Brand ACTIVATIONS
For brands and businesses, creating memorable moments is the key to retaining customers, deepening brand loyalty, and extending customer lifetime value. While your guests and customers sip on champagne and explore your store or venue, I’ll be calligraphing, engraving, OR wood-burning their name on their purchases or special gift.
This indelible experience hearkens back to a time long-gone, deepening loyalty and driving engagement for a lifetime.
LIVE ART CAPABILITIES
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ENGRAVING
Glass, metal, plastic and more, I can hand engrave on many surfaces and materials.
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WOOD-BURNING
Using a pyrography pen, I can personalize wood items like cutting boards, cigar boxes, signs and more.
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GOLD FOILING
Have leather goods you want to personalize? I can heat deboss or gold foil leather/vegan items.
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CALLIGRAPHY
Sometimes good ol’ ink does the trick! This is perfect for champagne or pressurized bottles, gift tags, or other paper surfaces.
LIVE ENGRAVING FAQS
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Live Lettering — also referred to as On-Site Lettering, In-Store Engraving, Event Calligraphy, Brand Lettering, or Luxury Lettering — is when a brand or business hires an artist or calligrapher (like me!) to come on-site to your store/event/venue to personalize purchases or gifts in real time.
While your guests are mingling and networking, they'll get to enjoy the experience of live art.
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Live engraving/calligraphy is an exciting way for your customers or guests to have their purchases or gift personalized plus experience live art before their eyes.
It makes an indelible impact and truly demonstrates YOUR appreciation for their attendance or loyalty.
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As a form of Experiential Marketing, live art — which includes live calligraphy and engraving — is a great way to enhance corporate conferences and industry events because live art impresses your guests, and adds an element of fun to their meeting experience.
Meeting planners, PR/marketing teams, and brand agencies love hiring artists for on-site lettering because it creates a memorable experience guests cannot stop talking about. -
Pricing is based on a number of factors including time at the event, quantity or expected volume of items, travel, lettering surface, materials needed, and more.
On-Site Lettering Starting Prices:
Calligraphy: $175/hr
Engraving/Wood-Burning: $200/hr
Heat Foiling: $225/hr
For events longer than 5 hours or multi-day events, please fill out the form below to inquire for my day rates.
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Of course! If you do not need me to attend your event, but want to provide your customers/guests with personalization, I offer in-studio calligraphy/engraving.
Please complete the form below to inquire.
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I can engrave (glass, metal, plastic), wood-burn, heat foil (leather, vegan, vinyl), heat deboss (leather, vegan, vinyl), and of course do classic calligraphy with ink on many surfaces.
Calligraphy/Engraving Ideas
Engraved Candles or Fragrances
Engraved Wine or Spirits Bottles
For pressurized bottles like champagne, I offer hand-lettering
Heat-Foiled Luggage Tags
Wood-Burned Cutting Boards
Wood-Burned Cigar Boxes
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When you're working with me, you're not just hiring an artist, but a 16-year PR and marketing veteran who has worked with global brands like Nordstrom, Barclays, JetBlue, the NFL, and Priceline.
When I’m on-site for your event, I function as an extension of your marketing and branding team, ensuring your guests are impressed with service and experience they're receiving. -
Yes. Clients have hired me to travel to their on-site events. If you would like to hire me for your event, I can provide estimated travel expenses in my proposal and will bill for the final amount post-event.