Custom Pet Memorial from Photo

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Description

Your pet is one of a kind and losing them can be heartbreaking.  Let us help you immortalise your best friend with a stunning custom pet statue memorial in your garden.  All of our Custom Pet Memorial signs come staked to allow for easy placement as a grave marker, or in their favourite place in the garden.

We are not limited to just dogs.  We are more than happy to help memorialise any special animal in your life - dogs, cats, horses & more.

As each design is fully unique there is an approx 1-2 week turnaround for your proof. We will check you are happy with the design before we run any cuts.

Photo Tips
Photos should be clear, high quality and taken from a low, front-on angle for the photo to convert to a 2D image for cutting.  Photos are converted ‘as-is’ with facial expressions, mouths open/closed and limbs as they are posed. (Specifically for dogs, closed mouths tend to translate ‘sombre’, and open mouths ‘happy’). While we are not able to merge multiple photos together to create the image, multiple reference photos are welcome if there is a specific feature you require.
Your order includes the conversion of one photo. Any additional photo conversions will incur an additional fee.  Please feel free to get in touch with us prior to ordering if you are unsure.

DIMENSIONS:
(signs vary in size depending on the final design - sizes below exclude stakes)
Small: 25cm at longest dimension
Medium: 40cm at longest dimension
Large: approx. 50cm at longest dimension

AVAILABLE FINISHES: 
Rustic: your sign will be cut in 1.6mm REDCOR weathering steel, which requires no additional preservation and will weather into a beautiful rusted finish for years to come. 
Powder coated: Powder-coating is designed for the outdoors and will continue to last while looking amazing. We outsource our powder-coating to a local business. They offer a variety of colours, however our standards are Satin Black and Gloss White. There is approx a 2 week turnaround for this service.

Product Specifications

DIMENSIONS:
(signs vary in size depending on the final design - sizes below exclude stakes)
Small: 25cm at longest dimension
Medium: 40cm at longest dimension
Large: approx. 50cm at longest dimension

AVAILABLE FINISHES:
Rustic: your sign will be cut in 1.6mm REDCOR weathering steel, which requires no additional preservation and will weather into a beautiful rusted finish for years to come.
Powder coated: Powder-coating is designed for the outdoors and will continue to last while looking amazing. We outsource our powder-coating to a local business. They offer a variety of colours, however our standards are Satin Black and Gloss White. There is approx a 2 week turnaround for this service.

HOW TO ORDER:
Choose your Size: Small/Medium/Large
Upload you photo/s: Ideally they should be front on and clear with a simple background. Your order includes the conversion of ONE photo. Any additional photo conversions will incur an additional fee.

*As each design is fully unique there is an approx 1-2 week turnaround for your proof. We will check you are happy with the design before we run any cuts.*

**We will be in touch via email and SMS if we find the image you have uploaded isn't quite suitable for creating a memorial. Please add sales@customsteelappeal.com.au to your safe-sender list to ensure you don't miss any of our communications. If we do not hear back from you at least once in 4 weeks we will automatically cancel & refund your order**

As we cut our items to order they may not be weathered yet when they reach you. We will include a few tips on how to weather your product & get the beautiful rustic patina as quickly as possible.

Weathering Tips

It's our aim to get your sign or ornament to you as quickly as possible, so unfortunately it isn't possible for us to pre-weather them.

This means your item will be in its raw form - the traditional grey steel colour. It doesn't take long to develop the beautiful rusty patina on your item, most will look pretty good within just a couple of weeks.

However, to be fully sealed and for your product to stop leaking any rust, does require 3-6 months. We have experimented with a few different options, and these are our top tips to speed up the weathering process.

Read our WEATHERING TIPS HERE

Shipping

Within Australia we offer flat rate delivery of $13.5 per order, or $18.5 for express postage.
You are also able to pickup from us at Mt Barker SA – this is free!

Postage on Custom Signs

Postage costs on custom signs & items will be quoted along with your sign and generally starts from $15. Australia Post allow us to send items up to 105cm. If your item is larger than this we will use a courier & charges will apply at cost.

When will I receive my order?

Our processing times do vary, however aim to create & post all orders within 3-5 business days, however sometimes there are factors outside of our control that may effect this. Painted items require a minimum 1-2 week processing time to allow for multiple coats & drying time. Powdercoated items are outsourced to a small local business, and as this is a multistep process that requires curing time between each step please allow 2-3 weeks for processing.

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Talissa
Absolutely Perfect

I got a weather steel cutout of my recently past best friend and am beyond happy with it and looking forward to how it rusts!

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Susan Simons
Highly recommend

I cannot recommend Custom Steel Appeal highly enough. Our custom dog signs from photos of our beloved dogs turned out better than we could ever have imagined. Talitha made the whole process so easy & she was beyond helpful & patient in helping us choose the best photos to make sure we got an incredible result.

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Peter Haack
Great product and fast turnaround

Our plaque was delivered really quickly. It was of the highest quality and the process was straight forward.

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Shelley
Love love love

Thank you for creating a great memorial plaque for our much loved fury human. We love it 😍

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Rachel E
Exactly What I Had Hoped For to Remember My Boy

I had a custom steel plaque made in memory of my beautiful fur baby, Stormy, and it’s absolutely perfect. The craftsmanship is stunning — strong, clean, and made to last, just like he was. It now sits in a new garden, surrounded by Storm Lilies, right where he used to sit sunbathing or watching over the pride lands. It brings such a sense of peace and presence. The process was seamless, and I’m so grateful to have something so personal and meaningful to honour him. Thank you for creating something that truly does him justice.

What are the products made from?

While weathering steel is usually referred to by its trademark name COR-TEN (or Corten), we use an Australian made equivalent from Bluescope called REDCOR. It is known for its superior corrosion resistance and thickness. This is because the surface of the steel forms a protective oxide layer when exposed to the weather. In other words, the steel is allowed to rust in order to protect itself. This protective surface layer continues to regenerate over years of exposure.

And it looks AMAZING!