Design Development, Prototyping & Model Making
Turning ideas, sketches and digital designs into physical prototypes, scale models, presentation models and bespoke props.
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FABRICATION
Specialist fabrication, mould making and custom physical builds for film, design and commercial production.
Combining traditional workshop craft with digital production to solve unusual builds, one-off objects and repeatable physical parts.
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MAKE. MOULD. CAST. FINISH.
Built around the brief.
From Life creates custom objects, hero props, moulds, castings, components and specialist builds for creative and technical projects.
Whether starting from a sketch, reference object, 3D scan or CAD file, we assess what needs to be made and choose the most appropriate route to get there. Traditional model making and mould making sit alongside digital production, fabrication and hand finishing, allowing the process to follow the job rather than the other way around.
CAPABILITIES
What we make.
Mould Making & Casting
Traditional and digitally assisted mould making and casting in silicone, resin, polyurethane and other suitable materials, for individual builds and repeat production.
Architectural & Bespoke Reproduction
Reproducing or adapting decorative details, historic features, existing objects and specialist components for heritage, automotive and other applications.
Figures, Sculpture & Installations
Bespoke mannequins, display figures, body forms and sculptural builds for museums, exhibitions, retail, public art and installations.
Soft & Flexible Fabrication
Foams, rubbers, flexible skins, padded structures and tactile forms, with materials and construction developed around the required feel, movement and use.
Specialist Surfaces & Finishing
Electroplating, electrostatic flocking, painting, texturing, patination and convincing material finishes, including skin, stone, wood and metal.
CROSS-DIVISION MAKING
THE RESULT DRIVES THE PROCESS.
We are not tied to a single way of making. A fabrication project might move from digital scanning and modelling through printing, mould making, casting, assembly and hand finishing.
By working directly across Fabrication, Practical Effects and Print Farm, we can choose the right combination of digital accuracy, workshop fabrication and specialist finishing for each project—without forcing the job into a predetermined manufacturing process.
BRING US THE BRIEF.
Have a CAD file, an object to reproduce or an unusual build to solve? Talk to us about the project, the practical requirements and the timescale.
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