MiniMeGifts.com

We are an online business that creates custom figurines for people all over the world. Our main business is based in Australia and we are soon to open in Europe.

It has taken over 10 years of sculpting experience to get the techniques just right to create them at today’s high standards. But we're not resting on our laurels; our creative team is always coming up with newer and better ways for creating miniature versions of you.

We’re also constantly creating new designs, product ranges and production methods so that you have more choice for giving presents – so things will always be fresh and exciting for you!


So what do we do here at MiniMeGifts.com?

Basically, in one sentence - we turn photos and images of you (or the person you are buying a gift for), into a cool little figurine.

Of course it is a little more complicated than that, so let me show you a little bit of the process. It takes us between 1-3 weeks to create your custom figurine.

First, here is the basic material, polymer clay. It actually starts out as a block when we receive it from Germany. Once it’s been extruded (fancy word for pushed through a round hole), it looks like this.

And here are some of the special sculpting tools that we need to use that are used for all the figurines.
They are small – about 15cm or shorter!

The Process Starts with YOU!

So once you've sent your photos in, one frontal and one from the side, we look at them and study all your features – This is a very important process as all your features and quirks that make you a one-of-a-kind individual need to be taken into account.

Side note: Faces are probably the most difficult structure of the body to sculpt: it is the first object we learn to recognize as kids and are intimately aware when one doesn't look right. Since our brains are supercomputers that can recognize facial features even in childhood friends - people we may not have seen in many years!

The details that we have to take into account are things like skin colour, hair, eye colour, bone structure etc. and we then start “fleshing” your sculpture out by mixing the clays into the right tones and colours.

Yup, we know it doesn’t look like much but Rome wasn’t built in a day! After many hours making tiny changes and tweaks with our tiny tools, your features will start to take shape.

We then start adding the features such as ears, eyebrows, eyes, eyelashes, eyeliner, lips, teeth, smile, ears, hair, beauty spot, dimples, wrinkles (or not), facial expressions etc. If you have any special wishes to include or to leave out features, all you have to do is request them with your order.

You’ll then get an email notification with your figurine proof and tell us if you like how your figurine looks or if you’d like to make any adjustments. We do our absolute best to make the figurine look like you, just realise that this is a caricature and with any piece of art you won’t get 100% likeness.

At this stage if you like how your figurine looks, we’ll continue the sculpting process and we’ll then finish your figurine with the hairline, hair and skin colour. We'll then prepare your figurine for hardening and then add it to a base...

...and voila! Your figurine is finished!

(If you’re getting a complete customised figurine, the body will be sculpted from scratch, and the outfit of your choice will be designed, coloured, hand rolled, cut, and layered onto the body - it's all very intensive but the results are well worth the effort!)

Hope that sheds some light on the process. If you'd like to get your own custom figurine, click here to browse through some of our cool designs.

Warm Regards



P.S - There are also many other products in development that are just as cool as the custom figurines that will be available in the near future. Keep an eye on this spot!

P.P.S - If you are a business or corporation that is interested in our products, we are also able to create figurines in larger quantities. We can create your figurine/s for corporate promotions, sporting clubs, associations, charities, fundraising events and lots more.