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Custom Photo Slates for Chicago, Illinois
A thoughtful gift, handmade in Ohio, sent from one city to another.
Handcrafted one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio — and shipped to Chicago, Illinois.
The city where everybody is shopping for a real gift
Chicago is a gift city. There are more occasions here than anyone can count — the engagement, the wedding, the anniversary, the dinner where somebody gets a promotion, the retirement after thirty years downtown, the graduation, the housewarming for the place they finally bought. And there is a particular pressure that comes with it: everybody is looking for the gift that is not the fourth candle and not another bottle of wine.
We make the gift that answers that. A photograph you already have, printed permanently onto a real piece of natural slate — made by hand, one at a time, in Coshocton, Ohio — with the chiseled edge left exactly as the stone split. It is not a print. It is a piece of stone with the picture in it, and it lands in a living room where people actually notice it.
From our Ohio workshop to the city
Plainly: Albritton's Art™ is one workshop in Coshocton, Ohio, and one person does the work by hand. There is no Chicago studio or storefront with our name on it, and we will never say there is. We ship — to the city, to the neighborhoods, and out through the suburbs, to wherever the person you are buying for happens to live.
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful in a city this size are the ones built around love and work. Weddings and engagements — the couple, the first look, and a piece for the parents who hosted, which is how most people order them. Anniversaries, including the big ones built from a photograph taken decades ago, which is often the piece that lands hardest. Family keepsakes and reunions where four generations finally get into one frame. Graduations. And corporate recognition with genuine weight — years of service, a retirement, a promotion, a team that shipped something enormous under a deadline — because in this city a thin acrylic plaque on a desk reads as an afterthought. Memorials are made slowly and with care; pet keepsakes matter here too, because this is a city that treats its dogs as family.
Handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio · shipped to Chicago, Illinois. Every slate is made by hand, one at a time, in a single workshop — there is no second location and no storefront in Chicago.
Keepsakes That Carry Meaning In Chicago
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful for Chicago-area families and companies include:
- ✦Weddings and engagements — the ceremony, the first look, and a piece for each set of parents
- ✦Anniversaries at the milestone years, including pieces made from a photograph taken decades ago
- ✦Family keepsakes and reunions — the whole family, or four generations in one frame
- ✦Graduations from area high schools, universities, and professional programs
- ✦Corporate and employee appreciation: years of service, retirements, promotions, and team milestones
- ✦First responder and veteran tributes — retirements, promotions, and end-of-watch
- ✦Memorials for parents and grandparents, with names, dates, and a line that meant something
- ✦Pet keepsakes — the dog who owns the whole block and knows which neighbors keep treats
Real finished pieces
What yours will look like
Every one of these is a real slate we made, photographed on its display stand. The stone is split from nature, so no two edges are ever the same.
How it works
Four simple steps, one lasting keepsake.
Send us your photo
Text or email the digital photo you want on slate — the original file from your camera or gallery, if you can find it. Higher resolution prints better, but send what you have and we will tell you honestly how it will look on the stone.
We prepare the design — you approve it first
We lay out the photo, and any names, dates, or words you would like with it. We show it to you before anything is made. Nothing is printed until you say it is right.
Printed on stone, hand-finished in Coshocton
Once you approve it, the image is printed onto natural slate and hand-finished in our Coshocton, Ohio workshop. Because the stone is split from nature, every chiseled edge is a little different — no two pieces are alike.
Shipped to your door
Your finished keepsake is boxed with its display stand and sent to your address, ready to set out the moment you open it. Nothing to frame, nothing to assemble.
Shipping to Chicago
Delivered to your door, Illinois
Shipping to Chicago: Free standard shipping on your first order over $150, through October 31. After that, $10 flat.
Sales tax is calculated automatically at checkout for your location. Sizes run $15 to $55.
Standard shipping is $10 flat nationwide. $25 expedited shipping is always charged. Free standard shipping is available on your first order over $150 through October 31.
Where to start
The collections that fit Chicago best
A photo from Chicago, kept in stone.
If you are shopping for the one gift that does not get returned, start with a photograph you already love. Sizes run $15 to $55, handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio, and shipped to your door in Chicago.
Handmade in Coshocton, Ohio · Sizes $15–$55 · Shipping is $10 flat nationwide standard, or $25 expedited · Sales tax is calculated automatically at checkout for your location
Also serving
We ship everywhere in the United States — these are simply the places people have asked about most. Wherever you are, your keepsake is made the same careful way.