Areas we serve
Custom Photo Slates for Colorado Springs, Colorado
Where service is the whole identity of the town.
Handcrafted one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio — and shipped to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
A city that understands service
Colorado Springs is a military town in the best sense of the phrase. Generations of families have served here, retired here, and stayed. The commissary knows their names. The retirement ceremonies are standing-room. And the people who wear a badge or a uniform in this city are held to a standard, and honored for it when the years add up.
That is the work we do best. A real piece of natural slate, printed by hand with the photograph that carries the whole career, finished one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio, with the raw chiseled edge left exactly as the stone split. It sits on a desk or a shelf where people actually look at it — not in a folder with the citation.
Handmade in Ohio, shipped to the Springs
One thing up front, the same as we say everywhere: Albritton's Art™ is one workshop in Coshocton, Ohio. We have no storefront, office, or staff in Colorado Springs. What we do is make each piece by hand and ship it to your address — across the Springs, Fountain, Monument, Falcon, Woodland Park, Manitou Springs, Pueblo, and anywhere else in El Paso County.
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful in a city like this are tributes to service. A portrait in dress uniform with branch, rank, and years underneath. A retirement piece for someone who gave twenty-eight years. A first responder tribute for a promotion or an academy graduation. And at the hardest end of it, end-of-watch pieces and memorials, made slowly and with real care, because a family that has given that much does not need anything rushed.
Handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio · shipped to Colorado Springs, Colorado. Every slate is made by hand, one at a time, in a single workshop — there is no second location and no storefront in Colorado Springs.
Keepsakes That Carry Meaning In El Paso County
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful for Colorado Springs-area families include:
- ✦Military retirement and service tributes — dress uniform, branch, rank, and years of service
- ✦Promotions, reenlistments, commissioning, and academy graduations
- ✦First responder appreciation — police, fire, and EMS retirements, promotions, and awards
- ✦End-of-watch and memorial tributes, made with particular care
- ✦Weddings and anniversaries, including pieces made from a photograph taken decades ago
- ✦Family keepsakes and reunions — the whole crew, at the house or on a trail
- ✦Graduations from area high schools, colleges, and service programs
- ✦Pet keepsakes — the dog who was there through every deployment and every move
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 Colorado Springs
Delivered to your door, Colorado
Shipping to Colorado Springs: 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 Colorado Springs best
A photo from Colorado Springs, kept in stone.
For the people who gave their careers to service, send us the photograph and the years, and we will put them on stone. Sizes run $15 to $55, every piece handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio, and shipped to your door in Colorado Springs.
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.