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Custom Photo Slates for Detroit, Michigan
Handmade in Ohio, shipped up to a working city.
Handcrafted one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio — and shipped to Detroit, Michigan.
A city that measures itself in generations of work
Detroit is a working city, and its families measure time in shifts. A grandfather on the line, a father at the same plant, a daughter in the trades — three generations in one photograph, and everybody standing differently in it because of what they did for a living. That is the picture people here actually care about, more than any posed portrait.
We handcraft keepsakes for those families in Coshocton, Ohio — real natural slate, printed with your photograph, made one piece at a time by hand. The chiseled edge is left exactly as the stone split, and the matte surface shows the whole image clearly with no glass and no glare. It stands on its own easel on a shelf or a mantel, at eye level, in a house somebody has lived in for fifty years.
From our Ohio workshop up to southeast Michigan
We will be direct, because it is the truth and you deserve it: Albritton's Art™ is one workshop in Coshocton, Ohio. There is no Detroit shop, studio, or staff and we will never claim there is. Every piece is hand-made here and then shipped to your address — Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Warren, Sterling Heights, Royal Oak, Ferndale, Grosse Pointe, Troy, Novi, Ann Arbor, and anywhere else in the metro.
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful around Detroit are family and work pieces, in that order. The multi-generation photograph, the one with the grandfather in it. Reunions where the family finally gets everybody into one frame. Weddings and milestone anniversaries printed for the couple and the parents. Graduations, which this city celebrates properly. And employee recognition with real weight behind it — years of service at the same company, a retirement after a career, a local that stayed, a team that carried a plant through a hard year. Tributes for veterans and first responders matter here too, along with memorials made with care for the ones whose stories the family repeats on purpose.
Handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio · shipped to Detroit, Michigan. Every slate is made by hand, one at a time, in a single workshop — there is no second location and no storefront in Detroit.
Keepsakes That Carry Meaning Around Detroit
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful for Detroit-area families and companies include:
- ✦Family keepsakes across generations — the grandfather, the father, and the kids in one photograph
- ✦Reunions and multi-generational portraits, with the family name and the years beneath
- ✦Weddings and anniversaries, including milestone years from a photograph taken decades ago
- ✦Graduations from area high schools, universities, and trade and technical programs
- ✦Employee and team recognition: years of service, retirements, promotions, and plant or team milestones
- ✦Union and local recognition for long service, retirement send-offs, and career milestones
- ✦First responder and veteran tributes — retirements, promotions, and end-of-watch
- ✦Memorials for parents and grandparents, with names, dates, and a line they always said
- ✦Pet keepsakes — the dog on the porch who knew every car on the block
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 Detroit
Delivered to your door, Michigan
Shipping to Detroit: 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 Detroit best
A photo from Detroit, kept in stone.
Send us the photograph with the whole family in it, and we will put it on stone. Sizes run $15 to $55, every piece handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio, and shipped to your door in Detroit.
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.