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Custom Photo Slates for Parkersburg, West Virginia
A river town where family is the whole point.
Handcrafted one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio — and shipped to Parkersburg, West Virginia.
Two rivers, one close-knit town
Parkersburg is a river town, and river towns have a particular way about them. People stay. Families gather at the same picnic shelters every summer, the reunion happens whether or not anybody sent invitations, and the photograph of everybody lined up by the water gets taken again, year after year, so the kids can see how fast they grew.
That is the work we make for this part of the world. Every piece is a real slab of natural slate, printed by hand with your photograph and finished one at a time in Coshocton, Ohio. The edges stay raw and chiseled the way the stone split, so no two are ever alike — which suits a family that does not have a duplicate anywhere either.
From our Coshocton workshop down the river to you
There is no Albritton's Art™ storefront in Parkersburg — we will never claim there is. We are one workshop in Coshocton, Ohio, and we ship. Your finished keepsake is wrapped, boxed with its display stand, and sent to your address: Parkersburg, Vienna, Williamstown, Belpre, Mineral Wells, Ravenswood, Ripley, or anywhere else along the valley.
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful for Parkersburg-area families are almost always about people. The reunion photograph with four generations in it. Grandma and Grandpa with the grandchildren on their laps. A wedding photo printed for the parents who paid for the whole thing. A veteran's portrait in uniform with his branch and years of service beneath it. And memorials, made slowly and with care, for the ones the family is still talking about every single holiday.
Handcrafted in Coshocton, Ohio · shipped to Parkersburg, West Virginia. Every slate is made by hand, one at a time, in a single workshop — there is no second location and no storefront in Parkersburg.
Keepsakes That Carry Meaning In The Mid-Ohio Valley
Keepsakes that are especially meaningful for Parkersburg-area families include:
- ✦Family keepsakes and reunion photographs — the whole family, or four generations of it
- ✦Weddings and anniversaries, including milestone years from a photograph taken decades ago
- ✦Grandparent pieces — the grandkids, with a family name and a year
- ✦Graduations from local high schools and the area colleges and trade programs
- ✦Veterans and military tributes — branch, rank, and years of service on stone
- ✦First responder tributes for police, fire, and EMS: retirements, promotions, and awards
- ✦Memorial slates for parents and grandparents, with names, dates, and a line they always said
- ✦Pet keepsakes — the porch dog, the lap cat, the one everybody in the family spoiled
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 Parkersburg
Delivered to your door, West Virginia
Shipping to Parkersburg: 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 Parkersburg best
A photo from Parkersburg, kept in stone.
Send us the photograph your family would hate to lose, and we will turn it into something they can hold. Sizes run $15 to $55, every piece handmade in Coshocton, Ohio, and shipped to your door in Parkersburg.
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
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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.