We offer a number of optional extras to help customise our work to the nature of your event, such as:

• Custom Printed backing cards, for mounting silhouettes with your logo or other event details
• Standard backing cards, for mounting silhouettes at any event
• Pre-cut silhouettes of key people at the event
• A Digital Facsimile of all the silhouettes cut at your event
• On the spot frames
• Charles' Silhouette wheel
• Coloured Silhouettes

Custom Printed Backing Cards

Silhouette backing cards printed with your logo and any other information you might like to add about your event. These are a good idea for many events, but are most recommended for product launches, trade shows, and other events where the emphasis is on raising your corporate profile.

On the left, cards made for both The National Gallery & the National Portrait Gallery, both of whom have booked silhouette artists on more than one occassion. The National Portrait Gallery event was their 150th anniversary celebration. Many celebrities were invited, and quite a few now have their silhouette in a card like this!
On the right, a card printed for the Grand Prix event in Bahrain, incorporating the chequered flag design behind each subject's silhouette.

These cards are quite versatile, and we welcome any ideas you may have about thow they should look. There is a small charge for these custom cards, to cover artwork and printing. Sometimes clients prefer to print their own cards, which is fine by us; we are happy to provide samples of previously printed cards and advice on layout as part of our service.

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Standard backing cards

Custom backing cards are not appropriate for every event. Here is a collection of our standard Roving Artist cards in various sizes. They are printed in gold and black onto ivory coloured card.

These are the cards we use as standard if you don't wish to have your own card printed. There's no charge as the cost of these is included in our fee.

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Pre-cut Silhouettes

If you send us a photo or two we will cut a silhouette or two before the event. This is particularly appropriate for birthday parties, weddings, batmitzvahs and the like. You can use the silhouettes on invitations, or ask us to add them to a custom backing card. This service is free when booking one of us for an event!

A collection of cards made for weddings, with the silhouette of the bride and groom appearing on the front of the card, together with the date of the wedding inside. These cards are usually printed in either gold or silver, and add enormously to the sentimental value of the silhouettes cut on the day in future years!

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Digital Facsimiles

These are created by scanning the white off-cuts of all the silhouettes cut at your event to create a digital archive. This is supplied either as a high resolution digital file or (better still) as an A3 print, framed and signed by the artist. You can then print out your own copy or put it on the office intranet!

The process is quite time consuming, so there is a charge to cover our time making these.

Sometimes it is possible to order these after the event, although this does depend on how recent an event it was and which artist was booked (not every artist is as thorough as Charles at keeping these "negatives" of their cuttings!) Please contact us if you might be interested in this.

There is a printable version of this file for you to look at.

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On the spot frames

The silhouette cards we use are all designed to fit neatly into a 6"x 4" or 7"x 5" photo frame. If you like we can bring a box of smart wooden frames to distribute among your guests to instantly frame their silhouettes. We will only charge you for the frames you actually use. This option is suitable for VIP events where you want all your guests to leave with a unique and very personal gift (it can also work well well at trade shows).

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The Silhouette Wheel

One of Charles' specialities. Everybody at the event is cut from a single sheet of paper and presented to the host at the end of the evening. This is usually done at small dinner parties and other private events, but could be done at any kind of event. This is limited only by the number of guests and the time of your event!

The hole in the middle is to accomdate the artist's hand while working. Larger wheels can end up going right round his arm and over his shoulder! (and in the end the "wheel" needn't be a wheel at all, but could be any shape you like really.)

There is no extra charge for this, but it needs a little planning.

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Coloured Silhouettes

The traditional colour of a silhouette is black, however in the 21st century it needn't always be so! In truth there are times when we've been tempted to answer the more extreme questions on this subject in the inimitable style of Mr Ford:

"They can have them any colour they like, just so long as it's black..."

However, there are times when a change in colour can make an interesting change.

1. A silhouette cut from red paper and mounted on black card creates a very striking image.
2. A hollow cut silhouette, cut from white paper and mounted on black card, is an interesting and very traditional variation on the theme.
3. A blue silhouette mounted onto white or cream card to match the colours of a well known corporate logo.
4. A range of silhouettes cut from patterned paper and mounted onto either black or white card. This kind of patterning is quite extreme and does interfere with the natural simplicity of a silhouette, however it could perhaps work at an event where the pattern is highly significant to the audience.

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