A relief tile of a pavilion above water on a small stand, with its coloured artwork, a pencil sketch and a colour swatch card laid out in front, the flatbed printer out of focus behind.

Contract manufacture

We make your design — or design it

Most factories in this field will only machine to a file you supply. If you hold a theme, a collection or a landmark but no artwork, that is not a service you can use.

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OEM means you supply finished artwork and we manufacture it. ODM means you supply the subject or the brief and we develop the artwork as well, then manufacture it. We do both. That matters if you hold a theme, a collection or a landmark but have no design ready to put into production.

OEM 来图加工

OEM — we make your design

You supply finished artwork. We prepare it for production, make it in relief or 3D texture, and finish it in the format you need.

Brands, licensors and agencies that already hold artwork and need it manufactured.

You bring

Finished artwork at usable resolution
Target format, size and quantity
Any brand colour references
Packaging requirements, if retail-ready

We do

Preparing the laser cut file and the print file
Film masking, laser cutting and sandblasting
Building up the relief in UV ink, finishing and framing
Sampling before the run, and packing for shipment

A lion-dance design with a temple gate open on screen, the same artwork as a print on the desk, and the relief tile made from it standing between them. — One supplied design, three ways: the file on screen, a print of it, and the relief tile made from it.

ODM 设计加工一体

ODM — we design it too

You bring a subject, a theme or an asset. We develop the artwork as well as manufacture it.

Museums, visitor attractions, regional tourism bodies and brands that hold a subject or an IP but have no artwork ready to manufacture.

You bring

The subject, theme or asset to work from
Any reference material, photographs or existing identity
Format, size and quantity you have in mind
Who it is for and where it will be sold

We do

Developing the artwork from your brief
Adapting it to what relief and 3D texture render well
Everything in the OEM route from planning onward
Revisions against the sample before the run

Four stages of the Temple of Heaven laid out in a row: a reference photograph, a pencil line drawing, the coloured artwork and the finished relief tile. — From a subject to a piece, left to right: reference photograph, line drawing, coloured artwork, relief tile.

贴牌 / 白标

Private label

Finished goods carrying your brand rather than ours, packed retail-ready.

Retailers, museum shops and distributors selling under their own name.

You bring

Your brand marks and any packaging artwork
Barcodes, labelling and market requirements
Quantity and delivery schedule

We do

Production under your brand
Retail packaging to your specification
Labelling applied before dispatch

A printed gift box holding a series of shaped Airshow China pieces, each standing upright in a fitted black foam insert. — Made for a client: an Airshow China series, packed in a printed box with a fitted foam insert.

Why ODM is the useful one

Most factories cannot design

A museum has a collection. A visitor attraction has a landmark. A regional body has a craft tradition it wants to put in a shop. What none of them necessarily has is a print-ready file that will work well in relief.

That last part is the bit that catches people out. An image can be beautiful on paper and still work poorly in relief — flat tonal areas give the relief nothing to work with, and detail that survives at A3 can close up at magnet size. Designing with the process in mind is a different job from designing well.

One supplied design can be produced as a magnet, an unframed tile, a disc on a stand, a tassel pendant, a framed piece at several sizes, a table screen or a matched set — in rectangle, square, round, hexagon or fan.

One design, every format

What we have designed and made

Samples produced to prove range. Not a catalogue — they show how relief and 3D texture handle different kinds of image.

Close view of a Thangka relief: cloud and lotus forms with dark outlines following each raised edge. — Thangka and Buddhist imagery唐卡
Cloud and lotus forms in relief, the colour held to each outline.

Relief of loquat fruit, leaves and a small bird on a gold-tone ground, seen at an angle. — Gongbi bird-and-flower painting工笔花鸟
Loquats and a bird: rounded fruit, leaf veins and fine feathering on a gold-tone ground.

Angled view of a large relief mural of red-crowned cranes, each feather a raised overlapping form. — Large-format murals大幅壁画
Red-crowned cranes at wall scale, each feather a separate raised form.

Abstract relief of blue, green, pink and yellow shapes stepping down in distinct flat levels. — Graphic abstract compositions抽象色块
Flat colour planes stepping down through several distinct heights.

Close view of a sunset seascape with sailboats, its brushstrokes raised as glossy texture. — Oil painting reproduction油画复制
3D texture: brushstrokes built up in UV ink. Shown on a wood panel; the same texture is made on tile.

Traditional opera figures京剧人物

Fine line work and costume detail

Lion dance醒狮

Dense colour and fur texture

Shadow puppets皮影

Repeat production of one design across a set

Kites and folk motifs风筝 · 民俗纹样

Symmetry and flat graphic colour

City landmarks城市地标

Architectural detail at small scale

Ink landscape水墨山水

Tonal gradation and fine line

Terms at a glance

OEM: You supply the artwork. We manufacture.
ODM: You supply the brief. We design and manufacture.
Private label: Your brand on the goods and the packaging.
Planning and design: Planning is not charged, OEM or ODM. Artwork development on the ODM route is charged and quoted per project.
Minimum: 100 pieces of one design, OEM or ODM
Sampling: 5–7 days
Production: 20–30 days, depending on order quantity
Tooling: None. No mould, no plate, no per-design setup cost

What it costs →Quality and inspection →Thangka, trade supply →

Contract questions

What is the difference between OEM and ODM here?

OEM means you supply the artwork and we manufacture it. ODM means you supply the subject or the brief and we develop the artwork as well. Both routes end at the same place — a finished ceramic relief piece in the format you need — but they start from different things, and the ODM route means you do not need artwork in hand before you talk to us.

We have a subject but no artwork. Can you still help?

Yes, and that is the ODM route. Bring the subject, any reference material and a sense of who it is for, and we develop the artwork from there — including adapting it to what relief and 3D texture actually render well, which is a constraint most designers working on paper have no reason to know about.

Who owns the design you produce for us?

Ownership and usage are agreed in the order rather than assumed here. Raise it early if the design will carry your brand or extend an existing identity, because it affects how the work is set up as much as who holds it afterwards.

Can our artwork and samples be kept confidential?

Please let us know about any confidentiality or sample-use requirements before placing your order so these can be reviewed and agreed in writing.

Can you match an existing product or range we already sell?

Send what you have. Matching an existing range is a normal brief, though be aware that a relief or 3D textured ceramic surface behaves differently from print on paper or flat-printed ceramic — we would rather show you a sample early than promise an exact match to something made by another process.

What is the minimum for an OEM order?

100 pieces of one design, for OEM and ODM alike. A paid sample of one piece comes first, so the design is approved in hand before the run. Nothing in the process needs a mould or a plate, which is why the same design can then run across several formats.

Design in hand, or just a subject? Either works.

Tell us which, the format you have in mind and roughly how many. Sampling takes 5–7 days.

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