Inside the studio.

Every mini goes through ten hands-on steps, told here in four chapters. All by hand, start to finish: 10–14 business days of sculpting on Standard, and tracked delivery on top of that.

Start with a photo 📸 from $169

CHAPTER 1 The arrival

The customer photo, printed and pinned above the workbench

Upload your photo

Place the order and upload a clear, front-facing photo. It's printed and pinned above the workbench.

The photo an artist is working from, pinned at the bench

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I stare at the photo until I can see the person laughing. Then I start.

MEI LIN

· head sculptor · 9 years of tiny faces

CHAPTER 2 The head

An artist shaping the basic head from a customer photo

Head sculpting

The artist shapes the basic head from your photo.

Carving the eyes, nose and smile into the clay head

Facial features

Eyes, nose, that exact smile, carved to capture your expression.

Hand-painting the head in the chosen skin and eye colour

Painting & coloring

Hand-painted with your chosen skin tone and eye color.

Building the hair strand by strand in the chosen colour

Hair detailing

Your hairstyle, built strand by strand, in your color.

Face proof approval ✓

The head pauses here. Face proof photos land in your inbox within 1–3 working days, and we modify until you're satisfied. Free, unlimited. Nothing continues without your yes on Standard and Faster. Fastest skips the proof to hit three days.

YOU ARE THE DIRECTOR HERE

Clayfie Studio EXAMPLE EMAIL

Your face proof is ready ✓

Here she is next to your photo. Approve her, or tell us what to change. Revisions are free and unlimited.

YOUR PHOTO

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YOUR PROOF

Approve the face ✓

↺ Unlimited revisions✋ Your yes, unless you pick Fastest

Seen enough? Start yours. Upload one photo and we take it from here. Proof photos before anything ships, on every pace except Fastest. Start with a photo 📸

CHAPTER 3 The body

Crafting the body to the chosen pose, outfit and base

Body production

The body is crafted to the pose, outfit and base you chose.

The finished figurine beside the photo it was sculpted from

Assembly & final check

Head meets body, fixed or wobbling if you picked bobble, then checked over before it's allowed to leave the bench.

CHAPTER 4 The send-off

Packaging

Nested in foam under dot-print tissue, inside the magnetic gift box.

Shipping

Tracked worldwide once sculpting is done: 8–14 business days in the US, 5–10 in the UK and Europe, 6–20 elsewhere.

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How big is a mini, actually?

Measured from the base to the top of the head, standing (not the span when sitting or lying down). Your phone is here for scale.

18 cm (7.1 in)

23 cm (9.1 in)

30 cm (11.8 in)

iPhone 17

14.6 cm

Classic

18 cm · 7.1 in

Grand

23 cm · 9.1 in

Showpiece

30 cm · 11.8 in

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And the pets?

Pet minis are sized to sit beside a human mini. This chart is drawn at its own scale, so read each pet against the phone here rather than against the people above.

8 cm (3.1 in)

10 cm (3.9 in)

12 cm (4.7 in)

15 cm (5.9 in)