Teacher, 35 years

This retirement figurine shows a teacher with a gray bun and tortoiseshell glasses, holding a red apple and a stack of books beside a small chalkboard easel. They wear a cream cardigan, a navy top, jeans and flats, and stand on a sandy beach base.Your photo sets the face and hair, so the bun and glasses can be theirs. The cardigan, books, apple and chalkboard come from the design. It all starts in polymer clay, which one of our 20+ artists sculpts by hand and then paints by hand, down to the shine on the apple, with no 3D printing at any step. On Standard and Faster you see a free face proof first, and we keep refining until you love it.Give this teacher retirement gift for 35 years in the classroom, from the school, the staff or a grateful class. It can stay on the bookshelf at home, now that there is no grading waiting. Sizes: Classic 7.1 in...