79CamaroDiva
02-11-2008, 07:14 PM
As if I'm not busy enough trying to run a dragstrip, I've decided to take on a new venture and start my own business called Eastern Grafix, which specializes in laser photo engraving. That means that you can take any picture you want, and engrave it into just about any surface you want at near-photo quality detail. So far, our samples have been mistaken for photos by about 85% of the people who've seen them, except they're on marble and granite.
The engraver itself can lase into any surface with the exception of un-coated metals. That means your not limited to just the traditional marble, wood, granite, etc, but it can do plastics, coated metals (anodized, chrome, stainless, etc.) In training, we even engraved an M&M, some leather belts, and our instructor had done his jeans.
My whole idea is to bring this type of artwork to the automotive world, specifically drag racers and car show gurus, because my background and degree are in graphic design and photography, but I have spent my life around cars and drag racing. One of my biggest ideas is to offer an information "poster" made out of granite or marble for your car when you go to shows. Everybody makes them out of cardstock, the higher end types have them professionally printed, but how much would your car stand out if it had a picture with all the information next to it engraved in black marble?
We'll be ready to ship orders on or before 2/25, and until then we will be offering a 25% discount to NJFBOA members just because you'll have a little bit longer turnaround than usual while we get our shop 100% set up. Afterwards, all NJFBOA members will get a 10% discount.
We will be working closely with AlexQ Photo so you can use his photos to engrave.
Feel free to email me through here or my site, or send a PM to either me or SteveR for more info :D
here's a taste of the samples that we have made.. for any more, go to www.easterngrafix.com
http://www.easterngrafix.com/images/gallery/thompson.jpg http://www.easterngrafix.com/images/gallery/rick.jpg
The engraver itself can lase into any surface with the exception of un-coated metals. That means your not limited to just the traditional marble, wood, granite, etc, but it can do plastics, coated metals (anodized, chrome, stainless, etc.) In training, we even engraved an M&M, some leather belts, and our instructor had done his jeans.
My whole idea is to bring this type of artwork to the automotive world, specifically drag racers and car show gurus, because my background and degree are in graphic design and photography, but I have spent my life around cars and drag racing. One of my biggest ideas is to offer an information "poster" made out of granite or marble for your car when you go to shows. Everybody makes them out of cardstock, the higher end types have them professionally printed, but how much would your car stand out if it had a picture with all the information next to it engraved in black marble?
We'll be ready to ship orders on or before 2/25, and until then we will be offering a 25% discount to NJFBOA members just because you'll have a little bit longer turnaround than usual while we get our shop 100% set up. Afterwards, all NJFBOA members will get a 10% discount.
We will be working closely with AlexQ Photo so you can use his photos to engrave.
Feel free to email me through here or my site, or send a PM to either me or SteveR for more info :D
here's a taste of the samples that we have made.. for any more, go to www.easterngrafix.com
http://www.easterngrafix.com/images/gallery/thompson.jpg http://www.easterngrafix.com/images/gallery/rick.jpg