Personalised baby footprint keyring

The project

The client brought us a cast of the sole of a newborn baby’s foot to turn into a personal keepsake. At Archicercle, we developed the keyring design and made it in glossy acrylic using laser cutting and engraving.

The starting point was the client’s own reference rather than a generic outline. Our contribution was to translate that cast into a foot-shaped piece, retaining the footprint as the central feature of the keepsake.

Laser cutting defines the outline of the keyring, while engraving adds the footprint detail. These are two distinct interventions on the same piece: one shapes the object and the other adds the detail that makes it personal.

The finished piece combines a glossy blue silhouette with a gold-coloured ring. The footprint becomes part of an everyday object that retains its connection to the newborn baby’s foot.

The cast supplied by the client provided the reference for the outline and the engraving.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.