present your organization’s architectural icon as a timeless memento.

Want to astonish your patrons, alumni, or donors with a meaningful gift that transcends a mere token of appreciation? We craft meticulously detailed replicas of your organization’s architectural or cultural icon that capture a legacy.

Imagine offering a truly distinctive, signed artwork that honors the heritage of your institution, expresses genuine gratitude for past support, and is ideal for donor cultivating events to inspire future patrons.

Xavier University Of Louisiana chose their historic administration building in New Orleans as their icon for a memento celebrating established donors, as a gift for attendees at alumni events, and for ongoing new donor cultivation.

The finished product is designed to be a meaningful and lasting memento of appreciation, hand finished using our one of a kind cold-cast quartz crystal mineralization process. Includes a detailed enclosure card, an old world inspired gold hook, along with an organza gift bag.

A THOUGHTFUL WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR GRATITUDE

John Marc Anderson studios specializes in immortalizing the grandeur of architecturally significant buildings and landmarks using a proprietary process to create the perfect gift for patrons, students, new donors, and retail branding.

Providing a meaningful “thank you” can help cultivate, retain and engage inactive donors, too. We’ll help you create a gift that has long lasting impact and is reasonably priced.

We create a large scale, three dimensional relief of your subject in our design studio using a variety of architectural modeling materials. The original relief work is intentionally stylized so that it maintains an artistic sensibility.

Our institutional advancement program offers a unique way to memorialize and capture an iconic landmark at your university or setting and create the perfect gift for donors, alumni, cultivation events, or for resale in your retail environments. The old world golden hook and elegant organza gift bag make the memento ideal for holiday events, too. The enclosure card can include your own custom inspired message to engage your audience.

Your original relief can be stylized and treated with many finishes after being laser scanned for miniatures. Many institutions choose to keep the original for display, or auction it off at an event. Our studio maintains the digital files for safekeeping and future re-orders of your mementos.

The finished product has weight, a mineralized look and feel, and substantial relief and detail. Ideal as gifts for alumni. cultivation, and sports events.

We begin with a site visit to your location, documenting and photographing your subject. In our studios, we create a stylized original relief work of your landmark.

From our site visit, we create a sketch prior to creating a relief and working model of your subject.

Your original relief is laser scanned by our engineering team and used to make 3D prints of smaller variations of the subject to be used to create a variety of product options.

After laser scanning the original relief work, our studio prints high resolution 3D images in various sizes of the image for use in assorted product options.

Our in-house hybrid process incorporates state of the art laser scanning and printing techniques along with old world mold making and casting techniques.

Your original work is created by hand in our studios prior to laser scanning and reducing the image in size to the finished memento. This work is an original piece created for a restoration and fund raising project for The St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.

A high resolution 3D print from the laser scan of the original relief work is used to create silicone molds to cast our mineral infused resin. The finished product is a crystallized quartz material that is only available through our studio.

The finished memento size and presentation will vary, depending upon the configuration of the subject. Tall, upright buildings or icons will be presented in vertical fashion, buildings with longer front elevations, horizontally.

Each individual work is uniquely hand crafted and signed by artist John Marc Anderson. For more information, call our studio at (985) 966-3000 for packages and pricing information.

Prices vary depending upon the complexity of the subject matter, accessibility of the site, and other factors.

Each individual memento is signed in gold by artist John Marc Anderson, adding a distinctive, personal touch. The memento can be left blank if desired.

Your architectural icon can also be captured as a sterling silver or bronze pin. This particular piece has been given a patina to further enhance contrast. We partner with a New Orleans fine metal clay artist to cast these one of a kind products from our original molds.

HOW TO GET YOUR PROJECT STARTED, COSTS, AND MORE INFO

The process of starting your John Marc Anderson Art memento project is easy. Projects begin with an on-site visit, photographing and documenting details regarding your building or architectural element, and a survey of the immediate environment.

Using a variety of specialized model making and sculpting materials, the original is created and then sealed, painted, and stained. The original is typically 30”-40” in longest dimension, (depending upon the height and length of your structure or subject). The original is then laser scanned, and 3D images are created and printed to be used as masters for the silicone molds used to cast the memento product.

Creating the original relief work from photographs and reference documents begins with a three dimensional original artwork.This subject is the administration building on the Xavier University New Orleans campus.

After casting, each memento is hand sanded, sealed, embellished, packaged, and shipped to you. A minimum order would include the original relief work along with the mementos (approximately 3-4” x 5-6”), which are $20 each with a minimum order of 100 pieces.

Approximate one-time startup cost for a project is $4,500-$6,500 plus the cost of the mementos. This includes creating the larger, original relief piece, producing the molds necessary for casting mementos, backups for future repeat orders, and maintaining the originals.

A site visit is recommended but may not be necessary if satisfactory elevation images are available. A site visit incurs travel expenses, which is additional.

Typical project turnaround time is 4-6 weeks. For repeat orders for additional mementos, wait time is typically 2-4 weeks.

Remember, each memento is signed by the artist, and the customized enclosure card can include your choice of personalized message depending upon your audience.

Want even more information? Call 985 966 3000 for a personalized consultation. You can also email Marc Anderson directly at johnmarc56@gmail.com

PAST PROJECTS AND SUCCESS STORIES

Original relief of The St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana. This was a three quarter elevation depiction, and the lower section of the Cathedral was intentionally removed.

From majestic cathedrals to city skylines, urban landmarks, and even a classic New Orleans streetcar, Marc has created a prolific curated collection of relief works.

The original reliefs are laser scanned to create smaller sizes that can be used in a variety of projects.