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18th birthday

Eighteen years ago tonight. The sky they arrived under.

Most 18th presents are spent, drunk or outgrown by twenty. Give them the real galaxy that was directly above the hour they were born, framed, to take to university and every flat after.

Begin your present

Framed works from £290, including VAT and UK delivery. See your proof before you order.

Framed personal galaxy artwork for 18th birthday. Product visualisation.
Product visualisation. Your print carries your own galaxy and words.
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The hour on the hospital band

Parents usually know it to the minute: the time written on the name band, the hospital, the town. Give us those and we work out the point in the sky that was directly overhead and frame the catalogued galaxy nearest it, with the place, the date of birth and your words.

Light from most of these galaxies left them tens of millions of years before anyone was born. It is a quiet way to tell an eighteen-year-old they are part of something very old.

Framed personal galaxy artwork in a room, product visualisation
Product visualisation. Your print carries your own galaxy and words.
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From parents, godparents and grandparents

Black wood frame and printed artwork detail
Product visualisation. Your print carries your own galaxy and words.
  • Ellie · Royal Berkshire · 4.12 am · 2009 · go and be brilliant
  • Eighteen years ago you made us a family.
  • From your godmother, who held you first.

Siblings and grandparents often club together. One person orders; the price is the same.

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A size that travels

11 × 14 in or 16 × 20 in fits a halls bedroom and a first flat. If you would rather they chose a different day, their first gig or the day they passed their test, a gift voucher lets them pick.

A moment, made infinite.

Framed.
Ready to hang.

Example personal galaxy artwork in a room
Framed sizes / GBP

Black wood. Fine art paper. Acrylic glazing.
Example artwork. Your galaxy and words are created in the studio.
Frame details / Photography and finishing

Begin your present

18th birthday

Questions

What if we don't know the exact time?

The birth certificate in Scotland records it; elsewhere ask the family. A good guess still gives a real galaxy that was overhead then.

Is it a good 18th present from parents?

It is one of the most common choices: the birth time from the hospital band and a line from both parents.

What if they are going to university in September?

Choose the smallest size; it fits a halls of residence room and comes home in the car.

For the day they arrived. Eighteen years on.

Begin your present

A moment, made infinite.

Who is it for?