Welcome
to Pets-Paws.com!
A
Pet-Paw is a beautiful metal keepsake cast directly from your pet's paw print.
Pet-Paws are cast in your choice of brass, copper, bronze, or aluminum. They are
created in 2 styles: relief
(raised) or imprint (recessed).
Each
Pet-Paw includes a
free personal inscription on the back. Since
Pet-Paws are made of metal, they are durable and permanent. If you drop your Pet-Paw,
it will not break like a typical ceramic paw print will. Pet-Paws last forever
and keep the memory of your pet alive always. It is comforting to hold your Pet-Paw
and feel the paw pads in your hand. It's like holding your pet's paw again. cast
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A brass Pet-Paw made from Simon's paw print.
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An
aluminum Pet-Paw made from Zuzu's paw print.
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do we make our Pet-Paws? We
start with a playdough impression of your pet's paw print. Click on the "impression
process" page to learn more about how to obtain a good paw print impression.
Once we receive your pet's impression we pour a special wax into it and let it
harden. The wax will become the "pattern" for the metal Pet-Paw. After
hardening, the wax is removed from the impression and the edges are trimmed around
the outline of the paw print and carved smooth. If the order includes an inscription,
it is hand carved into the back of the wax paw print. A mold is then made around
the wax paw pattern using greensand. Molten metal is then poured into the sand
mold and allowed to cool. The metal paw is removed from the mold. Excess metal
is cut away and the paw is polished and finished. Metal
types Our
paws are cast in 4 different types of metal: brass, copper, bronze, or aluminum.
Brass is a mixture of copper and zinc. It has a bright golden yellow color. Copper
has a firey red glow. Bronze is a mixture of copper and tin. It is harder than
brass. Bronze is commonly used to cast large outdoor statues and has a natural
"antiquey" look to it. Our bronze varies slightly in color. It is predominantly
brown with subtel hues of red or yellow. Aluminum is much lighter than the other
3 metals. It polishes into a bright silvery color. It is a good metal to use for
making large Pet-Paws or if you want your Pet-Paw to be light in weight. 
Cat Pet-Paws cast in 4 different metals left to right: brass, copper, bronze,
and aluminum.
Styles Our
Pet-Paws are created in 2 different styles: relief and imprint. The
relief style is the most popular. The paw pads are raised and the Pet-Paw looks
just like the bottom of your pet's paw. It looks 3-D. You could consider it an
"outy!" You can hold it in your hand and touch the pads as if you were
really holding your pet's paw. After all, it is an exact life size replica! The
imprint style looks just like your pet's paw track that you would find on the
ground. The paw pads are sunken into the metal (recessed) as if your pet walked
across the metal when it was soft and left behind a paw print. Consider it an
"inny!" Both styles are shown in the photos below. These two Pet-Paws
were made from the same single paw impression taken from our dog, Sarah. Rest
in peace girl, we miss you.
Relief style. "outy" Paw pads are raised. |
Imprint style. "inny" Paw pads are recessed. |
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Pet-Paw
inscriptions We
include a free personal inscription on the back of every Pet-Paw. If it can fit
on the back of the Pet-Paw, we can inscribe it!
"Meow Ying" inscription on a small
brass Pet-Paw. |
"Flash" inscription on a medium
brass Pet-Paw. | Sizes Pet-Paws
are catgorized into 3 general sizes: small, medium, and large. Small
Pet-Paws are made from small animals such as cats and toy breed dogs. Small Pet-Paw
size measurements range from approximately 1-2 inches in length. Medium
Pet-Paws are made from mid-sized animals such as medium and large size dogs. Size
range falls between 2 and 4 inches. Large
Pet-Paws are made from large animals such as horses. Paw or hoof size is over
4 inches in length. The
following is a list of animals for each Pet-Paw size. If you are unsure as to
what size your pet's paw falls under, just ask us and we'll tell you.
| Small
Pet-Paws
1-2 inches |
Medium
Pet-Paws 2-4 inches |
Large
Pet-Paws over 4 inches |
| cats
toy breed dogs small birds ferrets rabbits rodents turtles
reptiles small chickens |
medium
breed dogs large breed dogs bobcats goats sheep pigs
chickens
geese ducks turkeys |
horses
cows llamas alpacas yaks big cats bears |
Comparative
paw sizes
| Cat
Small |
Pigeon
Small |
Dog
Medium |
Chicken
Medium |
Cow
Large |
Pet-Paw
weights Pet-Paws
are heavy duty and solid. Here are some average weight ranges for the 4 types
of metals. Aluminum is lighter. It is about half the weight of the other 3 metals.
A medium sized Pet-Paw in brass, copper, or bronze can weigh over 1 pound.
| | Brass |
Copper |
Bronze |
Aluminum |
| Small |
1 - 4 oz | 1
- 4 oz | 1 - 4
oz | 0.5 - 2 oz |
| Medium |
8 - 20 oz | 8
- 20 oz | 8 -
20 oz | 4 - 7
oz | | Large | | | | 16
- 20 oz |
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you Pet-Paw here!
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