Every Deadwax Art original begins with real vinyl records — sometimes from the artist's archive, often from the collector commissioning the piece.
Records are chosen by artist, album, pressing year, and personal meaning. For commissioned works, records are sourced from the collector's own collection or specifically for the piece.
The subject of the work — a portrait, a silhouette, an iconographic moment — is composed by hand. Each composition is unique. No template is reused.
Every record is hand-cut in the Dallas studio. The cuts are not laser, not CNC, not stenciled. They are made record by record, by the artist, over the course of weeks — and for larger works, months.
Cut records are mounted and framed. Each work is finished gallery-ready: museum-grade plexi or anti-reflective glass on request, hanging hardware installed.
Every work is signed and dated by the artist. A certificate of authenticity documents the specific records used: artist, title, pressing year. Shipping is white-glove and fully insured.