Yes — the scanner you receive at home is the same medical-grade unit we use in the studio. The sculpture that comes out the other side is finished by the same hand, in the same atelier, to the same standard. What differs is small, and we have built the process to handle it.
What is the same
The hardware
The handheld 3D scanner that ships in your kit is identical to the one we use when a mother visits us in person. Same sensors, same precision, same software.
The finishing
The digital scan is the starting point, not the finished work. Every scan — whether it came from a studio session or your living room — is refined by hand at our atelier. We smooth, sharpen, and adjust before any sculpture is cast or printed. That part of the process is identical.
The materials
Bronze is bronze. Resin is resin. Composite stone is composite stone. The finish on your sculpture has nothing to do with where the scan was taken.
What is different (and how we handle it)
The hand holding the scanner
In a studio, our team holds the scanner. At home, you do — or your partner. A trained operator captures slightly more consistently, but our app guides you in real time, flagging gaps and asking you to repeat sections that need more data.
The light in the room
Studios are lit for scanning. Homes are not. This affects the raw data slightly — but we account for it in finishing. The printed guide that comes with the kit walks you through how to set up your light. Soft daylight from one direction is enough.
The chance to redo
Here is something the studio cannot give you: time. The kit is yours from Friday to Sunday. If your first scan does not feel right, you can take a break and try again. Most home-scan mothers scan twice — and the second one is almost always the keeper.
“The scanner is the same. The hand finishing the file is the same. The difference is in the details we have already designed around.”
What if my scan does not work?
Before any sculpture goes into production, we send you a digital preview of how it will look. If something is off — proportions, missing detail, an angle you do not love — we work with you on a second scan or a careful refinement. Nothing is cast until you are happy.
The honest summary
For 95% of our mothers, the difference between a home scan and a studio scan is invisible in the final sculpture. For the other 5%, our preview-and-refine step catches it before it matters. The trade-off is real but small — and you scan in your own time, in your own house, in your own clothes (or none).
