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Custom texture & relief · Artwork to relief

Turning artwork into formliner relief.

Converting drawings, photographs, patterns and artwork into relief formliners for feature walls, public art and branded elevations.

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Overview

Artwork to relief, in plain terms.

Relief maquette and sculpted sample panel on a workshop bench
Artwork developed into a physical relief sample

Feature walls and public art often start as a drawing or image. Turning that into a relief is a design step in its own right.

We model relief depth, check minimum features, and produce a pattern for approval.

What sets it apart

Four things that define this route.

01

Images to depth

Grayscale and vector conversion to relief.

02

Feature walls

Large artworks across multiple panels.

03

Public art

Working with artists.

04

Branded elevations

Logos and motifs.

How we build it

From pattern to released tool.

We produce a digital relief and a small physical sample before full tooling.

Large artworks are split across panels at agreed lines.

Sample relief tile with larger master split into panel sections

The honest bit

What to know before you commit.

Not every image makes a good relief. We'll advise on what reads in concrete.

At a glance

The ideas in pictures.

Where the formliner sits

Formwork or mould tableFormliner with the textureRelease agentConcrete takes the texture

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The liner is fixed to the formwork face. When the concrete is struck, the texture stays on the panel and the liner is ready to reuse.

From sample to finished cast

  1. 01Sample, drawing or scanWhat the finish must match
  2. 02Master patternCarved, machined or taken from the original
  3. 03Liner or mouldMade in the right elastomer
  4. 04Trial castChecked with your mix
  5. 05Production castsLiner reused across the run
  6. 06Kept on fileReady for repeats

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Each job follows the same route, whether it is one keystone or a full run of wall panels.

FAQs

Questions we hear about this.

Do you need vector art?

Helpful, not essential.

Can we see a sample?

Yes, before full tooling.

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Get in touch

Send us a photograph of the panel or the elevation.

One photograph tells us what surface you're chasing, and one line about the mix tells us what silicone or polyurethane will survive it.

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Real people, a real workshop

You deal with the people who make it.

No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Construction, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.

  • A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
  • Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
  • The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
  • Part of TCI GroupFive specialist brands, one engineering team. Visit TCI Group.
The TCI design and project office.
The TCI design and project office.
The TCI workshop, with moulds on the bench mid-build.
The TCI workshop, with moulds on the bench mid-build.
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