Genuine Dorset stone · UV print studio
Your image, printed forever onto genuine Jurassic Coast stone.
Each slice is cut from stone laid down 150 million years ago on what is now the Dorset coast — polished, numbered, and printed with the picture, words or artwork you choose. One slice, one image, once.
No. 002 — Portland stone, Durdle Door
How it works
Three steps between a stone on the foreshore and yours on the shelf.
01
Choose your slice
Browse the current cut — every slice is a one-off, photographed and numbered, with its bed and foreshore recorded. When it's gone, it's gone.
02
Drop in your image
A photograph, artwork, a map line, names and a date. We check resolution and fit against your slice's exact face and send you a proof before anything touches stone.
03
We print & deliver
UV-cured ink bonded straight onto the polished face — no laminate, no transfer film. Packed in board and wood wool, delivered to your door with its provenance card.
Provenance
150 million years in the making. Printed this week.
The Jurassic Coast is England's only natural World Heritage Site — 95 miles of cliff recording 185 million years of deep time. Our slices are cut from legitimately sourced Dorset stone: Portland and Purbeck beds, Blue Lias, Kimmeridge Clay. Many faces carry ammonite fragments, shell casts and bedding lines you can find by touch.
We record where every slice came from — the stone, the bed, the stretch of coast — and it ships with that provenance in writing. You aren't buying a blank; you're putting your image on a piece of the planet's memory.
Why stone
Ink fused to rock. Nothing between your image and the stone.
Printed, not stuck on
UV-cured pigment ink is fused directly to the stone face. There is no vinyl, no laminate, nothing to peel or yellow.
Fade-resistant for decades
UV-cured inks are rated for years outdoors and generations indoors. On stone, out of direct weather, the print outlasts paper by a lifetime.
Every piece one of one
No two slices share a face. Fossil fragments, bedding lines and mineral shifts make your piece unrepeatable — before your image even arrives.
Provenance on record
Each slice ships with its specimen number, stone type, and the stretch of coast it came from. A certificate for a piece of deep time.
The current cut
Slices ready for your image
The Undercliff
£145
Ammonite line-work · Blue Lias, Lyme Regis foreshore, Dorset. Hand-polished face, natural cleaved edges.
The Arch
£135
Curling wave · Portland Stone, Durdle Door headland, Dorset. Smooth grey face, light hand finish.
Eighteen Miles
£175
Coastline map line · Shingle-worn limestone, Chesil Beach, Dorset. Naturally tumbled face, unpolished.
What is Ink & Stone?
Ink & Stone is a Dorset studio that UV-prints your chosen photograph, artwork or words directly onto genuine hand-cut natural stone. Each slice is a numbered, one-of-a-kind piece, printed to order and shipped with a provenance card recording its stone and stretch of coast. One slice, one image, once.
Common questions
- What is an Ink & Stone slice?
- Ink & Stone is a Dorset studio that UV-prints your chosen photograph, artwork or words directly onto genuine hand-cut natural stone. Each slice is a numbered, one-of-a-kind piece, printed to order and shipped with a provenance card recording its stone and stretch of coast. One slice, one image, once.
- What are the slices made from?
- Each slice is cut from genuine, legitimately sourced Dorset stone and polished by hand. Every piece is one-of-a-kind: fossil fragments, bedding lines and mineral shifts make no two faces alike before your image is even added.
- Can I put my own image on a slice?
- Yes. Upload a photograph, artwork, a map line, or names and a date. We check the resolution and fit against your slice's exact face and send you a proof before anything is printed onto stone.
- How is the image printed, and will it fade?
- UV-cured pigment ink is fused directly onto the polished stone face — there is no vinyl, laminate or transfer film to peel or yellow. UV-cured inks are rated for years outdoors and generations indoors when kept out of direct weather.
- How are slices delivered?
- Each slice is packed in board and wood wool and delivered to your door with a provenance card recording its stone type, bed and the stretch of coast it came from.
- How do I care for my slice?
- Wipe with a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth and avoid abrasive or solvent cleaners. Displayed indoors, out of direct weather, the fused print will last a lifetime.
The stone has waited 150 million years.
Pick a slice, drop in your image, and we'll do the rest. Cut, pressed & provenanced on the Dorset coast.