CICONIQ.

UV print atelier

Your art,
off paper.

Ciconiq is a small UV print studio for anyone with something worth printing. Your art, your photos, your logo — straight onto wood, acrylic, metal, glass — and stranger things — with white ink, gloss varnish, and file prep done obsessively.

Get a quote How a print is built ↓
  • BED — A3
  • ROTARY — BOTTLES & TUMBLERS
  • WHITE INK + GLOSS — YES
  • RAISED TEXTURE — YES, FEEL IT

01 — Anatomy of a print

Built in layers.
Cured in light.

UV printing lays ink onto the surface and cures it instantly under ultraviolet light. Nothing soaks in — every pass sits exactly where we put it. That means color on black, white on clear, gloss where you want the eye to go. Pull a print apart:

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  1. 01 · Substrate

    The material itself. If it's reasonably flat and fits the bed — or round enough to spin on the rotary — it prints.

  2. 02 · White underbase

    A white silhouette of your artwork, printed first — so color stays loud on dark or transparent surfaces.

  3. 03 · Color pass

    Your artwork, color-managed from file to ink. This is where most of the prep work lives.

  4. 04 · Gloss varnish

    A clear pass on top: spot gloss, raised texture, embossed lines you can feel.

02 — Material index

Surfaces we speak.

01 · CAST ACRYLICColor floats behind glass-like faces. Backlit-friendly.
02 · BIRCH PLYGrain shows through thin ink — or white base where it shouldn't.
03 · BRUSHED ALUMINIUMMetal keeps its sheen under translucent ink.
04 · GLASSWhite base makes it read; gloss makes it disappear.
05 · SLATEDark stone, loud color — the white underbase does the shouting.
06 · LEATHERFlexible, printable, oddly luxurious.

Got something weirder? Tiles, coasters, hip flasks, notebook covers, tool handles — if it fits the A3 bed or spins on the rotary, we'll test it.

Ask us

03 — Output

What leaves the studio.

Editions

Numbered, consistent runs of your work. Same color, same gloss, first print to last.

One-offs

Single pieces, commissions, prototypes, gifts. The weird jobs are the fun ones.

Proofs & tests

Every run starts with one physical proof. You approve it — or we tune and reprint. No surprises at pickup.

04 — Process

Four steps.
One proof. No surprises.

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    Send the file

    Any format you have. We'll tell you honestly if it won't hold up at size.

  2. 2

    We prep

    White-ink mask, varnish plate, color profile per material. This is the part most shops rush. We don't.

  3. 3

    One proof

    A physical proof in your hands — or your inbox — before any run.

  4. 4

    Delivery

    Printed, cured, packed. Storks deliver — it's kind of our whole thing.

05 — The name

Why “Ciconiq”?

From Ciconia ciconia — the white stork. It wears our exact palette: white body, black flight feathers, one red accent. It nests where it's welcome and comes back every year. And, famously, it delivers.

06 — Start a job

Tell us what
you're making.

Send a sketch, a file, or just the idea and the surface you want it on. You'll get a straight answer and a real quote — not a form letter.

Email the studio

REPLIES — WITHIN 48 H · PROOF — ALWAYS BEFORE A RUN