Traced, bent, matched, printed.

Every cork starts as the real mark, traced to a sub-pixel contour rather than redrawn. The artwork is laid flat, then bent onto the barrel so that it covers the same angle at every radius — which is why the shapes read correctly on a curve instead of stretching at the edges.

Color is filament, not paint. Each one is matched to the institution's published color by CIEDE2000 distance across three filament lines, and the closest match wins; where nothing comes within a visible margin, that is recorded rather than hidden. Every product page lists the match.

Each color prints as its own solid, keyed into the one beneath it so nothing is glued and nothing can peel. Every part is verified watertight and supported before it is ever sliced.

They are printed one at a time, up to four colors at once, and finished on a stainless steel bottle stopper.