03Creations

Creations No idea is too wacky

If you can describe it, we can make it happen. Almost everything we build starts life as one of Alfie's sketches.

  • Sculptures
  • Props & Hero Pieces
  • Whole Rooms
Look Up

Rooms people look up at

Giant chess pieces hanging from a checkerboard ceiling at the Flower Bowl.

Giant chess pieces hanging upside-down from a checkerboard ceiling Upside-down chess ceiling, Flower Bowl
How We Work

From napkin sketch to opening day

We design everything here in Preston, then build and install it with specialists we know well.

A themed tree prop taking shape on the workshop bench
Studio 23

01 Concept

Every project starts with your idea. We work out who it's for, what it needs to do and what it can cost.

Alfie's hand-drawn sketch of the Knickerbockers cone
Studio 23

02 Sketch

Sketched by hand, so you can see it and shape it before anything gets made.

Designing at the desks while a tree prop takes shape in the workshop
Studio 23 + specialists

03 Design

We turn the sketch into a plan: drawings, materials and a build approach that suits the project.

Two of the team building props and table parts in the workshop
Our trusted network

04 Manufacture

Made by the right specialists for the job, from our trusted network of makers.

A pile of hand-finished cactus characters
Studio 23 + network

05 Prototype

Where it's needed, we test and refine samples so it's right before it reaches your venue.

A golf ball rolling towards a sunflower hole, in situ at the Flower Bowl
Managed by Studio 23

06 Install

Fitted on site and handed over, planned around your venue and your timeline.

  • Trusted makersSkilled fabricators, suppliers and specialists we know and trust.
  • Project managedWe run the whole job, from first sketch to final install.
  • One point of contactYou deal with us. We handle everyone else.
A Real One

Knickerbockers, from sketch to the real thing

Alfie drew a giant ice cream cone hanging upside down over the counter at the Flower Bowl. We designed it properly, then built it, craned it in and lit it.

The finished Knickerbockers ice cream cone above the counter
Alfie's hand-drawn sketch of the upside-down ice cream cone
SketchReal Life Drag to compare
  1. Alfie's hand-drawn sketch of the Knickerbockers cone
    01Sketch
  2. The cone taking shape in the workshop
    02Manufacture
  3. 03Install
  4. The finished cone towering over a customer at the counter
    04Open
Case StudyFlower Bowl

Hole 10, the decider

Sometimes nine holes of Cue Golf end in a draw. Our brief was simple: give every tied round a winner. Hole 10 was born.

The Hole 10 ball-run wall at the Flower Bowl
Close-up of the gears and chains that lift the ball
Sending a ball down the wall
01The brief

Settle the draw

Nine holes don't always split a group, so the Flower Bowl needed a quick, fair way to crown a winner.

02The build

A race to the bottom

Pull the lever and your ball drops from the top of the wall. Four balls take four different routes, each weaving through its own obstacles, so no journey down is ever the same. First to the bottom wins.

03The result

Thrills, spills and a winner

It's become the loudest moment of the round, and it's often what decides who goes home with the bragging rights.

Our Brand Partner

Finga Golf, mini golf at fingertip scale

Finga Golf was featured on Dragons’ Den, and we teamed up with them to bring their first in-venue experience to life: an 18-hole course you play with a tiny club between your fingers, with bonsai trees, ponds and rolling greens. Now open at the Flower Bowl.

A ball flying over the pond on a Finga Golf hole
The tiny Finga Golf club and ball
A player grinning as he lines up a Finga Golf putt
Looking across the Finga Golf course, with greens, a pond and bonsai trees
Visit the Finga Golf website →
In The Workshop

Behind the scenes in our Preston workshop

Hand-painted metal flowers
Grinding in the workshop
Painted metal flowers
Handmade bird and squirrel props on a Cue Golf table
Building a themed table at the bench
A golf ball beside a sculpted prop
A sculpted green scale texture
A striped flower with a spotted dome
Building a table on the bench
Painted pattern detail
A rope swing in the workshop
Looking through a striped star prop
Your Idea

Got a wild idea? Let's build it

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