Smallprint today announces the opening of its new U.S. office to expand its international franchise operation
and launch the first Smallprint franchisee in California. Smallprint’s new office here establishes the company’s 116th franchisee and brings the original silver fingerprint jewelry concept to the U.S., generating new home-based franchisee opportunities across the country. Smallprint which has operated since 2004 in Bristol, U.K. is owned and operated by husband and wife, Oliver and Maija Pykett
“Smallprint jewelry is unlike any other, because the silver jewelry pieces display imprints of a child’s, fingers, hands and feet. Each fingerprint piece is personally touched by the child creating a particularly special quality that is unmatched in the commercial jewelry industry,†said Maija. “Many new moms or entrepreneurs searching for a sustainable business opportunity, perhaps something very different from what they did before, will find that a Smallprint franchise is an ideal business for them.â€
Specifically the jewelry takes a personal imprint of babies’ fingers, hands or feet onto precious metal clay, a combination of silver particles and organic material which when fired in a kiln produces fine silver.