Mary Li

More than just the name is our motto and is a perfect description of the Engraving Place.

Mary Li, founder and hand engraver, started in the Jewellery industry and saw the need to move beyond simply selling and making jewellery. She felt the excessive amount of overseas factory made Jewellery was making the art of Hand Engraving extinct. With her artistic flare, her experience in both Gemmology and Goldsmithing, and her family’s base in the jewellery industry she went abroad to learn the ancient art of hand engraving from one of the renowned master engravers, Sam Alfano. With this new found skill, after years of training and working along side other hand engravers she opened her own shop, ” The Engraving Place. “

Although she deals with many large corporate firms and fortune 500 companies, she has been lucky to be part of the most embraced cult sci-fi hit, The (enamoured) X-Files TV series (1993 -2002) and Movie. Another of the more popular works that most people can identify with is Stargate SG-1. So the next time you see an alien inscription on a blade or badge, you will wonder, “Did Mary have a hand in doing that ? “

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A small selection of what people think

Dad engraved his DL number on all his tools. I took a picture, took it into Mary and she perfectly reproduced it on watches for my brothers and me. On time and exactly what I wanted.

Elliott Chalmers

Mary is an absolute gem! Pays incredibly close attention to detail, provides fantastic service and is willing to go above and beyond to make sure you are happy. I would recommend this place to anyone looking for quality work with amazing service.

Ryan O'Quinn

High quality craft and great customer service! They delivered a speedy turnaround for a tight-deadline wedding project and were very pleasant to work with!

Alex Tanner

Mary did an excellent job of engraving some gifts for me. She has a very good design sense and I appreciated that she was honest about what would and wouldn't work for the size of the items. She is professional and also lovely to chat with. I love this heritage building, too!

Valerie Jackson

Mary was cheery and friendly. The work was fantastic and completed quickly. She engraved a Zippo lighter for a friend. A small job, but she was willing to send some design ideas to me. Will definitely return whenever I need some engraving done.

Trevor Hagan

Mary seen the vision I had in mind. She did a dog tag, and I'm amazed at how well it came out. Great price, Mary us amazing. And I'm going back to have two more dog tags done. If you have engraving to do, go here. Mary did two silver dog tags that mark the day I became clean from drugs. Thank you Mary and your team

Patrick Sullivan

Amazing service. local & independently owned. hard to find this kind of service and quality anymore. have used these guys for engraving many times for VIP and corporate gifts. i highly recommend them. their attention to detail and thoughtfulness is better than anyone else out there.

Nash Huntley