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Bronze Betty

A global bronze and brass products business built around lifetime products, bespoke commissions, custom manufacturing, and international ecommerce.

Role

Founder of Bronze Betty.

Highlights

  • Founded Bronze Betty in 2020.
  • Grew from a first hammer bottle opener into a catalogue of more than 500 products.
  • Built a global ecommerce brand selling bronze art and products into Europe, America, and Asia.
  • Developed manufacturing, foundry, logistics, import, and export capability in Indonesia.
  • Built around recycled metals, lifetime products, bespoke commissions, and custom corporate work.

The Origin

Bronze Betty came from years of travelling through Asia looking for unique creations and unique people. After discovering bronze cast products in a coffee shop, I tracked down the small production shop behind them and saw the quality, craft, and possibility in the work.

That chance encounter became the start of Bronze Betty: a business built around products that last, metals that hold value, and manufacturing relationships capable of producing both beautiful individual pieces and repeatable commercial products.

What Was Built

Bronze Betty became more than an ecommerce store. It developed into a brand, a product development business, a manufacturing and logistics capability, and a path to creating bronze and brass products for organisations around the world.

The business uses foundries in Java, design and 3D production workflows, recycled metal where possible, and a lifetime product promise as part of the brand position.