Define the moment
Audience, recipient, reveal, scale, budget, deadline, and delivery constraints.
Working with us
How a project runs.
Every project starts with a conversation and a written proposal, not a line-item quote. Most of the risk in a high-stakes physical piece sits in approvals and delivery, not in the shop, and the proposal is where both get planned.
The stages
Four steps, each with a decision at the end.
The same shape whether the piece is one trophy or a run of a hundred.
Lock the plan
A written proposal: creative direction, materials, engineering, approvals, milestones, logistics, and terms.
Build and review
Fabrication, finishing, assembly, and documented approval gates.
Pack and deliver
Final checks, presentation planning, protective packing, and handoff.
Licensed properties
Built to the approval process, not around it.
Work on a licensed character, logo, or object usually clears review in stages. Hoku Props plans deliverables to match those stages so nothing waits on a surprise.
Concept
Sketches, references, or renders that show the idea and its scale, formatted so a licensor or brand team can review them.
Model and engineering
The digital model, structure, materials, lighting, and handling plan, reviewed before anything is cut or printed.
Pre-production sample
A physical sample or first article where the finish, color, and detail can be checked against the approved concept.
Final and delivery
The finished piece, documented against the approved sample, then packed, shipped, and where needed installed on site.
Commitments
What you can count on.
Confidential by default
Unreleased work, private briefs, and restricted files stay off public channels. NDAs are welcome before detailed files move.
Credit agreed up front
Attribution and portfolio rights are written into the proposal, so public credit is settled before the build starts and never negotiated after. Nothing appears on this site without that agreement, and every photograph names its photographer.
Built for the handling it will get
Trophies are lifted, props are carried, installations are bumped. Structure, weight, and repairability are part of the design.
The handoff is part of the build
Protective packing, freight, on-site setup, and field support are planned with the object, not after it.
Starting
What to send first.
The moment and who it is for. The reveal date and the delivery date. Scale, venue, and handling. A working budget range. Any approved art, models, or brand guides. That is enough for a useful first reply.
Have a high-stakes brief?
Build the part people remember.
Tell us what the moment is, who it is for, when it needs to land, and what success must feel like.
Start a project briefStill figuring it out? Email the studio.