In memory
For the companion who is no longer at your feet, but is still in every room. A lasting tribute your family can hold.
Silk pet portraits · Handmade in Accra
Your companion, threaded in silk.
A one-of-a-kind portrait made from your photograph by Ghanaian artist David Kofi Boateng. Thousands of silk threads, placed by hand, until they look back at you again.
- Made entirely by hand, by the artist himself
- Up to 4 weeks of handwork in every piece
- 10% supports children with special needs
From $3,000 · Shipping included worldwide · Arrives in about 5 weeks
Portraits presented to
Lisa Vanderpump
Russell Westbrook
Dr. Nicole Fein
Ritchie the PYR
Some companions stay with us for years. Others leave memories that stay forever.
A photograph fades into a phone. A portrait in silk stays on the wall, catches the light, and can be touched. It becomes the place your family stops to remember.
Why families commission
For every chapter of a life together
In celebration
For the one who greets you at the door every day. Honour them now, while they are here to sit beside it.
As a gift
For the person who loves their animal more than anything. The present they will never forget receiving.
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The craft
Not painted. Not printed. Threaded.
Each piece is sketched onto canvas, then built entirely by hand from thousands of individual strands of silk. Layer by layer, the thread finds the softness of fur, the shine in an eye, the expression only you would recognise.
- 26 × 26
- inches, signature size
- 2–4
- weeks of handwork
- 1 of 1
- signed and archived
Handmade in Accra
From our studio in Ghana to your home.
Every portrait is made by hand in David’s studio in Accra, Ghana, by David himself, using silk sourced in Accra. Each piece carries the care of the people who made it, and the city it was made in.
Threading is an ancestral African technique that was close to disappearing. David spent a year learning it from master craftsmen, and every commission helps keep the craft alive.
When it’s finished, it travels from Accra to your door, wherever you are in the world.
- Accra
- where every piece is made
- Silk
- sourced in Accra
- Worldwide
- shipping included
Their stories
“The most beautiful piece of art I will bring with me forever!”
A Threaded Companions client
How it works
From a photograph to an heirloom
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Share their story
Send one photograph and tell us what makes them special, through the form, a DM or a call.
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Approve the sketch
Your companion is drawn onto canvas. You approve it, with up to 2 rounds of changes.
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III
Threaded by hand
Over 2 to 4 weeks, thousands of silk strands are placed one by one in the studio.
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Delivered home
Shipped anywhere in the world in 3–5 working days. Shipping is included.
The artist
David Kofi Boateng
Ghanaian contemporary artist and founder of Maison de Silk. Threaded Companions brings his signature silk technique, shown to collectors and in exhibitions, to the animals who share our homes.
“Threads became a language when words and promises seemed to be failing.”
10% of every sale supports the Enabling the Disabled Foundation, which David founded in 2022 to support families of children with special needs.
Read David’s story Our impact
Your companion, immortalised in silk.
Tell us about the one you love. We’ll reply within 3–5 business days to talk about their portrait.
Begin your companion pieceFrom $3,000 · Bank transfer, Zelle or crypto · Or message us on WhatsApp