Three Ways to Begin — or Continue — Your Household Archive
Each service is designed for a different stage of the archival process. Choose the one that fits where your household is now.
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Every service we offer is built around the same underlying principle: the household's objects and the household's knowledge of those objects are what matter. Our role is to provide the organizational structure, the appropriate materials, and the documented methods that turn an existing collection into a legible, durable archive.
The three services represent three levels of involvement. Some households want to learn the methods and apply them independently. Others want the work done alongside them. A third group has already completed an initial project and needs ongoing support to keep their catalog current. There is a service for each of these.
Learn
The workshop teaches you the methods. You apply them at home, at your own pace.
Build Together
The album project is collaborative. We do the organizational labor; the household provides the context and the decisions.
Maintain Over Time
The subscription keeps an existing archive current through quarterly visits and ongoing additions.
Heirloom Cataloging Workshop
A half-day session for household members who want to learn archival cataloging methods and apply them independently. The workshop covers the principles of archival labeling, neutral object photography, and how to write a descriptive note that remains useful over time. Participants leave with a printed manual and a starter set of archival labels — the materials needed to begin cataloging at home.
- Half-day session at our George Town studio
- Printed cataloging manual included
- Archival label starter set included
- Photography guidance and practice time
- Suitable for groups from the same household
Session Flow
- 01.Introduction to archival principles and why they matter
- 02.Labeling methods — written and photographic
- 03.Practice session with sample objects
- 04.Q&A and manual review
Family Album Project
A four-session project in which our team works alongside a household to build a single archival family album — photographs, scanned correspondence, descriptive notes for each item, and a contents page. The project takes place at your home or at our studio, depending on your preference and the nature of the collection. We handle the organizational and production labor; the household makes all decisions about what to include and how to describe it.
- Four dedicated sessions (approx. 4–6 weeks total)
- Professional scanning of household photographs
- All archival materials included
- One finished printed album delivered at final session
- Work at your home or our studio
Project Stages
- 01.Collection survey and sorting
- 02.Photography and scanning
- 03.Descriptive notes and catalog entries
- 04.Album assembly, review, and delivery
Household Archive Subscription
A yearlong subscription for households that have completed a cataloging project or family album and want ongoing support keeping their archive current. Each quarter, a team member visits to add new items, update existing entries as the household chooses, and maintain the consistency of the existing record. At year's end, we produce a written note summarizing what was added during the year. Subscriptions cover one household and one collection.
- Four quarterly maintenance visits (approx. 2 hours each)
- New items added to catalog or album each visit
- Annual written archive summary note
- One household per subscription
- Requires completed album or catalog to begin
Each Visit Includes
- 01.Review of new items since previous visit
- 02.Photography and cataloging of additions
- 03.Integration into existing album or catalog
- 04.Brief written note of additions made
Which Service Fits Your Household?
Use this as a starting point. If you are unsure, please enquire — we are happy to talk through what makes sense for your situation.
| Feature | Workshop RM 490 |
Family Album RM 1,640 |
Subscription RM 2,840/yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Households starting out, wanting to learn | Households wanting a finished document | Households with an existing archive |
| Our team visits home | Optional | ||
| Printed album produced | (updates existing) | ||
| Photograph scanning | As needed | ||
| Ongoing visits included | Quarterly | ||
| Annual archive note | |||
| Archival materials included | Labels + manual | Full set | As used |
The Family Album Project column is highlighted as the most comprehensive standalone offering. The subscription requires an existing completed project.
What All Three Services Share
Complete Household Privacy
No records, photographs, or personal information gathered during any session are retained by us beyond the project's completion.
Acid-Free Materials Throughout
Every consumable we supply — labels, sleeves, folders, album pages — is pH-neutral and tested for long-term stability.
Objects Left Untouched
We do not clean, restore, alter, or reposition any object. We describe and photograph; the objects remain exactly as they are.
Documented Methods
Our cataloging protocol is written down, consistent across projects, and drawn from established archival practice standards.
The Household Decides
What to include, what to describe, and how to describe it — all of these decisions belong to the household at every point in the process.
Physical Records, No Apps
Your archive does not live on a server or in a cloud account. It is printed, physical, and yours to keep without any ongoing dependency on our systems.
Clear, Fixed Pricing in Malaysian Ringgit
Cataloging Workshop
RM 490
per workshop session
- Half-day session
- Printed manual
- Archival label set
- Photography guidance
Family Album Project
RM 1,640
per project (4 sessions)
- Four dedicated sessions
- All archival materials
- Photograph scanning
- Printed album delivered
Archive Subscription
RM 2,840
per year, one household
- Quarterly visits
- Ongoing additions
- Annual archive note
- Requires prior project
Not Sure Where to Begin?
Write to us or call during studio hours. A brief conversation about your household's collection is usually enough to identify the most practical starting point.
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