Melbourne · Est. Lulu Dré Atelier
The female form,
reimagined in fine art.
The first and only pregnancy sculpture studio in the southern hemisphere to produce bronze entirely in-house. From scan to sculpture, your piece never leaves our hands — until it reaches yours.
The Lulu Dré difference
Where it began.
Where it's going.
I'm Mana — head artist, founder, and the person you'll meet when you walk through the door.
Lulu Dré began with a single scan: my sister, at 36 weeks, carrying baby Lulu — captured in three dimensions and transformed into something permanent. I knew immediately this deserved to be more than a keepsake — more than a scan sent elsewhere to be produced by strangers. This was a genuine fine art tradition rooted in one of the most extraordinary things the female body does, and it deserved to be treated as such.
I built this studio from that conviction. Lulu Dré became the first and only pregnancy sculpture studio in the southern hemisphere with entirely in-house bronze production — because I believed the pregnant body deserved the same permanence that bronze has offered the great subjects of history since antiquity.
From that foundation something larger emerged. The question became: whose story deserves to be told next? The mother and her baby, scanned and sculpted together. The father and his newborn, preserved as one form. The woman who has survived something extraordinary. The person who sees their body as a work of art. Whatever the reason, if it matters to you, it belongs in fine art.
We also offer solid resin, a contemporary medium that captures extraordinary detail in a sleek, modern form. Producing both entirely in-house is what keeps the quality where it needs to be, and what allows us to remain competitively priced without compromise.
In the beginning, it was me alone. As demand grew, I brought in a small team of dedicated artists who work exclusively on Lulu Dré sculptures — alongside me, in-house, to the same standard. Each sculpture demands hours of meticulous work.
The first and only pregnancy sculpture studio in the southern hemisphere to produce bronze entirely in-house.
How we work
Two spaces. One standard.
01
The Studio
Our private, dedicated scan space — where every client appointment begins. Mana leads every session personally. You arrive, you share your vision, you find your pose. The scan takes only minutes. The privacy of that room, and everything captured within it, never leaves. Your body scan is never shared with third parties. What begins here stays here.
02
The Atelier
Our dedicated bronze workshop — where your form becomes a sculpture. Mana moves between both spaces, carrying your vision from scan to creation. She works hands-on alongside Lulu Dré's exclusively in-house team of artists, each focused entirely on Lulu Dré sculptures. Every detail is shaped, refined, and quality inspected before any piece leaves. Nothing outsourced, ever.
Story
You have always been
a work of art.
Every commission begins with your story. Your story is carried into the atelier where your museum-worthy heirloom is made of you and for you — built to endure well beyond a lifetime and passed down through generations.
Craft
Made, not
manufactured.
Every bronze sculpture is brought to life using the lost wax method — an ancient art form practised for thousands of years. Every resin sculpture is 3D printed and meticulously hand-refined.
Privacy
Private by
Design
Your body scan never leaves our atelier. It is never transferred to a third party & never handled by anyone outside our team. In-house not as a point of difference, but as a point of principle.
What we stand for
Three things that never change.
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