Feito com Luz
— Made with Light —
From personalised golf course maps to illuminated villa signs — every piece is designed, laser-cut, hand-finished, and checked before it leaves. No factory. Just craft.
Our Story
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Her name means Moon.
And that's where all of this started.
Our daughter Luana carries the Portuguese meaning of Lua — Moon. She’s the reason this exists. Not because of a business plan — but because she kept saying: “Papa, let’s make something.”
I’m Markus — father, maker, and way too curious for my own good. I started out in 3D animation, ended up in software development, but building things with my hands was always there. Wood, tools, creative projects — that stuff came before any of it. Then life happened, and the hands-on work took a back seat for a while.
Luana brought it back. When she started wanting to build real things — not on a screen, but with her hands — something clicked. I got a laser engraver. Then a 3D printer. Then woodworking tools. My office slowly turned into a workshop.
The first pieces were for her — a custom craft desk, name signs, little illuminated boxes with her drawings inside. Then friends saw them. Then someone wanted a personalised shadow box as a gift. It wasn’t a plan. It was momentum.
Made with light. Named after moonlight. Inspired by the brightest light in our life.
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Where technology serves the handmade.
Not the other way around.
Every piece that leaves this studio is a mix of digital precision and hands-on work. A laser engraves a topographic golf course into birch plywood. Hands sand, paint, and wire an illuminated villa sign. LEDs bring depth to a multi-layer shadow box. Whether it’s a personalised gift or a bespoke piece for a property — what you get isn’t something off a production line.
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Laser Engraving
A focused beam of light engraves topographic maps, portraits, and custom designs into wood and cork. Precision that no hand could pull off.
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Hand-Finishing
Every edge is sanded. Every surface is painted, oiled, or treated by hand. That’s where each piece gets its character.
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LED Illumination
Carefully placed lighting turns flat wood into something that glows. Villa signs, shadow boxes, name boards — light is the final layer.
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Digital Design & Modern Technology
Custom components, frames, and functional parts. We use whatever tool helps us build better — from digital design to the latest tech. The maker always has the final say.
What we stand for
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Good wood
We work with birch plywood, local cork, and solid wood — picked for grain, durability, and how it works with light.
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Reclaimed when we can
If we can reuse or recycle materials instead of buying new, we do. Rescued wood gets a quiet mark — because it had a life before.
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Non-toxic finishes
All oils, paints, and coatings we use are free from toxic substances. Quality materials, responsibly chosen.
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Checked before it ships
Every piece gets inspected before it leaves. If it doesn’t meet our standard, it stays in the workshop.
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Part of something growing.
Garden Next Door — makers, growers, creators.
Feito com Luz is one part of Garden Next Door — a growing network of makers, between workshop, garden, and algorithm. The idea behind it is pretty simple: meaningful things should be made locally, by people you can actually talk to, from materials you can touch.
We don’t scale. We grow.
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Feito com Luz
Your story, handcrafted in wood & light.
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