AOM

I've been making physical crypto collectibles since 2013. Coins embedded with private keys, ready to be loaded by their owners with Bitcoin. That work was mine, and I was proud of it.

But in 2025 something shifted.

I bought a laser engraver off eBay for $5,000. They were asking $8,000. I lowballed them and panicked when they said yes.

I taught myself LightBurn. I started burning into metal. And what I found was a level of creative control I hadn't experienced before. The designs, the settings, the material, the finish, all of it in my hands from start to finish. That has only grown since, now working in Adobe Illustrator and moving between the two, and the possibilities keep expanding.

A friend who runs Pokemon tables on weekends saw my work and said, have you ever thought about doing something for collectors like us?

That question became the Pikachu Relic. 21 made. Laser engraved on both sides. Numbered. Packaged in a custom tin.

AOM is drawn from the primordial sound. The logo is a sigil. The pieces are called Artifacts of Consciousness because that is what they are, ideas made physical, through obsession and a $5,000 laser.

This is Entry I. There will be more.