From the bench

The Journal

Longer notes on craft, and on what separates an award that is kept from one that is not.

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What makes an award worth keeping

Most trophies are thrown away within a decade. The ones that survive have three things in common — and none of them is price.

10 July 20264 min read

Design, casting, engraving and finishing under one roof — and why we have never outsourced a single stage of it.

18 June 20265 min read

What it takes to deliver the official awards for a national games — and what the deadline teaches you about production.

22 May 20264 min read