From the bench
Longer notes on craft, and on what separates an award that is kept from one that is not.
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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 2026 · 4 min read
Design, casting, engraving and finishing under one roof — and why we have never outsourced a single stage of it.
18 June 2026 · 5 min read
What it takes to deliver the official awards for a national games — and what the deadline teaches you about production.
22 May 2026 · 4 min read
