Custom Wood Awards and Wood Trophies

A wood award is a recognition piece built on a wood body and marked with the honoree name. Rosewood and black walnut are the two woods used most on this page, with ebony piano finish and beechwood on a smaller number of designs. Many pair the wood with crystal, glass, cast metal or acrylic rather than using wood alone.

Start with how much presence the piece needs, then pick the material pairing. A walnut shield form at 6.75 by 7.5 inches reads traditional and understated. Starfire crystal held between black walnut semicircles gives height and light for a headline award. A rosewood clock or the rosewood paperweight with an integrated clock face suits a gift the recipient uses daily rather than displays once.

Desk scales dominate this page. Representative sizes include a 4.5 by 4.5 inch starfire disc on a walnut base, 6.5 inch rosewood desk clocks, a 9 inch rosewood mantle clock and a 10 by 10 inch starfire diamond on walnut semicircles. The wood block award comes at 3 by 5, 4 by 6 and 5 by 7 inches, the walnut shadow boxes measure 9 by 12 by 1-1/2 inches, and the ceremonial groundbreaking shovel is 38 inches long.

Rosewood and black walnut are the two main woods here. Ebony piano finish appears on a desk clock, and beechwood is a finish option on the acrylic and wood designs. Wood is often paired with a second material: starfire crystal, optical crystal, jade glass, clear acrylic, cast metal, resin, chrome and frosted aluminum inserts all appear on this page. Tell us which piece you are looking at and we will confirm its exact combination.

Laser engraving is the most common method, cutting into the wood or into a mounted metal plate. Deep etch and sand carving are used on the crystal and glass sections. Four-color process digital printing puts a full-color photo or logo onto the white-finished wood block across a 2.75 by 4.75 inch area, the slanted wood tower combines full-color printing on the acrylic with laser engraving on the wood, and one walnut base lists screen printing for its plate.

Several items here ship as a single piece, including the walnut shield, the Calder starfire and walnut award, the rosewood mantle clock, the ebony desk clock, the spinning globe award and the marine swords shadow box. Others set a floor: four of the 6.5 inch rosewood desk clocks start at six units, and the wood box for the gold hammer starts at two. Most items do not publish a minimum, so tell us the item and quantity and we will confirm it with your quote.

Most items on this page start at 5 working days of production after art approval. Ceremonial cases, boxed pieces and shadow boxes generally run longer, and the wood lapel pins are the longest on the page at 14 business days. Lead times vary by item, so ask us to confirm the schedule on the piece you pick before you commit to a ceremony date.

Put the recipient name first, then the achievement, then the date, with the logo above or on a separate plate. Fields are small on the clocks, around 1.5 by 1 inches or 2.5 by 0.75 inches, and larger on the starfire uprights, where deep etch areas reach 5 by 7 inches. Ceremonial cases often carry a 6 by 1 inch plate, and some, such as the gold shovel shadow box and the wood box for the gold hammer, add a 6 by 1-1/2 inch option. We send a visual proof of the layout before production starts.

Yes on several pieces. The wood block award takes four-color process digital printing in one location on a white surface. The wood and acrylic tower combines a digital full color area with laser engraving, one crystal award fuses color into the material itself from a 16-million-color palette, and the starfire disc award offers a photo-quality imaging option beyond a single-tone etch. Send your artwork and we will confirm which method your piece supports.

Most are built to stand. The rosewood clocks, the crystal on rosewood Statute awards, the starfire uprights on walnut semicircles and the spinning globe are sized for a desk, shelf or credenza. The walnut shadow boxes at 9 by 12 by 1-1/2 inches and the 8 by 10 inch piano wood panel with the gold hammer suit a wall or a shelf, so check the item if the display surface matters.