From the bench

The Journal

Launches, workshop news, what has just joined the catalogue, and the commissions that taught us something worth writing down.

Latest · News

A second engraving bench goes in

Engraving was the one stage that could not be hurried without being spoiled. So we stopped hurrying it and added a bench instead.

11 August 20263 min read

New Products

The Meridian crystal series

Optical crystal, 15 mm through the face, with the engraving sunk from behind so it cannot scuff. Specifications and honest limitations.

9 August 20263 min read

Launch

The 2026 Premium collection is open

Fifty-one new pieces in optical crystal and cast metal, built around one question: what does this look like on a stage from the back of the hall?

6 August 20263 min read

Launch

The storefront is open

Twenty years of work, finally with prices on it. Here is what the new site does, and the one thing it deliberately does not.

24 July 20263 min read

Blog

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

New Products

Recycled brass medals, at the same price

Our die-struck medals now use reclaimed brass. The finish is identical, the price has not moved, and here is why we are not charging a premium for it.

2 July 20263 min read

News

A sports-day season, seen from the bench

Two hundred schools, one nine-week window, and a hard lesson about the difference between a deadline and a date.

28 June 20264 min read

Blog

Inside the Lajpat Nagar workshop

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

18 June 20265 min read

Blog

The Khelo India commission

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