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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

When searching for recognition awards, there are many different colors and styles available. Each unique award brings a twist of appreciation and caring. At Bennettawards.net, we can work with you to find the right recognition award for your occasion. For the ultimate in recognition we offer the "Grand Appreciation" Recognition Award. This sculpture award will certainly be an attractive item for those you appreciate.

The "Grand Appreciation" Recognition Award depicts an impressionistic figure holding an object. The object can be an object we have, or a custom object that fits your individual or organization. This unique award, designed by artist MK Shannon, stands an impressive 15 inches high, including its marble base. The Grand Appreciation sculpture award is created in pewter, and available in one of three finishes: a natural pewter finish, silver plating and gold plating. Grand Appreciation’s black marble base can be customized with an engraving of your choice.

No matter what your occasion, this sculpture award will have your special person, business of organization smiling from ear to ear. They will appreciate your generosity. Be sure to view Bennettawards.net to look at all of our recognition awards and find what is right for you.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, together with Case Western Reserve University and Gibson Guitars, presented a Bennett sculpture award to Les Paul, the legendary Jazz guitarist, inventor and pioneer of the solid-body electric guitar. The presentation was made to Paul as part of an awards presentation and tribute concert for the 13th Annual American Music Masters series. The annual American Music Masters series celebrates an artist whose career has had a significant impact on rock and roll.

The unique Bennett sculpture award "Harmonize", which depicts a stylized musical note, was presented to Paul by Rock Hall CEO Terry Stewart on November 15, 2008. Following the recognition awards presentation, Paul and his trio performed a jam session for the delighted crowd. He was joined on stage by other performers in the tribute concert, including Slash, Duane Eddy and Richie Sambora.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, November 21, 2008
Presenting recognition awards is one of the best ways to recognize and visibly applaud the performance or accomplishments of a recipient, whether they have achieved this in a corporate environment, non-profit organization, or sporting event. If your objective is to recognize a unique performance, contribution or achievement, why settle for a run-of-the-mill trophy or plaque? Instead, match the unique achievement with a unique award. By presenting truly unique awards for these occasions, you show recognition for, and appreciation of, the unique nature of the achievements. Not only do these unique awards memorialize the recipients and their accomplishments, they can also boost the morale of the entire organization by sending an important signal that you notice and appreciate everyone’s efforts.

These are a variety of unique awards available in the market. These awards span a number of different price points and award categories, including individual achievement awards, group recognition awards, corporate awards, and sporting event awards. Event-specific unique awards can also be created that are tailored and customized to that specific event.

One type of unique award that is becoming increasingly popular is sculpture awards. These awards are generally created in one of two types of metal: bronze and pewter. The bronze sculpture awards are sometimes available in a high polished finish, although many have coloration on their surface that is called “patina”. Pewter sculpture awards can be ordered in a natural pewter finish, or with gold or silver plating.

Unique awards can differ across a number of different dimensions, including material, size, finish and price. Award customers must balance all these dimensions when choosing unique awards that are appropriate for their event or presentation. This selection should comprehend the image of the organization, the purpose of the recognition award, and the personality of the recipients. When the right selection is made, recipients receive appropriately unique awards that they feel proud to showcase in their homes or offices.

Most of these unique awards are made out of bronze, and their outer surfaces are either polished to a smooth, gleaming bronze finish, or given a textured look using patina. Many awards incorporate both methods. Sculpture awards are also available in a pewter material. There are three primary finish options for these awards: a natural pewter finish, silver plating or gold plating. Some of the unique pewter sculpture awards utilize all of these finishes.

The choice of material used for these sculpture awards also impacts their price. Bronze is a richer, heavier metal that translates into higher sculpture award prices. Pewter is a softer metal that usually results in lower-priced sculpture awards.

In support of these objectives, we offer a broad selection of pre-made sculpture awards that can be matched to your needs and requirements. We also provide custom awards that are designed from the ground up with your specific requirements in mind. In either case, the resulting award is something truly unique that will enhance the image and integrity of your presentation.

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There are moments in business that it is important to develop partnerships with individuals or companies. These partnerships often take each business to an exciting new level of achievement. For this reason artist Bob Bennett has created the "Union" Recognition Award. This exciting award recognizes the important individuals involved in this wonderful relationship.

The "Union" Recognition Award is an abstract design recognizing the success that can be achieved through partnership and collaboration. The design's features two flowing, symmetric curves joined at the bottom and top of the award. It is important that everyone works together in unity when developing a partnership with a company. The "Union" Recognition Award is a fantastic sculpture award that recognizes this relationship.

Recognition awards will surely put smiles on the faces of its recipients. This unique sculpture award has a black marble base that can be engraved. The personalization of the sculpture award will bring enjoyment for all. Stop by Bennettawards.net for an exciting custom award experience.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
One of our unique capabilities is our specialty in creating unique, custom awards that are designed specific to our customers’ needs. Since each organization is unique, with its own values, personality, and brand image, it is not surprising that many of these organizations want unique awards that are tailored to their unique characteristics. Unlike off-the-shelf recognition awards, which may or may not meet the needs of customers, organizations can be sure that custom awards designed to their requirements totally fulfill their award objectives.

When we create custom awards, part of the unique tailoring is defined by the subject matter of the award. In some cases, an organization may want recognition awards that signify a specific object or theme. For example, we created sculpture awards for Diageo, the owner of the Johnny Walker brand, in the shape of the famous Johnny Walker striding man. When we created a custom sculpture award for Netflix’s “Popcorn” Award, we based it on a popcorn bowl, or course.

Beyond the subject matter, however, organizations differ in the style of custom awards they want. This style needs to reflect the personality and image of the organization, event, or award purpose. Roughly speaking, there are three categories of custom sculpture awards we can create: 1) realistic awards, that are scale-appropriate reproductions of the image being represented; 2) impressionistic awards, that are more stylistic representations of the object or theme being conveyed; and 3) abstract awards, that are abstract designs that use the general theme of the award as inspiration.

All of these custom award options can deliver beautiful, incredible sculpture awards – there is never a single “right” approach. We are fortunate enough to work with a set of artists who specialize in these various categories of custom awards. Some specialize in realistic recognition awards, others in impressionistic recognition awards, and still others in abstract recognition award designs. When we determine what our customer’s specific needs are, and the style of custom awards that will best meet these needs, we can match their unique project with an artist that specializes in that specific style. We don’t have to adopt a “one size fits all” philosophy. We can ensure that our customers receive the best possible match and expertise for their specific custom awards project.

This unique artist/customer pairing also results in unique custom awards that stand apart from anything else on the market. The customer provides the specifications and inspiration behind the sculpture award design, while the sculpture award artist infuses the design with their unique talent, ideas and artistic aesthetic. These unique combinations yield wildly diverse award designs that truly reflect the unique nature and persona of each organization or event.

As a finishing touch, all of the custom awards can be mounted on beautiful marble bases, which can have personalized engraving or etched plates that provide an additional level of customization to the customer. These engravings can include the name of the event, recipient, presenting organization, special quote or motto, and can even incorporate graphic elements like organizational logos. This ensures “top-to-bottom” customization for these unique custom awards.

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Daily there are millions of people around the world that pray for a peaceful existence. There are people that have strived to help our country, and our world, to have the best existence possible. These are the people that should be recognized for their hard work and efforts. For this reason, artist Terrie Bennett has created the "Prayer for Peace" Recognition Award. Your company or organization can put the spotlight on the ones who work the hardest for peace with this elegant sculpture award.

The "Prayer for Peace" Recognition Award depicts two praying hands joined together and holding a heart at the fingertips. In the middle of the heart, two doves – the international symbol for peace – are flying together in harmony. This is a great award for honoring humanitarian organizations, or individuals involved in humanitarian pursuits. This sculpture award stands 5 inches tall. It is created in bronze and as a multi-color patina finish. If you are looking for personalization, a black marble base can be added and engraved.

Honor those around you that have gone above and beyond to find peace. These outstanding individuals will love the fact that they are being recognized for their efforts. At a great, affordable price, this opportunity is too good to pass up. Be sure to view all of our custom sculpture awards at Bennettawards.net today.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, November 14, 2008

With over thirty years of experience creating unique custom awards, the artists at Bennett Awards can fulfill all of your custom award needs. Our staff is happy to work with all our clients to develop new custom awards designed to your specifications. Our team of gifted artists and account managers will work closely with you throughout the design process to ensure that your custom award is a perfect match for your needs. There are multiple options to create custom awards.

If you find one of our existing recognition or sports awards that fit what you are looking for, they can be resized to meet your needs. Each individual base of these sculptor awards can also be resized if you have a fresh idea. Our artists and account managers will take you through the process to find what’s right for you. Don't forget about our engravings that add personalization to each piece.

If you are looking for a totally new custom sculptor award that fits your organization or company, we can certainly make your dreams come true. This option is performed in a step-by-step fashion: we start with rough sketches, move on to a rough model, the ultimately progress towards a final model. Customer feedback and approval is incorporated throughout the process. Finally, the marble bases for any custom award designs can be personalized using any of the methods described above. Contact Bennett Awards for all your custom sculptor award needs.

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by: Bennett Awards
Thursday, November 13, 2008
In today’s competitive world, corporations face many new challenges on a variety of fronts. This puts a tremendous amount of pressure on a company’s employees. In the face of this pressure, many employees can lose their motivation and morale. Thus, in order to keep the motivation of employees high, many companies and non-profit organizations around the world are proving corporate awards as a method to recognize the achievements of their employees. These recognition awards are often presented following the successful completion of a project or the attainment of a major milestone. In some cases, however, they are provided as a spontaneous way of saying “thank you”.

These corporate awards not only boost the morale of the employee, they also provide other significant benefits to the presenting organization, including decreasing attrition, improving productivity, and increasing sales. Appropriate for the entire spectrum of companies, from the major corporation to the small-scale business, these unique awards will enhance the organization’s overall level of performance.

In addition, by giving away corporate awards, companies not only motivate the employees who are the award recipients, they also incent the other employees in the office. These other employees can see the recognition that has taken place, and they know that their hard work and accomplishments will also be similarly rewarded by their organization.

We are proud to offer corporate awards that are totally unique, and a higher end offering than ordinary trophies and plaques, which usually end up in a desk drawer. Our corporate sculpture awards are true pieces of art that recipients will be proud to display in their homes or offices. These unique corporate sculpture awards are beautiful, timeless and enduring. These unique awards help distinguish the special nature of your event or presentation.

Any of our corporate awards can be customized by including personalized engravings on the marble bases of the awards. These personalized engravings can include things like the name of the recipient, the name or purpose of the award, the date of the presentation, or the name and logo of the presenting organization.

In most instances, these corporate sculpture awards are personalized with engravings in their marble bases, as described above. Another option for customizing these corporate awards is to include an engraved or etched metal plate on the base of the corporate award. These plates can be designed in a variety of sizes and colors, and can include a wide range of font styles and graphic images. Our account managers award artists will work collaboratively with you to ensure that the award is customized to meet your specific needs.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Highs and lows can happen over any periods of time. Whether you are a business or organization, there are times when it is important to recognize the endurance someone has exerted. For this reason, artist Bob Bennett has created the "Endurance" Recognition Award. This award will show your appreciation to that special person who has spent so much time working hard.

The "Endurance" Recognition Award is one of our most popular awards. The "Endurance" Award is an abstract design signifying perseverance and commitment. The flowing lines point upwards, towards the achievement of a hard-fought goal or objective. This award is available in two sizes. A 17 inch award is available and a 13 inch award is available. This sculpture award is created in bronze and features a high-polish bronze finish. The "Endurance" sculpture award features a black marble base, which can be engraved.

The elegant design of this award stands out. This sculpture award will show that special person in your life that you appreciate their commitment. Don’t let the opportunity to show you gratification slide by. Be sure to check out all of our sculpture awards at Bennettawards.net.

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by: Bennett Awards
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Organizations looking for special, unique awards often wonder how they can personalize their awards to be special and unique to their organization or presentation. Many organizations have grown tired of run-of-the-mill awards that don’t reflect any of the unique attributes of their organization, or speak to the unique nature of their event or presentation.

Virtually all of the customers purchasing our unique awards choose to personalize their recognition awards by incorporating a customized engraving on the marble bases of their awards. These engravings can incorporate a virtually unlimited number of text and graphic options. For example, the engraving might contain the name of the recipient, the name of the award, the name of the presenting organization, and/or a special phrase or saying. In the case of corporate awards, the text may contain the company tag-line, motto or logo.

There are two ways to incorporate a personalized engraving on these unique awards. The first, and most common, is to have the engraving etched into the black marble base of the awards. The etching can be filled with either gold or silver fill. Generally, it is a good idea for the fill cover to match the finish of the unique awards - silver fill for pewter or silver-plated pewter sculpture awards, and gold fill for gold-plated pewter and bronze sculpture awards.

The second option is to have a laser-engraved plate attached to the base of the unique awards. This plate can be either silver- or gold-plated. The advantage of the laser plate is that it is able to hold more text characters, and can contain color images (a color corporate logo, for example).

Customers of our unique awards have been thrilled with both of these options - either choice can make for a great presentation. Our consultants work closely with our customers to ensure that their award engraving adds to the beauty and impact of their awards and award presentation.

Another way that customers can choose to personalize our unique awards is by customizing a component of our award. Many of our recognition awards support elements on the award that can be changed to reflect some unique attribute of the company. Our sculpture award “Appreciation”, for example, is a figure holding an object. The standard objects that can be selected include a star, a heart and a child. Like the marble bases described above, each of these objects can be engraved with a personalized message of the customer’s choosing. In addition, we can create a custom designed object that can be used to replace one of these standard objects. A real estate company, for example, might choose to develop a home or building as the object being held in the arms of the figure. This, too, can be engraved.

Hopefully, this gives you some idea of the different options for personalizing and customizing your unique awards, and making them truly unique for your purposes. We work closely with our customers to make sure this personalization adds to the uniqueness of their event or presentation, enhancing its overall impact.

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by: Bennett Awards
Friday, November 7, 2008

The golf season is winding down. Now is the time to start thinking about a wonderful award to give to your golfer of the year. Here at Bennettawards.net we have the perfect sculpture award that your most valuable golfer will certainly love for years to come. Our "Vantage" Golf Award is a magnificent sculpture award that will have everyone gazing at its height and beauty.

The "Vantage" Gold Award is one of our largest and most impressive golf awards. The award features a golfer, dressed in vintage golfing gear, at the end of his golf swing. The golfer is relaxed, knowledgeable that he has just hit a great shot. You will hit a great shot too with this wonderful sculpture piece that stands an impressive 29 inches tall. The Vantage sculpture award is created in bronze, and features a high polished bronze finish. Its black marble base can be customized with an engraving of your choice.

This classic piece designed by artist Tom Bennett would be a great golf award for your impressive golfer. We also have other wonderful golf awards to choose from. You will surely find the sculpture award that fits your needs. Stop by Bennettawards.net today and place your order with our wonderful staff.

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by: Bennett Awards
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Are you looking for custom awards that are absolutely perfect for any occasion, including corporate recognition, individual accomplishments, sporting achievements, or philanthropic service? Then your hunt for the most unique, highest quality awards starts and ends with custom awards. Custom awards are classic, timeless pieces of art that capture and memorialize the essence of your special presentation, and create a lasting, personalized icon for you recipients that will forever remind them of their recognition.

Custom awards are not like common trophies or plaques that will end up in someone’s drawers. These unique awards are finely showcased as mementos that will stand the test of time and make the recipient recall and relive those vibrant, colorful and unforgettable moments of their life.

These unique sculpture awards also help to enhance the integrity and image of the presentation and event. The custom awards are special and beautiful pieces of art that can be proudly displayed by the recipients on the shelves of their homes or offices.

One of the best parts of custom awards is that they cater to the needs and requirements of a broad range of customers. They can be customized for the event, the recipient, the presenting organization, or some combination thereof. One of the primary ways to personalize these unique awards is through the use of personalized engravings upon their marble bases. The can also be customized through the choice of finishes – for example, many awards are available in pewter, gold or silver plating.

These custom awards can be easily customized along a number of different dimensions, including design, size, material, and finish. Organizations can choose the style and design that best fit their needs as well as their tastes.

Custom awards are a totally unique and visible way to highlight the achievements of their recipients. As described above, their marble bases can include personalized engravings incorporating information such as presentation date, recipient name, or the name of the presenting organization. Also, these custom engravings can use many different font styles, and include graphics such as organizational logos.

Another way to customize these recognition awards is to re-size designs to meet the unique requirements of the customers. A customer, for example, may want to create a large custom award as a perpetual award, and smaller custom awards using the same award design to present to recipients on a regular basis.

The basic steps that are followed to create custom awards include the following:

• First, customers provide details about their specific event, recipients and requirements. Based on this, an appropriate award artist is selected to develop the award design.

• Next, the artist creates sketches of different sculpture awards designs. These are reviewed with the client, then revamped until a final sketch (design) is selected.

• Once a design direction has been selected, a model is fabricated using wax or clay. This enables the customer to get a true, three-dimensional view into the design. This model is iterated on until the customer is fully satisfied.

• Once the model is approved by the customer, a mold is created, and the custom awards are produced – usually out of pewter or bronze.

• Finally, a base is selected for the custom awards. In addition, the custom can select personalized engravings that are etched into the bases of the sculpture awards.

Throughout the whole process, the customer’s feedback incorporated to ensure the most desirable outcome.

If these custom awards sound like something that can benefit your organization, definitely check them out on the Internet. You can use these beautiful, timeless pieces of arts as a unique, lasting method of recognition and reward.

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by: Bennett Awards
Wednesday, November 5, 2008

In these tough economic times, there are many companies and organizations that have strived to push through all the economic pressures. In this process there are groups or individuals that have taken your company or organization on its back and ran in a forward motion. Our "Flight" Recognition Award is the perfect way to show your appreciation to those individuals that have kept your company moving in a forward direction.

Our "Flight" Recognition Award uses powerful, symmetrical lines to convey flight or forward motion. This can represent an idea, project, or initiative that has "taken flight" and is now soaring forward. This unique award, designed by artist Tom Bennett, stands 10 inches high. The Flight sculpture award is created in bronze, and features a high-polish bronze finish. Flight's black marble base can be customized with an engraving of your choice.

Your special group or individuals will love this unique sculpture award. They will also love the appreciation that you have shown to them. It is wonderful to recognize people in a special way. This sculpture award allows you to do just that. Stop by Bennettawards.net and find the recognition award that fits all of your needs.

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by: Bennett Awards
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
We are excited to have just completed a new custom awards project for the NFL football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We created a set of custom awards for the owner's suites in their stadium. These custom awards were based a very detailed, intricate design incorporating a pirate ship. These custom sculpture awards included many intricate details, such as rigging.

These unique custom awards are an good example of the breadth of our custom awards capabilities. We have experience working with a variety of award styles, ranging from very detailed and realistic (as was the case with this project), all the way through impressionistic and abstract custom awards designs.

We will be posting photos and a news blurb about these unique sculpture awards soon - stay tuned. And, let us know if you are ready to embark on your own custom awards project.

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