Electroplated gold trophy for Crest Secondary School
Crest Secondary School's own Beacon of Hope design: a perforated urn on a sloping square base, printed in fine resin and finished in mirror gold.
- Client
- Crest Secondary School
- Service
- Custom Trophies & Awards
- Completed
- 06/11/2023
- Footprint of the base
- 150 x 150 mm
What we brought
What we can do
Sharp tapers and crisp cut-outs
Fine SLA resin holds the tapering faces and every square cut-out cleanly, a sound surface for plating.
How we look after you
Your own design, made as drawn
Crest sent its own 3D files; they were printed as drawn, in the resin its teacher asked for.
What you get
Gold inside and out
The urn is plated inside as well as out, so the cut-outs catch the light from every side.
Gallery
The whole project at a glance. Drag or swipe to browse; tap a picture to enlarge it.
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The finished piece
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Side on, the urn tapering to its collar.
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The ringed collar and sloping base.
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The rim and cut-outs up close.
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A walk round, then inside the urn.
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FinishingPlated inside the urn as well as out.
The build
How we built it
4 steps, from the brief to the finished piece. Pick a step to jump to it.
The brief
Step 1 of 4 · 04/10/2023
- Files supplied
- STL and CAD model from the school
At Additive Inn, our 3D printing studio in Singapore, we made Crest Secondary School's Beacon of Hope trophy in mirror gold. The school sent its own 3D files and asked for it to be printed in ABS-like resin by SLA.
Production
Step 2 of 4 · 26/10/2023
The trophy was printed hollow in white ABS-like resin by SLA, which keeps the tapering faces flat and every square cut-out crisp.
Finishing
Step 3 of 4
We electroplated the trophy in mirror gold, inside the urn as well as out, so the cut-outs read cleanly from every side.
The final build
Step 4 of 4 · 06/11/2023
The finished Beacon of Hope stands in mirror gold: a perforated urn on a sloping square base, joined by a ringed collar.
Finish close-ups
The plated rim and cut-outs up close, and a walk round the trophy, inside and out.
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