organic is the new in thing….. we make efforts to recycle….. efforts to conserve….. try harder to delight our customers…. share knowledge on social media….. thought processes are changing….. of course lots more needs to be achieved but at least many of us have started moving in that direction which  [...]

organic is the new in thing…..

we make efforts to recycle…..

efforts to conserve…..

try harder to delight our customers….

share knowledge on social media…..

thought processes are changing….. of course lots more needs to be achieved but at least many of us have started moving in that direction which  is what matters.

Recognition domain is no different. Lot of companies are putting efforts to introduce or ramp up their efforts for informal and instant recognition again its not enough but yes its started and for all the good reasons. It costs less… in fact far lesser than a formal recognition program or an incentive policy… has a much deeper impact on team members and keeps every one happier. But yes it needs efforts for informal recognition comes from the heart you can put some amount of system in place but ultimately its about individual efforts and how people act in the moment.

In fact Dale Carnegie in his book ‘How to make friends and influence people’ talked at great length about the importance of instant recognition. This nifty little book probably is still the second most popular book after bible. Dale carnegie’s thoughts and ideas are as relevant today as they were 75 years back.

So bring together a group of good hearts within your company and think how you can facilitate and encourage team members to instantly appreciate team and co-workers when they do good work. Make good work visible. Encourage the use of thank you’s… wow that was great work… you are awesome…. amazing…. into everyday work and experience the difference.

This has been a long pending to do on our list and we are happy its finally checked. Introducing dazzling…. sparkling…. shimmering…..all metal trophy cups designed and made in Italy. The finish, the design, the plating everything is to the T. My personal favorite is the two tone plating effect [...]

This has been a long pending to do on our list and we are happy its finally checked. Introducing dazzling…. sparkling…. shimmering…..all metal trophy cups designed and made in Italy. The finish, the design, the plating everything is to the T. My personal favorite is the two tone plating effect with gold and silver plating. Same piece of metal is plated one side with gold and other side with silver creating a magical play of light.

The best thing about these Metal Trophy Cups is the quality of Plating. Nothing goes wrong with it. No Tarnish, No rusting. Your Winners can proudly display them for ever and ever….

Let me know what you think?

Wine Bottles as a gift for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Dinners and Special Occasion is sort of the in-thing to do. The trouble is every one knows this…. so your Wine Bottle easily gets lost among the many which come…. it becomes just another gift. This may be ok if the person [...]

Wine Bottles as a gift for Birthdays, Anniversaries, Dinners and Special Occasion is sort of the in-thing to do. The trouble is every one knows this…. so your Wine Bottle easily gets lost among the many which come…. it becomes just another gift. This may be ok if the person you are gifting to is just another person… not some one special or the occasion is not special but if you are celebrating with a special person or the occasion is extra special try our personalized wine bottles and make it a Gift which is Remembered.

People love our personalized wine bottles so much that they never end up opening them or if they do they never end up throwing the empty bottle. They just keep re-filling it.

Get your very own Personalized Wine Bottles in Just 3 simple steps. Due to Indian laws this service is restricted to NCR region (Delhi and near by areas)

1. Tell us the address for pick up your Wine bottle (We do not sell Wine Bottles we only provide design and personalization service.)
2. Get your own design made… See it on computer before it is engraved on the bottle.
3. Receive your Wine Bottle Engraved within 2 days of artwork approval.

Its that simple.

Make your loved ones feel special.

Indian law also prohibit us to show and sell engraved wine bottles on our e-commerce store so we have not included this in our online store at  www.pinnacleworks.com. But ordering them is still easy.

Frosting on glass refers to an extremely light etching or engraving to glass just enough to remove the transparency of glass. Its often done for glass windows and doors so that one can’t see through it. Many manufacturers supply frosted glass as well so you need not buy plain glass [...]

Frosting on glass refers to an extremely light etching or engraving to glass just enough to remove the transparency of glass. Its often done for glass windows and doors so that one can’t see through it. Many manufacturers supply frosted glass as well so you need not buy plain glass and then frost it.

Infact many companies such as 3M also have a film which can be pasted on plain glass and it gives an appearance of being frosted.

Drinking glasses of different types are also frosted.

Usually in awards industry we do not use frosting technique for its too light to highlight the artwork and text correctly.

Learn about engraved mugs

When we engrave on a coffee mug we are actually removing the top color coating on the coffee mug and revealing the inside bare white mug as per the artwork. Engraving comes out best when done on a a dark color mug as the sharp contrast between the dark outer color and white bare mug makes the artwork look good.

This is quite a labor intensive process as one mug is engraved at a time. However what you get at the end is a beautiful piece of art which will not fade with time.

Engraved Mug Side View

No. Sorry this is not possible. One of my earlier blogs I talked in detail about how images are actually engraved inside crystal. You can read this blog to build a complete understanding on this process but if you want a real quick explanation than here it goes. These images [...]

No. Sorry this is not possible. One of my earlier blogs I talked in detail about how images are actually engraved inside crystal. You can read this blog to build a complete understanding on this process but if you want a real quick explanation than here it goes.

These images are engraved inside crystal through a laser beam. The laser beam penetrated through the surface of the crystal and starts rupturing the crystal in forms of tinny dots to create the image you want. Since technically no material enters a solid block of crystal we cannot put color inside 3D engraved crystal.

Hope this was helpful. As always do leave me a feedback below.

Plating is commonly used as short form for ‘Electro Plating’. Technically speaking it is a chemical process in which a product, typically metal is coated with tiny ions of another metal through a process of electrolysis. I am not getting into the technical or more specifically chemical details of electrolysis [...]

Plating is commonly used as short form for ‘Electro Plating’. Technically speaking it is a chemical process in which a product, typically metal is coated with tiny ions of another metal through a process of electrolysis. I am not getting into the technical or more specifically chemical details of electrolysis but certainly would like to talk a little more about the application of plating. Electroplating plays a huge role in our awards and promotional industry.

Almost always awards and gifts are casted in bare metal and than plated with the desired metallic colors such as silver, chrome, gold, copper, black just to name a few. There are many many variations within each color as well, such as matt gold, bright gold, champagne gold etc. Besides the fact that platting makes the object look very impressive it also plays an important role of protecting the award or the gift from rusting.

Many times plating is also done to bring down the cost. For example many awards and gifts are casted in metal and than plated with real 24 karat gold or real silver. If platting is well done than once finished the awards and gifts look as if they are made entirely of real gold and real silver. This is used extensively to make artificial jewelry.

Now a days some very unusual substances are also electro plated. For example real flowers. Yes you heard it right. Real flowers. In fact rose flower plated in 24 karat gold is a very popular gift, especially as a romantic gift or a perfect gift for valentine. At Pinnacle how ever we have used it as an award, as a Thank you gesture gift to special employees and customers also as a long service award.

Hope now the term plating is absolutely clear if I could be of any additional help feel free to leave a comment below.

Article talks about an interesting story about the invention of glass.

Recently I bought this beautiful book ‘The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World’ Edited by Brian M. Fagan. This book has one complete chapter dedicated to Glass. The book effortlessly transported me into a time when we humans lived in sync with earth and not as the most powerful creatures who’s hunger for resources never seems to slow down.

The book talks about the origins of glass; this is no ordinary story of invention where a scientist had his eureka moment. Instead its a story which can easily qualify to be in a children’s bed time story book. It goes like this…

“Once a ship belonging to some traders in natural soda (nitrum) put ashore here ( near the river Belus) and that they scattered along the shore to prepare a meal. Since, however, no stones for supporting their cauldrons were forthcoming, they rested them on lumps of soda from their cargo. When these became heated and were completely mingled with the sand on the beach a strange liquid flowed in steams; and this, it is said, was the origin of glass. (Pliny the Elder, 1st century AD). So the origin of glass is some what obscure but long predates the account given by Pliny the Elder.” (The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World’ Edited by Brian M. Fagan. Page 49)

Honestly up till now I always thought that glass was invented some where during the industrial revolution and of course I was wrong by hundreds and thousands of years. Well so much for my history knowledge. I found few other interesting notes which I found interesting.

* The first known objects in glass were beads and amulets dating to 2500 BC from Mesopotamia region.
* The first glass vessels was probably made before 1500 BC around western asia.
* Glass Blowing, a technique use to produce our artistic awards such as Regency Crystal Award and Signature Crystal Award was discovered sometime around 1st century BC on teh coast of Syria.
* Float glass or window glass which we use for awards was a roman invention used in Italy around 1st century AD.
(The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World’ Edited by Brian M. Fagan. Page 49-51)

As I mentioned all the above information is from the above mentioned book if this information is not correct please leave me a note and I would correct it here for every ones reference.

Planning to make your own custom lapel pin. Great Idea! Confused which finish is right for you? Worry no more. I have explained 6 of the most popular finishes below. Choose the one which fits your artwork the best. Still have doubts and questions write to us us at customerservice@pinnacleworks.com [...]

Planning to make your own custom lapel pin. Great Idea! Confused which finish is right for you? Worry no more. I have explained 6 of the most popular finishes below. Choose the one which fits your artwork the best. Still have doubts and questions write to us us at customerservice@pinnacleworks.com and we would be happy to help you.

1. Dye Struck Enamel Color Lapel Pins :

Each piece of lapel pin is casted in metal from a mould. Once casted all pins are individually polished, plated in gold or silver color and finally sent for color filling. Vibrant enamel colors are filled as per your artwork in the lapel pin one color at a time. Finally your perfect lapel pins are ready for you.

When your lapel pins are dye struck your artwork appears as high relief. That is if you run your finger over the pin you can feel all the lines of the artwork in metal quite distinctly.

2. Photo Etched Enamel Color Lapel Pin :
Lapel pins made from this process look almost similar to the Dye struck enamel color pins the only difference being the metal pin is not made from a dye. Your artwork is etched on metal. All your lines in your artwork look much finer in metal. If you run your finger over the pins you cannot feel the lines if your artwork clearly.

3. Dye Struck Copper lapel pin without coloring :
Rustic, macho, different. You can call this finish anything. Different people have different reasons to go for this finish. This pin is casted from a mould and platted with copper. No additional colors are filled in this pin.

4. Printing on Metal with lamination :
Make no mistake this is no ordinary printing. Your artwork is printed through a special process directly on metal and than laminated for that perfect gloss finish. Many times an artwork cannot be casted in metal from a dye. For example our Lapel pin for the Indian Flag. There was no way we could make a perfect chakra with 24 spikes in the Indian Flag Pin using the casting process and than filling in enamel colors.

5. 3D Model Lapel Pins;
Yes, we can make 3D or a 2D design for a lapel pin. In this process first a perfect clay model is made by an artist for the object looking at various pictures from different angle and than a master mould is prepared from which the pieces are casted. Once casted each piece is polished and perfected before plating in silver or gold color. This method needs detail and precision working especially in you are making a scaled down model of aircrafts.

6. Custom Cut acrylic pins and badges :
Made from acrylic sheets this is the fastest way to get two color Lapel. Any custom shape is possible. However no additional color can be added. We can ship these pins in 3 days after artwork approval.

Hope this information was helpful. If you have questions do feel free to leave me a comment.

New to engraved coffee mugs. No worry. Just read this blog and hopefully all your questions would be answered.

This questions comes up many times when our customer hear first time about our engraved mugs. Its quite understandable since engraved mugs are rather uncommon. Personally speaking I just love engraved mugs. In some manner it is more like an everyday art piece.

Engraving on a coffee mug is done one piece at a time, pretty labor intensive and a time consuming process. Little wonder why it cost more than commonly available printed mugs which can be printed all at once in batches of hundreds if not thousands.

When we engrave on a coffee mug we are actually removing the top color on the coffee mug revealing the inside bare white mug. Engraving comes out best when done on a a dark color mug as the sharp contrast between the dark outer color and white bare mug makes the artwork look good.

Following are some more questions we are commonly asked. Hope they will be helpful. If you have some specific questions do feel free to ask me and I would be happy to reply on Just Ask Pinnacle.

Are engraved mugs safe?

Absolutely. We have been making them for over 10 years and many more people around the world have been making it even longer. No complaints till now.

Does the artwork get spoiled over time?

No. The artwork stays the same. The only way it can get spoiled is if you break the mug.

Can you fill in color in engraved mugs?

Technically color filling can be done. But practically I don’t advice color filling especially if you are using it for drinking coffee or tea. The color will come out as you will be washing the mugs after every use. Their are no permanent colors which are not guaranteed to fade with repeated washing so we never advice color filling on coffee mugs. But yes we have done it for many of our customers as they were using their personalised mugs essentially as a pen stand.( see Engraving Mug with color filling)

Hope this post was helpful if I have left any question unanswered feel free leave me a comment below and I would be happy to answer.