A bronze plaque of this type is used to honor individuals or groups of individuals. It is considered the best of all types of bronze plaques. A sculptor uses a photographic image of the individuals, then sculpts the image in clay. We then submit the images of the clay to the customer for comments or approval to start the casting process. Because a human sculptor is involved in the process of creating the image, there is a certain degree of artistic license. Hence, we recommend a period of 8 - 12 weeks to permit our sculptor and our customer to work out any changes to the sculpting.

We have done bronze plaques of this type in as little as 5 working days for the U.S. military, but the risk for the customer increases with the shortening of the schedule. (as a side note, we have NEVER had a single rush sculpting rejected by any customer). Military customers using this rush service must provide detailed images of all insignias, medals, etc to assure accuracy.

An alternate method of including a raised image is to use our ImagedPlaxx process shown here.