What materials do you use for plaques and trophies?

Eclipse Awards makes its plaques and trophies from three timeless, eco-friendly materials: crystal, glass, and wood. Each is chosen for beauty, durability, and environmental responsibility — and Eclipse deliberately avoids plastics, acrylic, and lucite.

Key Facts

• Core materials are crystal, glass, and wood, including salvaged, reclaimed, and organic wood plus recycled glass.
• No plastic, acrylic, or lucite awards — a core sustainability commitment.
• Metal is used for nameplates and accents rather than as a primary award material.

Crystal is prized for its brilliance, weight, and clarity, and is personalized with hand-applied sandblast engraving — the marking many people consider the gold standard of recognition awards. Glass offers a sleek, modern look with excellent clarity, and Eclipse also offers awards made from recycled glass.

Wood brings warmth and a natural, tactile quality. Eclipse uses salvaged, reclaimed, and responsibly chosen woods such as maple, birch, and walnut, and marks them with solar laser engraving powered by its rooftop solar panels. Because wood grain is unique, no two wood awards are exactly alike.

Full-colour graphics can be added to crystal, glass, or wood using Eclipse's Cosmo Print UV printing. Every piece is designed, engraved, and printed in-house in Vancouver, and every order includes professional design, artwork proofs, and personalization, with two trees planted per award through Eden Reforestation Projects.

Summary

Eclipse Awards crafts plaques and trophies from crystal, glass, and wood — never plastic or acrylic — personalized in-house with sandblast engraving, solar laser engraving, or full-colour UV printing.