Designers & Manufacturers of Metal, Wood, Glass, Stone and Plastic Architectural Graphics
Welcome to Bas-Relief Plaques...
Corporate Offices: 337 W. Cerritos Ave., Glendale, CA 91204
Over 80 Years Serving the Recognition & Awards Industry
Pronounced "BAH-relief", these are hand sculpted portraits with depths from 1/4" to as much as 2" or more
Dedications - Donor Recognition Products - Memorials - Cast Bronze Plaques & Cast Bronze Letters - Etched Plaques - Cut Plaques - Statuary
Bas-relief portraits are works of art. They are hand sculpted and modeled in clay. Bas-reliefs can be life-like portraits, or stylized abstracts, depending on client's request and the artist. Note the bas-relief dedication plaques from our Los Angeles Coliseum collection. Some sculpts are life-like, and others, done by a noted cartoonist, can be abstract .
When the clay sculpts are approved by you, the client, they are either cast separately and then attached to your plaque, or the clay master is attached to the master pattern. The portrait relief then becomes "integrated" into the casting. The depth of a bas-relief is generally 1/4" deep. However, when producing a larger plaque, (say, 2ft x 3ft or larger), the portrait sculpt can be 1" to 3" deep. A Bas-relief sculpt can be a portrait-bust, or a sculpting of a "scene", as in the Vietnam Memorial Plaque in the slide presentation.