Customized Bronze Sculptures being offered by
the Jay Williams Design Company

This is the trophy and display base
that we designed for the "8th & I Streets"
U.S. Marine Ceremonial Guard Company
in Washington DC.

A close inspection by a U.S. Marine drill instructor.

A closer look at some of the detail sculpting work

Even closer look of the fine detail work.


The Marines inspect it for accuracy as well


The sculpture is made accurate by analyzing and
studying many detail photos of the exact positioning as they
fix bayonets during their precision drill presentations.

The trophy is designed, as requested, to indicate
the winning platoons who have competed in the past 14 years.
Now there are 106 years worth of placards, waiting for
the annual competitions to see which platoon
will be judged the best of the best at accurate presentations.

Master Sargent John Ploskonka commissioned Jay Williams
to create a creative, prestigious and meaningful trophy for men
under his command before he was reassigned for duty overseas.
He personally provided all cost for this trophy to honor his men.
It also is intended to inspire all future Marines of the Ceremonial
Guard Company and reward and recognize them for bringing
inspiration to the American people at the public presentations on the
grounds of the 8th & I Street U.S. Marine Barracks in Washington D.C. and at various events throughout the country and the world.

We designed, sculpted and produce a group of these 3" diameter medallions to be presented as awards by a martial arts organization called the Grey Tigyr. It was sculpted as a bas relief (low relief) sculpture The reverse side has the blank area for engraving the names of the recipients. We designed the front side to reflect the image that we installed on the home page as a Flash unit. see it here.



We researched and located a very old photo of George Bird Grinnell. Then we suggested to the Wildlife Management Institute that we use it as a reference to create this bas relief (low relief) sculpture of him standing on his namesake glacier. The most important feature is that our sculptors can create an extremely accurate likeness of people when needed. The medallion is 4" in diameter. Chick here for a PDF of it. We suggest you view this PDF at 300% to see our fine detailed hand sculpting. This is now used for one of their major annual Wildlife Management Institute awards,

The WMI George Bird Grinnell Memorial Award recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary and enduring, but largely unsung contributions to conservation of natural resources in North America.




The Story Behind the Sculptures being offered

Jay Williams has been designing unique one of a kind trophies and awards for over 36 years. One good example of this is the Andrus Award for AARP (American Association of retired Persons). Even though Jay has always enjoyed sculpting, his nephew Drew Williams grew up to become a much more talented and accomplished one. Jay, Drew and other sculptors work as a team to offer this special product to businesses and organizations throughout the Untied States and other countries.

The most sought after are sculptures which have a distinct likeness. These are such subjects as a particular person or a speical pet or horse with or without its rider. For instance, we can make a precise likeness of the horse, the owner, the rider as shown here.

At times the symbol or logo of a company or organization is creatively worked into the piece. Pricing is based on the needs of each assignment. These works are extremely customized and unique, therefore a very rough cost estimate is given first. Then, after an in depth interview, a confirmed cost and time frame will be developed.

If you are interested in considering this type of item, or if you know of any need for such pieces please call and discuss it with Jay Williams at 301-937-8633.

Click here to read an article written in The Business Monthly newspaper by Jay Williams


This is bronze was sculpted with the exact likeness of this
tap dancer. It was presented to him as a surprise award after his major performance at the Clarice Smith Performing Center at the University of Maryland in 2006.

This type of sculpture is called a bas relief (low relief) sculpture
and is very popular as a wall unit like this or for medallions.
Click here to see the bronzing process of this piece