Our
Exclusive Diplomas...
include
a beautiful seal, which is foil-stamped and engraved
right into the paper. These are offered as an
upgrade to the Personalized Diplomas. While the
Personalized Diplomas offer a choice of 2 printed
and 3 foil seals, our Exclusive Diplomas include
your choice of two impressive seas with foil and
fine engraving.
- Choose
from two foil engraved seals -- "Private
Education" or "Christian Education"
These are our own designs, created "exclusively"
for our customers' needs. They are not "stick
on" seals, but are engraved
into the paper, exactly what you would find
on a diploma for a prestigious school or university.
- 23
carat gold
may be added to up to 5 initial letters on the
school name. The cost is $7.00 per letter. This
option is offered on the order forms.
- Includes
padded diploma
cover, which
may be personalized (gold foil stamped) for
$12.95 per line.
- All
options offered on the Personalized Diplomas
are available on the Exclusive, including two
paper choices, three honors
seals
($2.00) and Hand Calligraphy for the student
name (Hand calligraphy adds $5.50).
- To
order an Exclusive Diploma, find the Personalized
Diploma with the wording that you would
like. From that Personalized Diploma page, select
the order button for the Exclusive Diploma.
- List
price* $49.44 /
Web price: $44.50
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"Private
Education" Seal
Engraved
with gold on Navy blue foil, this seal is
impressive, with its classic proportions
and Roman letter style. It reads "Scholarship
- Excellence - Character" with "Private
Education" forming the inner ring of
text at the points of the starburst. The
gold engraving is very tactile -- the raised
surface contrasts nicely with the smooth
finish of the matte navy foil.
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Seal © 2006-2008 J. Thompson |
"Christian
Education" Seal
This seal is designed in
the form of a crest, with the words "Scholarship
-- Godliness -- Christian Education"
beneath it. It is comprised of black foil
and gold engraving.
The open Bible forms the "head"
of the crest, with the words "Thy Word
is Truth" beneath it. The shield itself
is divided into three sections. One third
contains the lamp, which is a traditional
symbol of learning and especially appropriate
for Christian education. ("Thy Word
is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto
my path.") The lyre, in the top right
corner, is a symbol for Christian worship,
and the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, (A
and Z) in the lower section are an ancient
symbol of our Lord Jesus, who is "the
beginning and the end."
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Seal © 2006-2008
J. Thompson
(Both seals are the same size;
approx 1.75" x 1.75")
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To order,
use this button to find the Personalized
DIploma with the wording you want. Each
Personalized Diploma page offers an upgrade
to the Exclusive Diploma. |
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"What is involved in creating seals
such as these?"
We've
designed these two seals specifically for
our customers. Small schools normally can't
afford the expense of a set of dies to do
this kind of work, which can cost over $500.
The company we work with to do the engraving
has won world-wide acclaim for their fine
work. It is an art form and is done in the
traditional method. It is not a modern "imitation"
of engraving.
Once we completed the design
work for these seals, a set of dies had
to be made for each one. The dies, made
of magnesium, are created using the artwork
as a master so that the various steps of
printing will line up perfectly. The foil
die (used to lay down the area of foil onto
the paper) has the image raised above
the surface of the plate. The engraving
die, on the other hand, has the image to
be printed etched beneath the surface
of the die, and has a mating "counter,"
which is a mirror image of the engraving
die. The engraving die, with its extremely
fine detail, is created by a craftsman who
works with hand tools and a magnifying lens.
Once the dies are created,
the process of actually creating the seals
requires a number of steps -- from laying
down the foil to burnishing the finished
product -- and with each successive step,
the registration must be absolutely exact.
The presses used to do the actual engraving
on your diploma are machines which exert
tremendous pressure. Engraving ink (a very
opaque, dense ink which contains metal)
is squeegeed across the surface of the die
so that it fills the tiny recesses. The
mating plates come together with the paper
between them so that the ink is pressed
into the surface of the foil and paper.
This is why an engraved seal is actually
raised above the surface of the paper. If
you examine the back of the diploma, you
will see the impression made by the "counter"
to the engraving die, which pushes up, into
the paper from the bottom to provide the
pressure needed to release the ink.
Engraving of this quality,
with its incredibly crisp detail, is best
appreciated with a magnifying glass, but
the richness it adds to the document can
be understood at a glance!
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