The Road & Track Trophy

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

Dashboard Trophy/Sculpture

Road & Track Magazine’s “World’s Best Cars” brass plaque was hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

R&T's 'World's Best Cars'

Road & Track Magazine’s cover with the “World’s Best Cars” hand-fabricated brass plaque by Dwight H. Bennett.

Plaque on R&T Cover

Bruce Hazard’s 60th Birthday Sterling Silver Cup; commissioned after viewing this graphite rendering with an inked cross-section on coquille paper designed and drawn by Dwight H. Bennett.

Hazard Xing 60 Drawing

Bruce Hazard’s 60th Birthday Sterling Silver Cup; hand-raised with rotating truck on the bottom, set with a ruby and designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Sterling Hazard Cup

Road & Track Magazine’s “The Car We Would Most Like To Drive” trophy was designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett for the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

R&T Photo of 1st Trophy

Bill Warner and Stirling Moss admiring R&T Magazine’s “The Car We Would Most Like To Drive” trophy designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett for the first Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

Bill Warner & Stirling Moss

Automobile Magazine’s generic plaques that were used on Richard Pietruska’s “Automobile of the Year” trophies were hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Automobile Mag Plaques

Automobile Magazine’s generic plaques that were used on Richard Pietruska’s “Automobile of the Year” trophy were hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Automobile Mag Trophy

Priscilla Barnes on Orange Coast Magazine’s 1983 Automotive Guide, holding a Rolls-Royce Sterling Silver Ignition Key Ring that utilizes a factory key blank, and is designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Priscilla Barnes

2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space’s logo in metal and printed versions, both designed and hand-fabricated or inked by Dwight H. Bennett.

2nd City Council's Logo

The artwork for the Metalsmith Dwight H. Bennett’s business card logo was originally designed and hand-inked (years before computer generated logos) by Dwight H. Bennett.

Dwight Bennett's Logo

Dwight H. Bennett’s logo photo-etched in brass:  Good examples of unenhanced positive and negative photo etching results of the same design.

+ & - Photo Etched Logos

BMW Sterling Silver Ignition Key Rings utilize a factory key blank and are designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

BMW Ign. Key Rings

Custom-made BMW Sterling Silver Ignition Key Ring for a woman whose initials are BMW, designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

BMW's Ign. Key Ring

Custom-made BMW Sterling Silver Ignition Key Ring for a man nicknamed Sky, designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Sky's Ign. Key Ring

General Motors’ concept car’s “Prizm Lusso” badges were hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

GM Concept Car Scripts

One-off Prototype of a Link-Lock Come-Apart key ring with a Road & Track Magazine’s logo designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Prototype R&T Key Rings

Illustration of how Link-Lock key rings come apart like nautical sister hooks.

Link-Lock KRs Come Apart

Thos. L. Bryant with Brian Redman accepting R&T Magazine’s “The Car We Would Most Like To Race” trophy designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett, on behalf of the Collier Automotive Museum.

Thos. L. Bryant & Brian Redman

36” Photo-Etched Plaque for Mr. Miyazawa of Honda Research America was hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Retirement Plaque Gift

Chrysler’s Chairman Robert Eaton and President Robert Lutz accepting an “Automobile of the Year” trophy from Automobile Magazine’s David E. Davis with a photo etched plaque by Dwight H. Bennett.

Auto Mag & Chrysler VIPs

Automobile Magazine’s trophy with an “Automobile All-Star” plaque (like the trophy accepted by the Chrysler’s V.I.P.’s) was photo-etched by Dwight H. Bennett.

Automobile Mag Trophy

R&T Magazine presents trophies: To Steve and Debbie Earle, Monterey Historics and Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, all designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

R&T's Awards in Monterey

Serial number plates for Dick Guldstrand’s Limited Edition Sport-Suspension Camaros were designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Guldstrand's Auto Scripts

Sterling Silver Link-Lock Come-Apart key ring with Editel Pty Ltd.’s logo designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Editel's Sterling Key Ring

Illustration of how Link-Lock key rings come apart like nautical sister hooks.

Link-Lock KRs Come Apart

Mercedes Sterling Silver Ignition Key Rings utilize a factory key blank and are designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Mercedes Ign. Key Rings

Custom-made Mercedes Sterling Silver Ignition Key Ring for a man whose initials are DSD, designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Dunlap's Ign. Key Ring

African Comedy/Tragedy bronze masks made for the Found Theatre in Long Beach, California, designed and hand-finished by Dwight H. Bennett.

African C/T Masks

Cambodian Comedy/Tragedy bronze masks made for the Found Theatre in Long Beach, California, designed and hand-finished by Dwight H. Bennett.

Cambodian C/T Masks

Hispanic Comedy/Tragedy bronze masks made for the Found Theatre in Long Beach, California, designed and hand-finished by Dwight H. Bennett.

Hispanic C/T Masks

Caucasian Comedy/Tragedy bronze masks made for the Found Theatre in Long Beach, California, designed and hand-finished by Dwight H. Bennett.

Caucasian C/T Masks

Second City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space’s “Art Gallery” neon sign was designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

'Art Gallery' Neon Sign

Second City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space’s “Performance Space” neon sign was designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

'Performance Space' Neon

Automobile Magazine’s “All-Star” plaques were photo-etched by Dwight H. Bennett.

Automobile Mag Plaque

Automobile Magazine’s “Automobile of the Year” plaques as used on Richard Pietruska’s trophies, were photo-etched by Dwight H. Bennett.

Automobile Mag Plaque

The First Ruf Rear Deck Emblems were designed and hand-fabricated retroactively by Dwight H. Bennett in 1985.

The First Ruf Emblem

The First Ruf Hubcaps were designed and hand-fabricated retroactively by Dwight H. Bennett in 1985.

The First Ruf Hub Caps

Motor Trend’s photograph of a Ruf Rear Deck Emblem that was designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Ruf Emblem in Motor Trend

Road & Track Magazine’s 50th Anniversary Calendar’s cover with a photo of an engine-turned panel by Dwight H. Bennett.

R&T's 50th Year Calendar

Porsche Turbo Sterling Silver Ignition Key Rings utilize a factory key blank and are designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Porsche Ign. Key Rings

D Magazine’s Advertising Collage uses a Porsche Turbo Sterling Silver Ignition Key Ring designed and hand-produced by Dwight H. Bennett.

Key Ring in 'D Magazine'

Dean Siracusa’s original Photograph Portfolio Binders with logos photo-etched in brass, were hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Siracusa's Portfolio

Siracusa’s early “S” Logo, photo-etched in brass and hand-finished by Dwight H. Bennett, was used on his Business’ Doorbell, and his Portfolio Binders.

Siracusa's Logo

Two of Road & Track Magazine’s “One of the Ten Best Cars in the World” plaques photo-etched and hand-chamfered by Dwight H. Bennett.

R&T Plaque Awards

One of Road & Track Magazine’s second-tier “The Car We’d Most Like To Race” trophies, hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

My Road America Trophy

Phil Hill and son Derek present R&T Magazine’s “Phil Hill Award” trophy hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett for the Danville d’Elegance.

Phil Hill Presents Trophy

Camilla’s signature translated into a hand-pierced brass overlay on a personal diary’s cover by Dwight H. Bennett.

Camilla's Album Cover

Mardikian’s One-off concept car’s gold-plated brass emblem designed and hand-fabricated by Dwight H. Bennett.

Concept Car's Script

Initials “JL” on a panel for the interior of a private airplane as hand-pierced by Dwight H. Bennett.

'JL' Logo for His Airplane

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Some examples of personalized, one-off commemorative metal objects I've produced:

●Photo Props

●Small Signage

●Sidewalk Markers             ●Institutional Donor's Plaques

●Neon Signage

●Logos/Emblems

●Emblematic Jewelry

●Small Architectural

●Small Plaques

●Unique Trophies

●Informational Plaques

Components