Motivem trophy for Universitat de València

The project

We made this trophy for the Motivem awards at Universitat de València. The piece brings together a light bulb and heart motif, the awards’ name in red lettering and a wooden base incorporating a plug-in LED light.

Our contribution focused on making the trophy: laser engraving the acrylic, painting the motif white, and cutting, painting and assembling the letters. These operations give each graphic element a distinct treatment within the same piece.

The main body is transparent acrylic. We laser engraved the light bulb and heart motif onto it, then painted the motif white to highlight it. The red ‘motivem’ name consists of cut and painted letters, which we assembled one by one.

The wooden base supports the body of the trophy and incorporates plug-in LED lighting. The finished piece combines the engraved and painted motif, the added lettering and the illuminated base in a personalised award for these university prizes.

The light bulb and heart motif was laser engraved and painted white; the letters forming the name were cut, painted and assembled separately.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.