Custom Waterjet Medallions Adorn U.S. Army West Point Academy
For over 200 years, West Point, has been the official military academy for the U.S. Army. Founded in 1803, by President Thomas Jefferson, on the banks of the Hudson in New York, West Point has trained generations of U.S. Army officers and military leaders.
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West Point Medallion: Creative Edge Factory with Jim Belilove –Principal/CEO & WW II Army Air Corps pilot Captain Jerry Yellin |
Designing for the West Point Visitor’s Center
An important commission for Creative Edge in 2017 was to produce the main emblem for the Visitor Center at the West Point Military Academy.
The design concept, developed by Mark B. Thompson Associates LLC Architecture & Planning of Philadelphia is “austere” army grey, no color. All of the details of the Army logo are represented in white, gray, and black.
As an ideal application of waterjet, the medallion combines many types of stone, as well as silver metals with various finishes.
The overall field was Iridian Gray granite from Coldspring. The details of the emblem are from volcanic stones with a variety of colors and textures supplied by Nu Wa Stones of Anaheim California.
In addition to the official West Point medallion, Creative Edge also fabricated emblems for the academic buildings.
In contrast to the austere Visitor Center medallion, the academic emblems were implemented in colorful marble, quartz and metal. The emblems include the Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences, as well as the Department of Physics and Nuclear Engineering.
Originally conceived as bronze castings, the capabilities of waterjet-enabled Creative Edge to produce enhanced signature emblem pieces for the U.S. Army’s main educational campus.
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Color waterjet-cut academic emblems in marble, quartz and metal for the West Point Military Academy |