Discovery Winners

2008 Discovery Award Winners

2002 Discovery Award Winners

Judges Award goes to Design Point Decal

Grit-Sandblast-Etched, Ceramic: Catalina China.; New York skyline 11 oz mug

Cosmetic Containers, Glass: Art Deco Division of Pochet of America; 50 ml. "White Violet bottle" decorated with organic spray with two-color tight registration.

Architectural Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Glass tiles acid etched with resist design and colored coatings.

Architectural Ceramic: Decoritalia; "La Citta Delle Carte." Large six-piece tile panel with transfer decoration reproduced for architect Piero Fornasetti.

Industrial Ceramic: Decoritalia; This decas step tile ensures a commercial grade (PE14) as well as a high friction coefficient level to answer all codes. For the printing of these decals, special materials are used to achieve the special aspects of the tile.

Tumblers, Glass: ARC International; Six-piece, old fashioned woodstock set.

Mugs, Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Budweiser king of beers stein. Direct screen applied to acid etched resist design.

Mugs, Ceramic: Drake Studio, Ltd.; Ceramic stein featuring transfer decoration.

Promotional Product/Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Nautical coke tumbler. Four color direct screen applied to frosted ware with colored base.

Promotional Product/Ceramic: The Allen Company; Black coffee mug with gold "DARE" designs. The designs were screen printed using satin etch and 22 carat gold inks. Crushed glass was applied for texture.

Novelties & Souvenirs, Glass: Libbey Inc.; Valentine designs applied by direct screen.

Collectibles, Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Defenders of Wildlife glass tumbler. Five-color direct screened and acid etched with resist design.

Collectibles, Ceramic: Heinrich Ceramic Decal; Hand decorated fine porcelain sculpture by The Franklin Mint entitled "Maku." The sculpture is decorated with a combination of multi-colored and bright gold decals with hand painted embellishments.

Artware, Ceramic: Decoritalia; King Tut tile was created using four color process decal with additional spot colors added.

Lightingware, Glass: L.E. Smith Glass Co.; Table lamp with smokey quartz design and satin finish.

Lightingware, Ceramic: Commercial Decal of Ohio; Golfer desk-lamp decorated with decals applied to interior of lamp shade.

Innovation, Glass: Sydney Cash; Optical vases designed for the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA).

Innovation, Ceramic: Design Point Decal; Ceramic tile featuring elk design. Digital ceramic four-color-process plaque created from computer generated art. No pre-press was required and the finished decal was generated in 1 minute.

Casual Tableware, Glass: Libbey Inc.; Christmas tree in frost with a green or red base.

Casual Tableware, Ceramic: The Pfaltzgraff Co.; Four-piece Jamberry dinnerware set.

Formal Tableware, Ceramic: Lenox China; Formal, five-piece dinnerware entitled "Kyoto" with waterslide decal decoration.

Food Service, Casual, Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Coke repeat tumbler bearing acid etched designs with step and repeated resist and indirect full-color logo.

Food Service, Casual, Ceramic: Oneida, Ltd.; "Tex Mex." Reactive decal on colored Glaze. Inglaze decals by Sias.

Food Service, Formal, Glass: Custom Deco, Inc.; Cobalt blue goblet with acid resist design on multi-colored glass.

Discovery Awards for Technical Excellence:

Direct Printed, Limited Edition: The Allen Co.; A vivid blue coffee mug with a screened "Intersound Inc., Post Production" imprint.

Indirect Transfer, Limited Edition: Johnson Matthey; Floral reactive effect plate decorated with decals by Johnson Matthey.

Hand Decorated, Limited Edition: Johnson Matthey; Hand decorated Bohemia glass vase with burnish silver and other enamels.

Grit-Sandblast-Etched, Limited Edition: Preciosa, Inc.; Gold decorated glass bowl with leaf design achieved by sand blasting. Design and decoration by Schlanser Design Studio, Pasadena, CA.

Custom Tile, Limited Edition: Decoritalia; "La Citta Delle Carte." Large six-piece tile panel with transfer decoration reproduced for architect Piero Fornasetti.

Direct Printed, Glass, Production: Johnson Matthey; "Van Gogh Vodka Bottle." The bottle is partly etched and has 12 screened colors.

Indirect Transfer, Glass, Production: Glaswood Industries; Martini blue stem glass with full color imprint.

Indirect Transfer, Ceramic, Production: Drake Studio, Ltd; "Retiree Stein" with painted handle decorated with ceramic waterslide decal.

Architectural Ceramic, Production: Décor America, Inc.; "Celebration Fern." KDV Tile Motif with overglaze decal and vitrosa application.

Vandenoever Award: Every year, SGCDpro members who visit the Discovery Room vote to select a "Best of Show" entry to receive the annual Vandenoever Award. The 1998 winner is The Pfaltzgraff Co. for its immensely popular Naturewood casual tableware set designed by Jodi Phy with heat-release decals by Johnson Matthey. Ware is decorated with satin onglaze heat-release decals on a satin glaze. Naturewood also received the Discovery Award in the casual tableware category, and a Naturewood accessory cookie canister received a Discovery Award in the ceramic food container category. According to HFN magazine, Naturewood ranks #3 in its list of top-selling casual tableware patterns, and the pattern ranks #1 in the list of most-selected casual tableware patterns for bridal registrations.

Judges' Award Winner: SGCDpro's 3-judge panel selects its own "Best of Show" recipient after reviewing every entry in the Discovery Room. The 1998 winner is Decoritalia S.P.A. for a formal tableware pattern for The Bradford Exchange, Europe that was designed by famous Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt. Bradford Europe developed the pattern from a series of collector plates using the artist's paintings as the subject. Decals were produced by Decoritalia using a combination of 23 colors including gold and metallics to reconstruct the pictorial effects of the originals. Ware was fired at 1500 F for 5 hours.

Discovery Awards for Excellence in Design:

Novelties & Souvenirs, Glass: Reusche & Co. of T.W.S.; Exact replication of window at Folger Shakespeare Library decorated by Glassmasters using 18 screens printed on cathedral glass and fired one time only. Colors by Reusche.

Novelties & Souvenirs, Ceramic: The Homer Laughlin China Co.; Westin Wine Program plate featuring 8-color decal in well with burnish gold. Full-rim hand-lined luster and marble coating with 1/8" hand-lined band.

Collectibles, Glass: Fenton Art Glass Co.; Royal purple blown bell by Frances Burton with hand-applied handle. Features hand-painted purple/white daisies with green leaves and 22kt gold accents.

Collectibles, Ceramic: Cerdec Corp.; Hand-painted "Chinese Goddess" porcelain figurine by The Franklin Mint. Piece was fired after application of ceramic colors, after addition of special effect luster and after application of platinum.

Artware, Ceramic: ARK Restoration & Design: "Louis" vase is hand-painted with a copy of an 18^th century painting by French artist Alexandre-Francois Desportes. Vase was painted and fired in 7 stages.



Lightingware, Glass: Fenton Art Glass: Crystal-blasted reverse-painted shade with dogwoods and gazebo by Frances Burton. Base is spruce glass. Interior is hand-painted and airbrushed with three colors and then fired before exterior is hand-painted and fired.

Lightingware, Ceramic: Commercial Decal of Ohio; Lilac lithophane lamp decorated by Schmidt Failing with decals by Commercial Decal. Image is embossed in translucent porcelain, and a nine-color decal is applied and fired on the inside surface.

Innovation, Ceramic: Engelhard Corp.; Cast-mold Aurora ceramic bowl by Jon Dean. Wet greenware is shaped by hand and coated before first firing. Additional glazes and lusters are added for decorative effect before second and third firings.

Casual Tableware, Glass: EPCO Group; Set of 4 goblets with French Market theme for Neiman Marcus Retail decorated by EPCO using 2-color water-slide decals and hand painting.

Casual Tableware, Ceramic: The Pfaltzgraff Co.; Naturewood tableware set designed by Jodi Phy with heat-release decals by Johnson Matthey. See details under "Vandenoever Award Winner" above.

Formal Tableware, Ceramic: Décor America; Palsma Picasso dinnerware set designed and manufactured by Villeroy & Boch with decals by The Leipold Group. Marble texture with matte/glass gold and spot-colored decal.

Institutional Tableware, Glass: Libbey Inc.; Cactus stemware decorated with acid etch and featuring a colored stem.

Institutional Tableware, Ceramic: China Concepts; Tableware setting for CSX Railroad's "Tampa" business car. Decorated with decals and some hand trimwork.

Discovery Awards for Technical Excellence: Limited edition winners were produced in quantities under 288, while production category winners were produced in quantities over 288.

Direct Printed, Limited Edition: The Allen Co.; "Opportunity" mug using 3 colors and one screen blended to create a sky effect. Overlay ink is first applied for the sun's yellow and text, then orange is added around sun with half-tone effect. Mug is a "Spinner" featuring spinning globe bead at top of handle.

Indirect Transfer, Ceramic, Production: Keram Druck; Cezanne plate fired with a low temperature (150C) decal using organic colours.

Hand Decorated, Limited Edition: Fenton Art Glass; "After the Rain" hand-decorated vase by J.K. Robin Spindler.

Grit-Sandblast-Etched, Limited Edition: Janesville Group; Elton John Award featuring 3D laser-etched image suspended above grit-etched verbiage.

Custom Tile, Limited Edition: Décor America; Ceramic tiles decorated by Calco Mundo with decals by F.X. Leipold. Decal was offset printed, cut and applied to 35 tiles before firing.

Sublimation, Limited Edition: Specialty Toner Corp.; Digital tile mural was originally printed on paper using digital electrostatic printer with dye sublimation inks. Image was transferred to 48 tiles on a flatbead heat press at one time. Print and transfer time was 8 minutes.

Direct Printed, Glass, Production: Libbey Inc.; Argyle 3-piece set of tumblers and canister printed with six colors with tight registration.

Direct Printed, Ceramic, Production: Glaswood Industries; 6"x6" ceramic tile for Pharaohs' Restaurant used as insert for furniture. Nine-color screening process used including etch, gold, 4-colour process and 3 additional colors.

Indirect Transfer, Glass, Production: Keram Druck; Cezanne plate fired with a low temperature (150 C) decal using organic colours.

Indirect Transfer, Ceramic, Production: Lenox China; Eternal Facets luncheon plate and cup. Decorated with multimetal platinum with burnish and matte gold. Waterslide decal is applied and fired, then border and handle are hand-gilded with gold and fired.

Grit-Sandblast-Etched, Production: Catalina China; Patented Porcelite vitreous china mug with translucent porcelain bottom. Manufactured to achieve shock resistance and mechanical strength of different ceramic bodies (porcelain, china and glaze)

Auto Glass: PPG Industries; Lincoln Continental rear windshield that features SecuriTect LTA Lightweight Transparent Armor bulletproofing. Will stop handgun shots from .357 and 44 magnums while providing superior optics and lighter-weight construction.

Architectural Ceramic, Production: Décor America; Tile mural decorated by Calco Mundo using "open stock pattern" overglaze decals by KDV, a Leipold company.

The Society of Glass and Ceramic Decorators (SGCDpro) honored Discovery Award winners during its annual show and technical seminar in San Diego, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1. The 1997 awards featured 391 entries in 16 design and 15 technical categories. Two awards were presented in design categories with glass and ceramic entries judged separately.

In addition to the design and technical awards, SGCDpro also honored two Discovery entries for overall merit. Discovery Room visitors elected the "Born to be Free" charger plate designed by Ted Blaylock for The Franklin Mint with decals by Heinrich Ceramic Decal to receive the annual Vandenoever Award for "best of show." The design features a collage of outdoor scenes and has a dramatic soaring eagle as its main focal point. The plate is decorated with high resolution four-color process decal technology and includes tightly registered brite gold.

Also, the judging panel presented the Judges' Award for overall effect to Cookson Matthey Ceramics for the Wedgwood "Persia" formal dinnerware pattern that is decorated with Cookson Matthey decals.

All entries were displayed, and winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges who reviewed each entry category and selected winners by consensus. The panel of three judges included Rebecca Bushner, Annieglass; Paul Helgesen, Treasure Craft; and Mike Musselman, Screen Graphics.

Judging was completed before the Discovery Room was opened to the general.

SGCDpro members Robert Zollweg of Libbey Inc., and Lee Marvin, AdGraphics, designed the Discovery Room, with Zollweg presiding over the award ceremony at SGCDpro's Annual Banquet. Zollweg, who has presented the Discovery Awards for five years, noted that the "caliber of entries was outstanding this year, with the number of entries in tableware categories increasing dramatically along with the number of entries representing new and innovative decorating techniques."

Food Container, Glass: Chemidry of America, A frosted bottle with decorative flowers applied with an organic coating that is chemically cured rapidly at room temperature.

Food Container, Ceramic: Design Point Decal, Twinings Tea Container decorated with decals on translucent porcelain and sold as a promotional collectible piece.



Beverage Container, Glass: Heinrich Ceramic Decal, Inc., Dolce wine bottle decorated with a decal containing precious metal and colors for the Premier Glass Company.

Architectural Glass: Decal Specialties, Mount Nittany stained glass panel featuring an organically printed indirect transfer that was printed to simulate a multicolored stained glass piece.

Architectural Ceramic: Decoritalia SpA, "Primavera" by Botticelli reproduction of original painting in Ufizzi Gallery on ceramic panel that is two meters high and one meter wide. Panel is screen printed in four-color process by Decoritalia for Cooperativa Ceramica d'Imola. Six sheets are applied by hand with junctions disguised to give the impression of a one-piece decal. Firing process took 3.5 days.

Appliances, Glass: Schott Glaswerke, Schott Glaswerke's "The Wild 3" appliance sample featuring a multi-colored glass ceramic cooking surface, safety glass oven panel and oven door. Decoration is screen printed on glass ceramic cooktop, float glass panel and door.

Hollowware, Tumblers: Libbey Inc., Le Fleur glasses with screen-printed flower decoration.

Hollowware, Mugs: Heinrich Ceramic Decal, Inc., Nostalgic full-coverage mug wrap designs printed by Heinrich decal for Land and Wise. Mugs sold in matching boxes.

Ad Specialty & Premium, Ceramic: The Allen Co., Executive Set 3-piece black marble mug, clip caddy and coaster/lid with a gold OCC Latex Division imprint. Satin etch ink is applied with a 22 kt. gold overlay for a two-tone gold effect.



Novelties & Souvenirs, Glass: Libbey Inc., Royal Caribbean window tumbler that features a 7-color screen-printed decoration.

Novelties & Souvenirs, Ceramic: Heinrich Ceramic Decal, Inc., Pooh personalized baby plate incorporating a decal printed by Heinrich Decal for Disney Catalog.

Collectibles, Glass: Libbey Inc., Micro Brewery set of screenprinted beer glasses printed with six colors.

Collectibles, Ceramic: EPCO, Abstract plate with 12" full-cover decal coupe for Swid Powell. Decal printed in 4-color process with 2 pick colors.

Artware, Glass: EPCO, Hand-painted tableware for Fiasco, Inc. featuring five color combinations of glass frits and lustres.

Artware, Ceramic: Tiffany & Co., Pharmaceutical jar with 18th century polychrome Chinese scene on a gold background. Piece is painted in four stages with each stage followed by a separate firing beginning at 900 degrees. Gold is burnished and engraved with agate to complete decoration.

Lighting Ware, Glass: Fenton Art Glass Co., Reverse painted lampshade on a brass base. Shade is first sandblasted on both sides before flowers are painted on the outside with glass enamels and fired. The inside scenes are then hand-painted and airbrushed, and the piece is fired again.

Innovation, Glass: Janesville Group, Image 3 Crystal Collection hot air balloons engraved using a patented laser technology driven by a sophisticated computer program to create a 3-dimensional image in a flawless piece of optically-clear solid crystal.

Innovation, Ceramic: Philadelphia Decal, Zippora woman mosaic "The Mona Lisa of Galilee" reproduced from Northern Israel. Engraved decal-decorated glazed ceramic tile decorated using patent-pending process to control carving.

Casual Tableware, Ceramic: Decor America Ltd./F.X. Leipold, "Forest" dinnerware pattern designed and manufactured by Pfaltzgraff with a decal by the Leipold Group. In-glaze matte and gloss decal is lead-free. Hollowware features colored-glaze in internal surface.

Formal Tableware, Ceramic: Cookson Matthey Print, "Persia" dinnerware for Wedgwood with decals by Cookson Matthey.

Institutional Tableware, Glass: Custom Deco, Frosted Luxor tumbler for casino in Las Vegas. Ware is direct screen printed utilizing metallic gold and single fired.

Institutional Tableware, Ceramic: EPCO, American Orient Express 5-piece dinner setting that is decorated with 2-color waterslide decals. Service plate features gold etch.



Technical Categories

Direct Printed, Limited Edition: The Allen Company, Screen-printed green stardust University of North Carolina mug. Piece was first screen printed using a satin etch and then overprinted with 22 kt. gold for a two-toned effect. Gold bands were applied at the top and bottom to complete the mug.

Hand Decorated, Limited Edition: Ann Wheat Pace, Inc., "Floral Fairfax" majolica glaze bowl that was hand-painted on slip cast hand-thrown red earthenware bowl.

Custom Tile, Limited Edition: Decor America Ltd./F.X. Leipold, Ceramic tile border that is decorated with a 6-color screen-printed design and a clear vitrosa on one decal.

Sublimation, Limited Edition: U.S. Photo Mugs, "Who's Who in the Zoo" tile decorated with dye sublimation.

Direct Printed, Production, Glass: Revlon Technologies, Bicardi Limon rum bottle is decorated with 4-color direct screen process using radiation-cure trademarked Envirogluv inks. Coins are screened with hi-opacity antique gold bronze U.V. ink and preferentially hot-stamped with gold leaf to create effect.

Direct Printed, Production, Ceramic: Houze Promotional Products: Giga-Fill SACVD Centura mug featuring 6-color screen-printed decoration.

Indirect Transfer, Production, Glass: Decor America Ltd./F.X. Leipold, Glass tumbler decorated with five-color decal that utilizes regular glass colors as well as three different ceramets for glass.

Indirect Transfer, Production, Ceramic: Heinrich Ceramic Decal, Inc., Highly decorated casual dinnerware titled "Helen's Garden" using fast fire technology and lead-free decals printed by Heinrich Decal for Denise Ford, Inc.

Auto Window Glass, Production: AP Technoglass, GM Corvette heated backlite printed by 2-layer process using lead-free black ceramic base print with complex dot matrix pattern and a silver defogger pattern with the antenna.

Architectural Glass, Production: Philadelphia Decal, Galilean Fisherman religious icon mosaic reproduced from 6th century wall mosaic in Revenna, Italy. Glass panel is decorated with an engraved-decal using a patent-pending process to control carving.

Architectural Ceramic, Production: Decoritalia SpA, "Primavera" by Botticelli reproduction (see description in Architectural Ceramic Design category.)

Sublimation, Production: Chemidry of America, Colored glass panel decorated using sublimation techniques.

Overall Awards:

Judges Award: Cookson Matthey Print, Wedgwood "Persia" formal tableware pattern with decals by Cookson Matthey.