Molds, proofs, sketch, and other sculptural objects representing Fayetteville, Arkansas-based artist Hank Kaminsky's working process in creating medals and a ceremonial mace for University of Arkansas, Fayetteville colleges.

Kaminsky provided the following outline of his artistic process: "Kaminsky medals begin with a 12" clay original sculpture, most detail is produced at this stage. Then a silicone rubber mold and mother mold (a second mold of the silicone mold which holds the rubber in the correct position for casting) is made from the clay. This mold is cast in plaster and then the details are refined. The finished plaster piece is then mounted on a reducing lathe called a Janvier machine. A steel die is cut in reverse on the Janvier and hardened for striking (coining) the final bronze. To avoid having to make changes in the hardened die, proofs, often in lead are made in the still soft die from the Janvier for the client to see the medal.

While the medals were created following practices that have been around for centuries (a 19th-century machine from France was used to cut the steel die), the mace was constructed using non-traditional methods. The basic form was created in clay cast in plaster. Parts were cast in bronze using sand casting methods or lost wax casting, or wood carving, or laser engraving. The Mace itself is part of the Business College art collection."