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Students, graduates and artists in residence at the School of Jewellery聽picked up multiple accolades at the annual Craftsmanship and Design Awards, known as the 鈥楯ewellery Oscars'.
The awards ceremony was hosted by the 聽at Goldsmiths' Hall in London.
This annual event brings the industry together to celebrate the diverse and wide-ranging skill sets of British jewellery, goldsmithing, silversmithing and allied trades. This year there were more than 500 entries to the competition, which encompasses two main sections: 2D design and 3D finished work 鈥� all of which were judged by a panel of industry experts.聽
Five students, four graduates and two artists in residence at the School of Jewellery聽excelled in these two categories to scoop Bronze, Silver and Gold awards.聽
In addition to the Bronze, Silver and Gold awards, our students won two new bursary awards: Special Award - Benevolent Society for stone setting, which was awarded to Ev茅 Avis, and the Cartier Award, which was awarded to Maisy Beardmore to undertake a month鈥檚 paid work experience at Cartier.
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The School of Jewellery was awarded Silver as the runner-up for the College Trophy. This prize is given to the college or university with the highest number of points accumulated from Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in the competition.
Our student award winners:
- MA Jewellery and Related Products - Renzhi Guo - Bronze Award
- HND Jewellery and Silversmithing - Evie Gregory - Silver Award 聽
- BA Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry - Hannah Binns - Silver Award
- BA Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry - Ev茅 Avis - Gold Award and recipient of the Special Award - Benevolent Society
- BA Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry - Maisy Beardmore - Gold Award and recipient of the Cartier Award.
Our graduate award winners:聽
- BA Jewellery and Objects - Rachel Chung - Bronze Award
- BA Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry - Sahara Aburaneha - Silver Award
- BA Jewellery and Silversmithing Design for Industry - Claire Maiden - Silver Award
- MA聽Jewellery and Related Products - Dianrui Fu - Bronze Award
Our artists in residence:
- Margo Orlovik聽- Bronze Award
- Dianrui Fu - Bronze Award
Lecturer in Jewellery and Silversmithing Andrew Howard said:
鈥淪taff at the School of Jewellery are extremely proud of what our students and graduates have achieved, remembering this work was all completed during full time educational courses. What a phenomenal achievement and congratulations聽again to all winners.鈥�
Head of the College of Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles聽Lee Lapthorne said:
鈥淲e are beyond proud of the graduates, students, artists and all our staff for a great outcome.鈥�
Deputy Head of the College of聽Jewellery, Fashion and Textiles Jeremy Hobbins added:
"Immensely proud of the achievements of our students and staff against stiff competition 鈥� really pleasing to see that although winning Silver in the College Trophy, we are the highest achieving university in this field.鈥�