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Aug 2005 - Kimberley Selwood - The Hockley Flyer Online |
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Goldsmiths’ 2 Awards The Goldsmiths’ Company gave two awards for design excellence at the recent New Designers Exhibition held at the Business Design Centre, Islington, where the Company also sponsored the zone dedicated to jewellery, silversmithing and metalwork. The criterion for both the Jeweller’s Award and the Silversmith’s Award was to identify excellence in design and craftsmanship. The winning pieces had to be both innovative and have potential ‘saleability’. Designer silversmith Clare Ransom from Surrey Institute of Art & Design was awarded the Silversmith’s award and Kimberley Selwood from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College won the Jeweller’s award. Peter Taylor said: “The overall standard at New Designers this year was exceptionally high which made judging extremely difficult. After five hours of intense and considered deliberation, we decided that Clare and Kimberley just had that edge which made them stand out from the crowd, albeit an extremely talented crowd. Clare’s highly original silver vessels are not only innovative and exciting they are also fantastically made. Likewise Kimberley’s jewellery simply leapt out - it’s exquisitely delicate, lace-like and precious appearance belies the fact that it is essentially quite tough. The work of both designers has the potential to be highly commercial in the market place.” The Goldsmiths’ Company awarded each winner a prize of £1,500, made up of a cheque of £1,000 plus precious metal to the value of £500. Both Clare and Kimberley will also automatically be given places on the Goldsmiths’ Company’s annual graduate business course ‘Getting Started’ which takes place in January each year. This year was the third consecutive year that the Goldsmiths’ Company has had a physical and interactive presence at the annual New Designers Exhibition. The Company not only sponsored the zone dedicated to jewellery, silversmithing and metalwork, but also had a stand in the centre of the zone. The New Designers Exhibition is the annual showcase of work from Britain’s leading graduate designers representing the best in contemporary design.
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