Aussies shine in Hong Kong - Jewellery World

Two Australians, Martin Linning and Martyn Brown from Jewellery By Design in Townsville, have won the highly coveted ‘Craftsmanship Award’ at the 2013 International Jewellery Design Excellence Awards in Hong Kong.

Linning and Brown won the award for their spectacular ‘Undulation’ bangle which was also the overall winner at the 2012 JAA Australasian Jewellery Awards.

Encapsulated in a hand-cut cylindrical glass sleeve, the bangle features finely bound anodised titanium wire overlaid with a network of gold rivulets that captures and directs 1200 brilliant-cut diamonds.

The competition, which attracted 187 entries from 28 countries and regions, is only open to jewellery designers who have won major jewellery design competitions in the last two years.

Linning and Brown are the second Australian entry to have won an award in the biennial competition – Emily Snadden from Tasmania won a merit award in 2011.

JAA CEO Ian Hadassin said this year’s win “reinforces the fantastic talent that young Australian jewellers and designers possess”.

“I hope it will encourage more industry designers and manufacturers to enter the 2014 JAA Australasian Jewellery Awards so that they too might have the opportunity to showcase their skills to the world.”

The other big winners at the IJDE Awards were:

Champion of the Champions

Ilgiz F (Russia)

Butterflies ring and earrings

Innovative & Uniqueness in Design Award
Anita Dickey (US)
Heart of the Moon ring

Aesthetic Award
Liliane Schoonjans (France)
Amazonia cuff bracelet

Distinction Award
Bimal Koley (UAE)
The Temptress necklace

Distinction Award
Eliania Rosetti (Brazil)
Carnival carnival

Distinction Award
Estet (Russia)
Swan’s Secret ring

Distinction Award
Shun Wah LAI (Hong Kong)
Sea Dancing bracelet

Merit Award
Carolyn Thamkul (US)
Anastacia cuff

Merit Award
Hunadi Tlomatsana (South Africa)
The Knot necklace

Merit Award
Romy Mehta (India)
Eggbeater earrings

Merit Award
Josef Giesen (Germany)
Cliccmi ring

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