Opal shines at 2009 Awards

Australian opals were the big attraction at the 2009 International Opal Jewellery Design Awards in Lightning Ridge.
Australian opals were the big attraction at the 2009 International Opal Jewellery Design Awards in Lightning Ridge.
The biannual Awards, which promote freeform and/or undulating surface opals, are one of the most prestigious opal jewellery design competitions in the world.
The winners at the 2009 competition were:
  • Prestige professional Jeweller Award – ‘Sunburst’ pendant by Col Edwards from Want Jewellery (pictured)
  • Haute Joaillerie Award – ‘By the Sea’ necklace by Margot McKinney from McKinney Jewellers
  • Apprentice Award – ‘The Opal Hair Pin’ by Joe Coffey from Guilians
  • Non-Professional Jeweller Award – ‘Madam Butterfly’ brooch by Mytyl Negi-Davis-Gibson
  • Professional Carving Award (Figurative) – ‘Opera House’ by Christine Roussel
  • Professional Carving Award (Abstract) – ‘She Sells Sea Shells’ by Christine Roussel
  • Non-professional Carving Award (Figurative) – ‘Friendship’ by Joe Belicka
  • Non-professional Carving Award (Abstract) – ‘Stingray’ by Sue Tomlinson
  • Objet D’ Art (professional) Award – ‘Honey of the New World’ by Ewen Riley from Michael Hill Jewellers
  • Objet D’ Art (non-professional) Award – ‘Seachange’ by Fernanda De Boer
  • Fantasy Award – ‘Potch Princess’ by Ian Bell
  • Jewellery Hand Sketch Award – ‘Fruits of the Earth’ by Louise Gore-Langton
For more information visit www.iojdaa.com.au
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