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As the leading supplier of semi-fabricated platinum jewelry products in the USA, Johnson Matthey has launched The Johnson Matthey Sustainable Design Award.
Targeted at emerging designers who are looking to begin building their portfolio in platinum, the competition’s aims are to sustain the design and manufacture of platinum jewelry in North America.The winners will be announced at an invitation only awards party evening held during MJSA’s Expo New York in March 2011.
• The competition is open to American based designers, whether independent or working for a manufacturer or retailer
• Designers are invited to submit a drawing or image of a new and unique piece in platinum
• The competition is open to emerging designers with less than 5 years as a jewelry designer but postgraduates or final year students may also enter
• Any type of jewelry is eligible e.g. neckwear, ring, wrist-wear, earrings
• Stones and other materials can be included, but the piece should be predominantly metal
• The design should be new, innovative, and sustainable (for more information on Johnson Matthey NY sustainability see www.jmny.com)
• The piece should be wearable and have commercial viability
• It must be technically possible to make up the piece in platinum
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COMPETITION DEADLINE JUNE 9, 2010
Halstead Bead, Inc. is calling for entries to its fifth annual Business Development
Grant competition for new American jewelry designers entering the bridge jewelry trade. The deadline for packet
submissions is June 9, 2010. The winner of the 2010 Grant will receive $6,000 in cash and merchandise as well as
other benefits.
The Halstead Bead Business Development Grant differs from other jewelry industry competitions and awards because
of its emphasis on business skills. Entrants must demonstrate not only extraordinary design, but also a strong
business strategy. The application experience promotes the business planning required to make a jewelry brand
commercially viable at the national level in today’s competitive market.
Designers utilizing a wide variety of fabrication techniques including casting, lampworking, metal clay, beading,
or metalsmithing are eligible to enter the competition. Candidates must be US citizens who began their businesses
after January 1, 2007. Their design companies must focus on “bridge” jewelry which is the segment between costume
jewelry and fine jewelry that includes accessories in sterling silver, Argentium, semi-precious stones, crystal,
freshwater pearls and other similar materials.
Complete application details can be found at http://www.halsteadbead.com/Grant/Application/.
Candidates must submit a design portfolio, resume and answers to several business planning questions. Applications
must be received between April 15 and June 9, 2010. The grant website also includes several helpful articles on
launching a national jewelry brand as well as information on past winners and finalists. Previous grant winners
include VOSTENAKstudios, Bridgland Studios, Belle Brooke Designs, and Ananda Khalsa Jewelry.
The grant sponsor, Halstead Bead, Inc., is one of North America’s leading jewelry supply wholesalers. The firm was
established 37 years ago and now supplies thousands of component resellers and jewelry manufacturers around the globe.
Halstead Bead, Inc. is wholesale only and sells findings, chain, wire, sheet & beads for the bridge jewelry segment.
Fill out the online form by March 15 and submit your new designs by March 30. Good Luck!
The nonprofit Cultured Pearl Association of America, comprised of manufacturers, wholesalers, dealers, and suppliers of cultured pearls in the U.S., has unveiled the International Pearl Jewelry Design Competition. The announcement was made during the AGTA GemFair Tucson, and the contest aims to drive awareness, interest, demand, and marketability of cultured pearls for retailers and consumers.
Pearl jewelry submissions can be by sketch, drawing, painted or digital image on a DVD or CD in jpeg format only, and should be no larger than 5" x 11" (any larger will not be accepted).
First entries cost $150 while each subsequent entry is $100; entries are limited to a maximum of five.
CPAA members receive a 25 percent discount. The deadline for entries is September 1, 2010, and winners will be announced November 1.
Winning entries will be on display during the AGTA GemFair Tucson and JCK Las Vegas shows in 2011. Winners will receive award recognition as well as prestige for being the first recipients of this inaugural competition.
Judges will include a variety of industry professionals, including buyers of pearls and editors.
For more information, click here or call CPAA at (888) 317-3275. Or, to enter, click here.
In its tenth year, the Saul Bell Design Award competition continues to
recognize artists whose work challenges traditional perceptions of
jewelry design. They invite you to enter your most inspired creations in
the 2010 Saul Bell Design Award competition.
All entries must be received by September 18, 2009. Get an application on their website at http://www.saulbellaward.com/callforentries.html.
