Saul Bell Design Award

2012 Saul Bell Design Award Winners The 12th annual Saul Bell Design Award Competition challenged designers to unleash their imaginations and create innovative designs in any of six categories.
Gold/Platinum The predominant metal is gold, platinum or a combination of both. May be cast, fabricated, forged, assembled, or any combination of techniques. Must be your original design.
	Grand prize—Gold/Platinum Robin Waynee Santa Fe, NM

	Second Place—Gold/Platinum Erik Stewart Tucson, AZ

Hollowware A vessel that is spun, drawn, forged and/or raised. May incorporate decorative cast or fabricated components into the design. The medium is predominantly silver and/or gold.
	First Place—Hollowware Tom Ferrero Windsor, CT

	Second Place—Hollowware Steve Midgett Frankilin, NC

Silver/Argentium® Silver The predominant metal is silver. May be cast, fabricated, forged, assembled or any combination of techniques. Must be your original design.
	First Place—Silver/Argentium® Silver Chihiro Makio Somerville, MA

	Second Place—Silver/Argentium® Silver Brian Quigley South Portland, ME

Enamel The predominant surface material must be enamel. Use glass-based enamels and fire on any type of metal. Must be your original design and construction.
	First Place—Enamel Kristin Holeman Ft. Lauderdale, FL

	Second Place—Enamel Jennifer Park Budd Lake, NJ

Beads The predominant design elements are beads, pearls, or other strung ornaments. Beads may be any material. Must be your original design or assembly.
	First Place—Beads Marina Babic Toronto, ON Canada

	Second Place—Beads Le Bibelot Brooklyn, NY

Metal Clay The predominant material is either silver, gold, bronze or copper metal clay. Must be the designer’s original design.
	First Place—Metal Clay Christi Anderson Marana, AZ

	Second Place—Metal Clay Susan Silvy Parkville, MO

Emerging Artist We invite members of the jewelry or hollowware community and students of a jewelry or hollowware training program to embrace the challenge and take part in the 11th annual Saul Bell Design Award competition.
	First Place—Emerging Artist Sherry Wan Ann Arbor, MI

	Second Place— Emerging Artist Drew Abts Lake Tapps, WA

	Third Place—Emerging Artist Jay Baker Sandpoint, ID

2012 Finalists
Finalist - Gold/Platinum D'Ette Delforge– Westminster, CO	Finalist - Gold/Platinum Thomas Herman– Stone Ridge, NY	Finalist - Gold/Platinum Pierre-Yves, Paquette– Saint Sauveur, Canada	Finalist - Gold/Platinum Erik Stewart– Tucson, AZ	Finalist - Gold/Platinum Robin Waynee– Santa Fe, NM
Finalist - Silver/Argentium™ Silver Chikako Ando– New York, NY	Finalist - Silver/Argentium™ Silver Chihiro Makio– Somerville, MA	Finalist - Silver/Argentium™ Silver Karina Mattei– Brookline, MA	Finalist - Silver/Argentium™ Silver Brian Quigley– Portland, ME	Finalist - Silver/Argentium™ Silver Sooyoung Kim– Hopatcong, NJ
Finalist - Metal Clay Christi Anderson– Marana, AZ	Finalist - Metal Clay Christi Anderson– Marana, AZ	Finalist - Metal Clay Emma Baird– Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Finalist - Metal Clay Susan Silvy– Parkville, MO	Finalist - Metal Clay Sandy Mikel– Hawthorn, FL
Finalist - Hollowware Joost During– New Bedford, MA	Finalist - Hollowware Tom Ferrero– Windsor, CT	Finalist - Hollowware Dan Lippit– Madison, WI	Finalist - Hollowware Steve Midgett– Franklin, NC	Finalist - Hollowware Artur Sienko– Midvale, UT
Finalist - Enamel Kristen Holeman– Ft. Lauderdale, FL	Finalist - Enamel Jennifer Park– Budd Lake, NJ	Finalist - Enamel Mengnan Qu– Dartmouth, Canada	Finalist - Enamel Marie Scarpa– Petaluma, CA	Finalist - Enamel Marcus Synnot– Mt. Claremont, Australia
Finalist - Beads Marina Babic– Toronto, Canada	Finalist - Beads Le Bibelot– Brooklyn, NY	Finalist - Beads Geoffrey Giles– Asheville, NC	Finalist - Beads Mary Heller– Toronto, Canada	Finalist - Beads Martha Peterson-Glomb– Clearwater, FL
2012 Emerging Artist Finalists
Finalist - Emerging Artists Jay Baker– Sandpoint, ID	Finalist - Emerging Artists Drew Abts– Lake Tapps, WA	Finalist - Emerging Artists Sherry Wan– Ann Arbor, MI	Finalist - Emerging Artists Kenia Marquez– Auburn, WA	Finalist - Emerging Artists Hong Van Doan– Carrollton, TX
Finalist - Emerging Artists Lisa Nguyen– Dallas, TX	Finalist - Emerging Artists Xiangzhi Cheng– Albuquerque, NM

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2012 Saul Bell Design Award Winners

2012 Finalists

2012 Emerging Artist Finalists