2001 Saul Bell Design Award Winners

The inaugural Saul Bell Design Award competition challenged designers to unleash their imagination and create innovative designs in any of four categories using Charles & Colvard™ Created Moissanite.

Category One:
Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite jewels up to 4mm in size, using up to 20 jewels

Category Two:
Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite jewels up to 6mm in size, using up to nine jewels

Category Three:
Charles & Colvard Created Moissanite jewels up to 8mm in size, using up to 3 jewels

Category Four:
Any combination of up to three fancy-shaped Charles & Colvard™ Created Moissanite jewels

Prizes were awarded in four categories, with four second place winners, three first place winners and a grand prize winner selected from the first place winner in each category. Below we present each of the eight winners of the 2001 competition and the 10 finalists.

Grand Prize Winner
Category 4
Ryan Ringholz of Ringholz
New York City, New York, USA
Fabrication and stone-setting by David Cruz of David Cruz Fine Art & Design and Sam Olin of Hudson Valley Jewelers

First Place Winner
Category 1
Idar Bergseth & David Dahl of Idar Jewelers Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

First Place Winner
Category 2
Jonathan Quach of Jonathan's Design
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credit to Louis J. Milici, Jr.

First Place Winner
Category 3
Barbara Berk of Barbara Berk Designs
Foster City, California, USA
Stone-setting by Renato Dias; rendering by Maria S. Kiernik

Second Place Winner
Category 2
Barbara Sherrick of B. Sherrick Designs
Sioux City, Iowa, USA

Second Place Winner
Category 4
Rudolf Bettenmann of Bettenmann-DeVries
Medford, Oregon, USA

Second Place Winner
Category 1
Hasun Park
Palisades Park, New Jersey, USA
Support from Chie Teratani

Second Place Winner
Category 3
Jonathan Quach of Hi-Brite Jewelry Design Co.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credit to Louis J. Milici, Jr.

Finalist
Category 2
Mark Loren of Mark Loren Designs
Ft. Myers, Florida, USA

Finalist
Category 2
Janice Heaton of Janice Heaton
Calabasas, California, USA
Manufactured by Matt Bezak

Finalist
Category 1
Anisa Wigginton of Mark Loren Designs
Ft. Myers, Florida, USA
Stone-setting by Mark Loren

Finalist
Category 4
Jolee Mickesh
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA
Mold and casting by Art Tech Casting Company

Finalist
Category 1
Peggy Jez of Harris Jewelers & Gemologists
Casa de Oro Custom
Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA

Finalist
Category 1
Mieko Takahashi of Mieko Takahashi Jewelry
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Finalist
Category 2
Meg Case-Akers
Portland, Oregon, USA

Finalist
Category 4
Sarah (Wan-Yi) Cheng
Carlsbad, California, USA
Fabrication by John P. Vitale
and final polish by Mark Maxwell

Finalist
Category 4
Barbara Klar of Clear Metals, Inc.
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Finalist
Category 3
Jimmy Eriksson of J. Eriksson Jewelers
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA