2006
Saul Bell Design Award Winners
The sixth annual Saul
Bell Design Award Competition challenged designers to unleash their
imagination and create innovative designs in any of five different
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.
Precious Metal Clay®
The predominant material is either silver
or gold Precious Metal Clay® (PMC), PMC+® or PMC3®. Must be your original design.
Beads
The predominant design elements are beads,
pearls, or other strung ornaments. Beads may be any material. Must be
your original design or assembly.
Silver
The predominant metal is silver. May be
cast, fabricated, forged, assembled or any combination of techniques.
Must be your original design.
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.
Prizes were awarded in the five jewelry categories,
with five second place winners, four first place winners and one grand
prize winner. Below, Rio Grande proudly presents the winners of the 2006
Saul Bell Design Award Competition. |
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First Place — Gold/Platinum
“Hands to Water”
Jeffrey Appling
of JEA Jewelry (contributing credit to Michael Dyber and Schneider Design Studio)
Palm Springs, California, USA
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First Place —
Hollowware
“Coffee Swirl”
Sumit Jain
Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Second Place — Hollowware
“Tea for Two”
Chihiro Makio
of 314 Studio
Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
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Second Place — PMC®
Barbara Fernald
of Barbara S. Fernald Jewelry
Islesford, Maine, USA
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2006
Saul Bell Design Award Finalists |
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Finalist — Beads
Barbara Hendricks
of Hendricks Designs
Dana Point, California, USA
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Finalist — Beads
“Pretty in Pink”
Karen Moyer
of Karen Moyer Glass
Aurora, Oregon, USA |
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Finalist —
Beads
Gentry "Tuy" Buckner
of Ingot USA, Inc. (contributing credit to Daniel Saltsburg)
Richmond, California, USA
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Finalist —
Gold/Platinum
"Total Eclipse"
James Kaya
of Solair Jewelers
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Finalist — Gold/Platinum
Matthieu Cheminée
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Finalist — Gold/Platinum
"The Birth of a Planet"
Dmitriy Pavlov
of DP Studio (contributing credit to Galina Pavlova)
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Finalist — Gold/Platinum
"Circle of Life"
Todd Malcom
of Malcom Jewelers
Moline, Illinois, USA
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Finalist — Hollowware
"Landscape Vase"
Stephen Walker
of Walker Metalsmiths (contributing credit to Danielle Massara)
Andover, New York, USA
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Finalist — Hollowware
"Hera"
David Bausman
Sudan, Texas, USA |
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Finalist — Hollowware
"Nuts & Bolts of Making Tea"
Jacquelyn Crissman
Toledo, Ohio, USA
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Finalist — PMC®
"Dragonfly Pendant"
Claudia Atkins
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA
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Finalist — PMC®
"Nymphaea"
Annamari Mikkola
New Canaan, Connecticut, USA
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Finalist — PMC®
"Ocean Escape"
Deborah Fehrenbach
of Deborah Marie Fine Jewelry
St. Johns, Michigan, USA
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Finalist — PMC®
"Riley's Bloom"
Amy Randall
of Amy Randall Studio
Plano, Texas, USA
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Finalist — PMC®
Kate McKinnon & Anne Mitchell
of Kate McKinnon Design
Pacific Grove, California, USA |
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Finalist — Silver
"Bamboo Silver Bracelet"
Stanley Siu
of Manna-Tahiti Pearl Co.
Oakland, California, USA |
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Finalist — Silver
"Lunar Eclipse Necklace"
Patricia Madeja
of Patricia Madeja Studio Jewelry
West Islip, New York, USA |
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Finalist — Silver
"Echinops/Global Thistle Key Necklace"
Anika Smulovitz
Boise, Idaho, USA |
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