2007
Saul Bell Design Award Winners
The seventh annual Saul Bell Design Award Competition challenged
designers to unleash their imagination and create innovative designs
in any of five different categories.
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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. Rio Grande is proud to present the winners of the 2007 Saul
Bell Design Award Competition.
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First Place — Beads
“Fall Fish Eye Necklace”
Mary Smith
of Beaded Jewelry by Design
St Charles, Missouri
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First Place —
Hollowware
“Spore Shaker”
Heather Bayless
Seoul, South Korea
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Second Place — Hollowware
“Formal Transgression #1”
Daniel Randall
Carbondale, Illinois
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Second Place — Silver
“Egret Locket”
Satya Linak/Zealandia Designs
Boise, Idaho
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2007
Saul Bell Design Award Finalists |
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Finalist—Beads
“Metal Pillow Bead Bracelet”
Nanz Aalund
Art Jewelry Magazine
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Finalist—Beads
“Night and Day”
Courtney Lipson
CDL Jewelry |
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Finalist—Beads
“Sigma”
Marie Scarpa
Marie Scarpa Designs
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Finalist—Gold/Platinum
“Ocean Bracelet”
Timothy Grannis
Grannis Gallery
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Finalist—Gold/Platinum
“Pearl Protrusion”
Jeffrey Appling
JEA Jewelry
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Finalist—Gold/Platinum
“Aspiration”
Olga Baranova
OI. b Design
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Finalist—Hollowware
“Airavata”
David Bausman
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Finalist—Hollowware
“Identity Crisis”
Chihiro Makio
314 Studio
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Finalist—Hollowware
“The Trees We Construct To Conceal Our Strange Fruit”
David Clemons |
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Finalist—PMC®
“Queen‘s Ransom”
Donna Lewis
Belladonna silver
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Finalist—PMC®
“Floating Flora”
Pat Bolgar
Accessory Art
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Finalist—PMC®
Celie Fago
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Finalist—Silver
“A Locket For My Dreams”
Michele Alexander
Michele Alexander Jewelry
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Finalist—Silver
“Verve”
Birgit Kupke-Peyla
Birgit Kupke-Peyla Inc.
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Finalist—Silver
“Mayu”
Chisa Takagi
C-Jewel |
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Finalist—Silver
“Cell Necklace”
Janine DeCresenzo
Janine DeCresenzo Designs |
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Finalist—Silver
“Modern Frills”
Sherry Cordova
Sherry Cordova Jewelry |
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