Lapidary Journal: 2006 Jewelry Arts Awards Winners

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Jewelry Arts Awards 2006

Lapidary Journal proudly presents the winners of the 2006 Jewelry Arts Awards, our annual design competition. Winners were selected by the following panel of judges: Chris Darway, designer, teacher, PMC instructor and metals artisan for over 30 years; Jan Katz, curator of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and former jewelry designer; and Karen Lorene, owner of Facere Jewelry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington, who is celebrating her 37th year in business.

We'd like to thank our judges and everyone who entered, congratulate our winners, and encourage all to enter next year's competition. For more information about this competition, visit www.lapidaryjournal.com/contest.

To enter the 2007 Jewelry Arts Awards, entry forms are available for download at www.lapidaryjournal.com/contest.

Compiled by Kristen L. Gibson, Assistant Editor. For more information about our competitions, e-mail Kristen at kristen.gibson@primedia.com or call (610) 232-5715.

Right: Caito Amorose - Best of Competition (tied), Pendants/Necklaces
(also First Place, Pendants/Necklaces) He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
8-9mm fresh water pearl sticks, Czech glass beads, Czech seed beads, freshwater potato pearls, ultrasuede. Bead embroidery. 11". www.caitoamorose.com

Jewelry Arts Awards 2006 Winners

Best of Competition:
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, Caito Amorose - Photo Above

Right: Nina Basharova - Best of Competition (tied), Bracelets
(also First Place, Bracelets) Milky Way Cuff
18K gold. Soldered, cast, satin finished, rhodium plated. 70mm high, 80mm in diameter. Piece was made for and included in the book 500 Bracelets, Lark Books 2005. Photo: Todd Murray. www.ninabasharova.com.

Bracelets

First Place: Milky Way Cuff, Nina Basharova
Second Place: Petra Luz (tied)
Second Place: Wooly Worm, Jackie Reinhart (tied)

Nina Basharova, First Place, Bracelets
Milky Way Cuff
(Above) 18K gold. Soldered, cast, satin finished, rhodium plated. 70mm high, 80mm in diameter. Piece was made for and included in the book 500 Bracelets, Lark Books 2005. Photo: Todd Murray. www.ninabasharova.com.

Petra Luz, Second Place (tied), Bracelets
Bracelet: sterling silver, smoky quartz, citrine (all 3mm), black pearl. Constructed bracelet with a ninch to open. 10 x 7 x 0.5 cm. www.petraluz.com

Jackie Reinhart, Second Place (tied), Bracelets
Wooly Worm
(Right) Miyuki and other seed beads, Czech twisted bugle beads, Swarovski crystal bicone beads, magnetic tube clasp, Fireline. Bracelet base is peyote stitch, overall 8" x 2"; 119 grams; 7,340 beads total. Photo Todd Murray.

Earrings

First Place: Neon Dusters, Beth Rosengard
Second Place: Dmitri Pavlov

Beth Rosengard, First Place, Earrings
Neon Dusters
Boulder opals, apatite; 14, 18, & 22K gold. One-of-a-kind broom-cast gold pieces, modified and recombined with bezel-set stones. 1-7/8". www.bethrosengard.com

Dmitri Pavlov, Second Place, Earrings
18K yellow gold, demantoids, tsavorite garnets, diamonds. 18K gold sheet was pierced, engraved, and assembled by hand. Diamonds and tsavorite garnets set in carved bezels. Posts with Omega backs. 40mm x 16mm. Photo: Galina Pavlova. dp@dp-style.com

Rings

First Place: Blue Mountain Ring, Jon Ryan
Second Place: Barbed Wire Rings, Nina Basharova

Jon Ryan, First Place, Rings
Blue Mountain Ring
Aluminum, sterling silver. Carved from a solid piece of aluminum and anodized. Silver band in the finger hole fabricated and held in place by flaring edge with a punch. 27mm x 35mm x 12mm. www.jonmryan.com

Nina Basharova, Second Place, Rings
Barbed Wire Rings
18K yellow, pink, and green gold, various stones: tourmaline, zircon, yellow sapphire, amethyst. Coiled, soldered. 30mm high, 11mm wide, 18mm diameter of the ring. Photo: Jason Bolger. www.ninabasharova.com.

Pins & Brooches

First Place: Southern Alps, Susan Brown
Second Place: Rhythm Stick, Pam Caidin

Erin Dolman, First Place, Pins/Brooches
Sweet William
Sterling silver, 18K gold, copper, vintage photograph, burs, brass bolts, acrylic. Hand fabricated using etched and roller printed sterling silver, copper, and 18K gold. Layers of metal and acrylic are joined with machine bolts, rivets, and tube spacers. 1-3/4". Photo: Erin Dolman. www.erindolman.com

Meng-han Tsai, Second Place, Pins/Brooches
Play
18K gold, diamonds, sapphires, yellow sapphires, rubies, orange sapphires, emerald green jadeite cabochons. Hand-made; coral body set with round diamonds and sapphires, and 2 smaller coral ‘balls’ set with sapphires. Clown fish set with yellow and orange sapphires, with 2 ruby eyes. Enamel is used for the black stripes on the fish. 5cm (w) x 5.2cm (l) x 2cm (h). mong920@hotmail.com

Pendants & Necklaces

First Place: He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, Caito Amorose
Second Place: Sweet Freedom, Nina Basharova

Left: Caito Amorose - First Place, Pendants/Necklaces ,
(also Best of Competition (tied))
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
8-9mm fresh water pearl sticks, Czech glass beads, Czech seed beads, freshwater potato pearls, ultrasuede. Bead embroidery. 11". www.caitoamorose.com

Above: Nina Basharova - Second Place, Pendants/Necklaces
Sweet Freedom
Sterling silver, sugar. Coiled, soldered, oxidized. 35cm long x 1.5cm x 1.5cm. Photo: Todd Murray. www.ninabasharova.com.

Miscellaneous Jewelry

First Place: Nina Basharova
First Place: John - Barely Corn, Dmitri Pavlov
First Place: Autumnal Tiara, Elizabeth Bucheit

Nina Basharova, First Place (tied), Miscellaneous Jewelry
Platinum silver alloy, 14K, chrysoprase, amethyst, pink quartz, chalcedony, tourmaline, onyx, peridot, citrine, carnelian. Cast, hammered, filed, texturized. Bracelets: 8mm wide, 65mm in diameter; rings (shown): 6mm wide, 18mm in diameter; earrings: 50mm long, 8mm widest part. Photo: Jason Bolger. www.ninabasharova.com.

Above: Dmitriy Pavlov, First Place (tied), Miscellaneous Jewelry
John - Barely Corn
Pierced and engraved sterling silver assembled by hand. 46 x 65. The concept is to be worn at the neck under the collar of a dress shirt instead of a neck tie. Photo: Galina Pavlova. dp@dp-style.com

Left: Elizabeth Bucheit, First Place (tied), Miscellaneous Jewelry
Autumnal Tiara
Carved drusy quartz, white pearls, black pearls, sterling silver. Combination of forging, soldering, stone setting, and piercing. Photo: Todd Murray. www.crowntrout.com

For information on entering your jewelry in the next competition, click here!

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