Previous Birmingham School of Jewellery Award Recipients

Support for Young Jewellery Makers

Below are listed previous winners of awards from the William Dudley Trust:

2020

Rosie Mell

Rosie Mell was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary in January 2020. Rosie graduated with a First Class BA in Jewellery Design from the School of Jewellery in 2019. Rosie is developing her own jewellery brand focused on contemporary designs in both metal and leather. She also hopes to be a teacher in the future, helping students to learn and find inspiration. The position as an Artist in Residence at the School of Jewellery, dedicating a minimum of one day a week assisting students in their taught sessions and contributing to tutorials, is a step in that direction. Rosie can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Rosie-Mell-Design-2410025495896008/

Final Degree Award:

Laure Filho

Imogen Fisher

Eleanor Jones

Elle Krebs

Mark Newman

Melissa Schembri

Bonnie Talbot

Chloe Whiting

2019

Naomi Clarke

Naomi Clarke was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary in February 2019. Naomi graduated with an MA from the School of Jewellery in 2018 and has been involved with a number of different projects since then. As an artist in residence at the School Naomi is currently placed on the MA Jewellery and Related Products course, supporting and mentoring students to develop their ideas and designs during tutorials. She is also currently working with a Birmingham based charity Craftspace in their 'Women's Maker Movement', a three year jewellery enterprise project engaging women facing economic and social challenges.  Naomi's website can be found at https://www.nwclarke.com/ , and she can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nwclarkejewellery/

Other 2019 award recipients:

Final Degree & New Designers Awards:

Lorna McNaught  (https://lornamcnaught187.wixsite.com/lornagracejewellery)

TaekyoungYun  (https://tkyunj.com/)

George Harrow

Final Degree Award:

Huub Boekhorst  (https://brillanzajewellery.com/)

Emma Boshoff  (https://www.ebjewellery.com/)

Rachel Bromley  (https://www.rbjewellery.co.uk/)

Samuel Bowser  (http://picdeer.com/s.bowserjewellery)

Daniel Fay

Annaliese Hill

Sofie Maceanruig  (http://picdeer.com/maceanruig.designs)

Caitlin Murphy

Megan Watkins

2018

Katie Shirt

Katie Shirt was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary in November 2017. Katie received the Trust's Final Module Award in 2017 and her portfolio of  jewellery was again deemed to be worthy of the Trust's support in 2018. In the coming years Katie hopes to become a self-employed jewellery maker in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. Katie's website can be found at https://www.katieshirt.co.uk/home/

Timon Tio

In an unusual move the Trust decided to award two Artist in Residence bursaries for 2018, such was the quality of the applicants. The second recipient was Timon Tio, who had had the distinction of being the only student from his year to receive a First Class degree in the Design for Industry course. Tio's website can be found at https://www.timontio.com/

Other 2018 award recipients:

Daniel Bollard - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Andrew Cowley - Final Module Award