Previous Birmingham School of Jewellery Award Recipients

Support for Young Jewellery Makers

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

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/)

Georage 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

2017

Katy Tromans

Katy Tromans was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary in February 2017. Katy received both the Trust's Final Module Award and the New Designers Award in 2016 and her portfolio of creative jewellery was again deemed to be worthy of the Trust's support in 2017. Katy's website can be found at: http://katytromans.weebly.com/

Other 2017 award recipients:

Kate Hadden - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Kine Guvag - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Sophie Beer - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Annabel Large - Final Module Award

Elisha Khan - Final Module Award

Georgina Stanley - Final Module Award

Katie Shirt - Final Module Award

Megan Chiles - Final Module Award

Rhiannon Rodgers - Final Module Award

2016

Faith Pope

Faith Pope was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary in February 2016. Shown below are examples of her 'Stitch in Time' collection, each piece incorporating a needle and thread (plus pins, cutting blade and safety pins in the box). Supported by the Trust's bursary Faith is currently working on a new collection.

Rebecca Wilkes - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Kiya Corrales - Final Module Award and New Designers Award

Aleksandra Lubas - Final Module Award