The William Dudley Trust

  Established 1875                                                                                                                                                 Reg. Charity No. 214752

Previous Birmingham School of Jewellery Award Recipients

Support for Young Jewellery Makers

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

2025

Man Hei Michael Lin

Man Hei Michael Lin was awarded the Trust's Artist in Residence bursary for 2024/25 in November 2024. Michael, who is from Hong Kong, holds a first class BA degree and a Gem-A Gemmology Diploma. As well as being an Artist in Residence at the School of Jewellery Michael has been assisting with teaching undergraduate students, by giving tutorials, facilitating lectures and leading demonstrations. He is currently specialising in the traditional Japanese wax technique 'Mitsuro Hikime' using modern digital manufacturing processes.

Michael is in the process of setting up an online shop on his website and and is an elected Early Career Representative at the Association of Contemporary Jewellery.

Other 2025 award recipients:

Final Degree & Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards:

Amy Cushnaghan

Cara Plumridge

Charlotte Iles

Emily Knight

Eve Avis    

Hannah Binns

Katie Gardner

Maisy Beardmore

Olga Turkovskaia

Phoebe Helder

Ruby Lanigan

Samuel Cooper

Final Degree Award:

Robin Hanna

2024

Other 2024 award recipients:

Final Degree & Graduate Entrepreneurship Awards:

Keelan Faunt-Broderick

Lilli Canham

Mary-Beth Hamilton

Edward James

Clare Maiden    www.claremaiden.com  @claremaidenjewellery

Jacob Morgan

Final Degree Award:

Sahara Aburaneh

Arthur Howard

Susannna Giglia

Kent Saggers

Georgia Spyrou

Molly Suter