27 January 2011

Precious win for jewellery students

Jewellery students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have scooped five prizes at the Goldsmith’s Precious Metal Bursary Awards 2011.

The five students will each receive £200 to enable them to buy precious metals for their work. They were recognised in the national competition, which is open to students from universities and colleges across the UK who are studying jewellery or a related design subject.

Their success meant that DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, had more winners than any other institution in Scotland, and was joint second in the UK. The competition attracted 144 entries from 19 colleges and universities. A total of 40 Precious Metal Bursaries were awarded.

Dr Sandra Wilson, Jewellery & Metal Design Programme Director at DJCAD, praised each of the winners, and said their collective achievements represented a great success for the whole institution.

She said, 'To receive one of these awards is a fantastic boost to students confidence at a crucial stage in their studies and enables their CV to stand out from the crowd which is increasingly important in these difficult economic times.'

The winners from DJCAD are Filipa Oliveira (24), Jennifer Tsang (22), Laura Cowan (22), Dougie Kinnear (49), and Merlin Planterose (26). All are Level 4 students on the Jewellery & Metal Design programme.

The competition prizes allow winners of the bursary to buy use silver, gold, palladium or platinum to make their final piece in precious metal. Entrants to the competition were required to submit a design proposal and supporting material for their final project. Their work demonstrates design development, quality and consideration of design, professionalism of presentation and individual creativity.

In addition to the bursaries to buy precious metal, winners receive a personalised Award Certificate and an Award Winners display card for their Degree Show later this year. The degree show runs from Saturday 21st May - Saturday 28th May 2011

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