9th Edition of Jacobs the Jewellers’ Emerging Designer Competition Launches this Summer

26 Jul 2023

In this year’s 75th anniversary year, award-winning Jacobs the Jewellers, Reading’s oldest independent jewellery retailer, revealed the return of its annual Emerging Designer competition featuring nine emerging designers from Bishopsland Educational Trust.

Helping boost fledgling careers, the event combines a virtual show with an in-store experience reflecting the local and national audience for amazing craft skills and design. As is customary, each competitor creates both a piece from a jewellery and an object category.

Competitors’ entries and voting are visible in-store and online at:

Emerging Designer Entrants

Voting takes place between Thursday, 20th July, and Wednesday, August 2nd, with the Mayor of Reading scheduled to visit on 25th July to view the competition, meeting some of the makers.

The results will be announced in the afternoon of Thursday, August 3rd, with the winner of each category winning £250, runners up £100 each, to spend on tools at HS Walsh, one of the UKs leading jewellery tool suppliers, hopefully providing a helpful kick start to long-lasting careers in the industry.

The annual competition has been made possible with Bishopsland Educational Trust through the initiative, collaboration and support of Jacobs the Jewellers, the Goldsmiths’ Centre and HS Walsh. All parties support this competition, committing to craft and the artists of Bishopsland Educational Trust, not to mention Reading as a creative centre in the South East.

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