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Final Call for Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards 2022 Entries

06 Jan 2022

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The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council (GC&DC) is accepting final entries to its competition, The Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards 2022. The final date for online entries is Sunday 09 January 2022.

The annual Awards reward excellence in technical skills and creative design in precious metals and related materials and is open to all in the jewellery, silversmithing and allied trades.

The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council, which operates the competition, actively encourages established craft persons and designers in the industry, as well as apprentices and students, to enter their work.

For 2022, the Awards comprises 33 competition categories, three new Patron Awards and a new Special Council Bursary. Visit the GC&DC Website for further details and category briefs.  

Key dates for the 2022 competition are as follows:

09 January 2022 Online entry deadline for ALL entries
25-27 January 2022 All 3D entries only submission and post-in days at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London
28 February 2022 Awards Ceremony at The Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
01-04 March 2022 Awards Exhibition at The Goldsmiths’ Hall, London

 

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About the Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council

Founded in 1908, The Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council is an organisation that promotes the highest standards in design and craftsmanship within the jewellery, goldsmithing, silversmithing industry and allied crafts.

The annual design competition, known as the ‘Jewellery Oscars’, rewards excellence in technical skills and creative design in precious metals and related materials from ‘apprentices to masters’ and is highly respected within the industry.

Entries are invited and actively encouraged in all aspects of the trade, from new entrants to skilled craftsmen, apprentices and from education. The competition accommodates all craft and design activities in the profession, including specialist sections such as diamond mounting, setting, silversmithing, chasing, enamelling, 2D design - including CAD, jewellery, smallwork, technology and many more.

Source: Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Council