Awards & Sponsorship

• About the Selected Awards
• 2012 Winners
• Specialist Judges • Prizes
• Previous Winners: 2011 | 2010 | 2009

Pat Robson

Textiles & Needlecrafts Category

Pat Robson
mnlg.com/art/home.php

Having attended Jersey College for Girls from the age of 6 - 18 years and spending 3 years in the 6th form, as my birthday was just 12 days too late to go to college in the UK at the same time as my friends, there was only one career ...more

Alan Poole

Glass Category

Alan Poole
www.dankleinglass.com

It is around twenty-five years since I first became aware of ‘Contemporary Glass’ or ‘Studio Glass’ as it used to be called, through my late Partner Dan Klein. Since the late nineties, when we collectively became more widely know as Dan Klein Associates, we not only collected contemporary glass by ...more

Anthony Dew

Wood & Metal Category

Anthony Dew
www.rockinghorse.co.uk

People comment that I must be so patient to be a wood-carver, but I’m not. I was drawn to make rocking horses because I couldn’t get bored with the infinite possibility of formal variation the subject offers. Or with practising the array of skills involved - woodturning, joinery, carving, metal ...more

Lindsey Straughton

Jewellery & Precious Metal Category

Lindsey Straughton
www.bja.org.uk

Lindsey Straughton, who is PR and Marketing Manager at the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA), and an ambassador for London Jewellery Week, has long experience in the field of craft jewellery. She has an excellent eye for design and her regular attendance at major jewellery trade events throughout the world ...more

Robin Younger

Specialist Media Category

Robin Younger
www.livingcrafts.co.uk

What exciting times we live in! Having grown up in the world of crafts, I have seen many changes. Fashions and styles move on, innovative materials are embraced, new trends followed but the quality of the finest work always amazes me and the standard of some of the ...more

Steve Ogden

Ceramics Category

Steve Ogden
www.cumbria.ac.uk

My first contact with clay happened at the age of thirteen, following the advice of my art teacher that clay could be found under river banks. I was suspended by a friend over the banks of a central Manchester river, indeed she was absolutely right and clay was found. My ...more

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