Fantasy, legend focus of 13th HRD jewelry contest
May 08, 2008
Antwerp, Belgium—The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) is calling on designers to participate in the 13th edition of the HRD Awards, an international diamond-jewelry design competition that takes place every two years.
The theme for this year's competition is "Once upon a time...my favorite fairy tale." Designers will be invited to delve into the world of fantasy and legend, producing diamond-jewelry pieces that feature characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches and more.
The competition is open to professional and non-professional designers from all over the world, and the winning collection will be exhibited and promoted in Belgium and abroad during 2009-2010. An opening reception will take place on June 18, 2009, and in July and August, the collection will be prominently exhibited at the Diamond Museum Province of Antwerp. Following the collection's stay in Belgium, it will be exhibited at the international jewelry fairs, as well as in museums and jewelry galleries.
All entries to the contest must be original designs that have not previously been displayed or commercialized. The diamond aspect of the design and the interpretation of the theme are crucial, the AWDC says, and the jewelry item must contain at least 1 carat total weight of diamonds and a maximum of 25 carats total weight of diamonds.
An international jury will judge entries, and the winner will receive a prize of 5,000 euros (about $7,700). In addition, the AWDC will buy the winning item and give it on loan to the Diamond Museum Province of Antwerp for permanent display.
All applicants must submit an application, together with the drawing(s) of their design(s), photos or photos of models before Oct. 31, 2008. Contestants can submit as many different designs as they want, but they cannot enter finished jewels. Only those applicants selected by the jury will be required to create and send actual diamond-jewelry pieces. Those pieces must be submitted before March 31, 2009.
For more information, contact Jennie Baeten at jb@awdc.be or Gaelle Schmid at gs@awdc.be. You can also visit the AWDC Web site, Awdc.be, and the HRD Awards Web site, Hrdawards.com.
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