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MJSA names Vision Award winners
April 24, 2008
Providence, R.I.—The Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) honored the winners of its 2008 MJSA Vision Award Design Competition at the recent MJSA Expo New York.
The annual competition honors the talent and innovation of designers whose work is influencing the future design trends of the industry.
Judges for 2008 included a mix of designers, industry experts and educators, who chose winners in professional and student categories, as well as in special distinction categories such as Platinum Distinction, Natural Color Diamond Distinction and Reactive Metals Distinction.
All first- and second-place entries in each category received cash awards of up to $1,000, and were placed on display at the MJSA Expo, held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from April 13-15.
The 2008 MJSA Vision Award Design Competitions winners are:
Professional Category, First Place: Evelyn Huang of Evelyn H. Jewelry in Los Angeles for her "Struck by Lightning" ring, composed of two halves: one in palladium with colorless diamonds, the other in 18-karat gold with natural-colored vivid to fancy-deep-yellow diamonds.
Professional Category, Second Place: Adam Neeley of Adam Neeley Designs in Laguna Beach, Calif., for his "Revealing Beauty" pendant in 14-karat palladium white gold and 14-karat yellow gold with a blue sapphire.
CAD/CAM Distinction, First and Second Place: Olga Baranova of Ol.b Design in Brookline, Mass., for her silver cross ring with a sapphire (first place), and white gold and diamond ring (second place).
Enamel Distinction, First and Second Place: Tricia Lachowiec of Fall River, Mass., for her "Decorum" brooch (first place) in copper, torch-fired enamel, sterling and fine silver, and 14-karat gold with a pearl, and "Punctus" brooch (second place) in copper, torch-fired enamel, oxidized sterling silver and 14-karat gold with a sapphire.
Laser Distinction, First Place: James Currens of J.W. Currens in New York for his "Bee-Wear" brooch in 18-karat yellow gold and 14-karat pink gold with amber, round white and yellow diamonds, rubies, tsavorite garnets and blue sapphires.
Laser Distinction, Second Place: Adam Neeley of Adam Neeley Designs in Laguna Beach, Calif., for his "Revealing Beauty" pendant.
Mokumé-gane Distinction, First Place: Lisa Krikawa of Krikawa Jewelry Designs in Tucson, Ariz., for her "Juicy Liqueur Ring" in 22-karat rose gold, 22-karat yellow gold and 18-karat white gold mokumé, with an 18-karat rose gold liner, a 4-carat orange sapphire, graduated pavé-set yellow to red sapphires, and accent blue sapphires.
Mokumé-gane Distinction, Second Place: Ezra Satok-Wolman of E. Satok-Wolman in Toronto, for his shakudo and 18-karat white gold necklace with a Tahitian pearl.
Natural Color Diamond Distinction, First Place: Evelyn Huang of Evelyn H. Jewelry in Los Angeles for her "Struck by Lightning" ring.
Natural Color Diamond Distinction, Second Place: Mark Schneider of Mark Schneider Design in Long Beach, Calif., for his platinum ring with accents of 18-karat pink and yellow gold with hammer-set, natural-colored orange-yellow diamonds.
Palladium Distinction, First Place: Evelyn Huang of Evelyn H. Jewelry in Los Angeles for her "Struck by Lightning" ring.
Palladium Distinction, Second Place: Lisa Krikawa of Krikawa Jewelry Designs in Tucson, Ariz., for her "High Tea Ring" in palladium with a designer-cut 19-carat tourmaline and accent diamonds.
Platinum Distinction, First Place: James Currens of J.W. Currens in New York for his "Black Hole" platinum ring with a rock crystal, round white diamonds, tsavorite garnets, blue sapphires and a solid black crystal opal.
Platinum Distinction, Second Place: Heidi Fudeus of Zultanite Gems LLC in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for her platinum necklace and pendant with zultanite and diamonds.
Reactive Metals Distinction, First Place: Martha Keith of Charlottesville, Va., for her "And So It Begins" necklace made of niobium with accents in 22-karat yellow gold, 18-karat white and yellow gold, and 14-karat yellow gold.
Reactive Metals Distinction, Second Place: Holly Hosterman of Holly Yashi in Arcata, Calif., for her reversible niobium pendant with a blue topaz, hessonite garnet, a Swarovski pearl and a 12-karat-gold-filled chain.
Student Category, First Place: Yumiko Kakiuchi of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York for her "Labyrinth" bracelet made of 18-karat gold, silver, nickel, brass, bronze, plastics, cubic zirconium and pearls.
Student Category, Second Place: Won Ja Yeon of Kyonggi University in Korea for a "Rolling Paper" silver brooch.
Sponsors for the 2008 Distinction Categories included Roland for CAD/CAM Distinction, Rio Grande for Enamel Distinction, Crafford-LaserStar Technologies for Laser Distinction, Reactive Metals Studio and Shining Wave Metals for Mokumé-gane Distinction, Natural Color Diamond Association for Natural Color Diamond Distinction, Hoover and Strong for Palladium Distinction, Platinum Guild International for Platinum Distinction, and Reactive Metals Studio and Cabot Supermetals for Reactive Metals Distinction.
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