Saul Bell Design Awards Drive Excellence in Jewelry Design
July 25 2016 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
What happens when you invite jewelry designers from all over the
world to break free from constraints, expectations and precedents
and to accept the challenge of a lifetime? Excellence in jewelry
design.
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"The Queen" by designer Garen Garibian.
First Place Gold/Platinum winner from the 2015 Saul Bell Design
Award contest.
Over 300 designers from around the world entered for a chance to
be recognized for reaching greater heights of skill and creativity.
Seven winners were announced at a dinner held on May 15 for the
16th annual Saul Bell Design Award in Albuquerque, NM. The judges,
a panel of accomplished and respected jewelers, business owners and
engineers, chose 1st- and 2nd-place winners in 7 competitive
categories, including the Emerging Jewelry Artist category for
designers 21 years and younger.
“I consider the Saul Bell competition a breath of fresh air, you
never know what to expect, other than it will be authentic and
something you have never seen before, often born of genius. It is a
celebration of the jewelry arts, unconstrained by tradition or
conventionality. It is the ‘Tip of the Spear’ as a jewelry
competition.” - Zoltan David, First Place in Alternative Metals
Rio Grande, a member of The Richline Group, a Berkshire Hathaway
Company, is proud to open the Saul Bell Design Award competition to
jewelers and hollowware artists worldwide. Final designs were to be
composed predominantly of the material specified in the chosen
category: Gold/Platinum, Hollowware/Art Objects, Silver/Argentium®,
Enamel, Alternative Metals/Materials, and Metal Clay. For the
Emerging Jewelry Artist category there were no limitations on media
as long as the entrants were 21 years or younger, the piece was
wearable jewelry and fabricated by the entrant.
Visit the Saul Bell Design Award website to learn more.
About Rio Grande
One of the world’s largest suppliers to the jewelry industry,
Rio Grande was founded in 1944 and purchased in 2012 by Richline
Group, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. Through more than 70 years of
evolution, the company’s commitment to jewelers remains the bedrock
of its business. Rio supplies everything a jeweler needs to
succeed, including findings, gemstones and metals; bench tools,
equipment, and fabrication and manufacturing technology; display
and packaging products; and customization services. From its
solar-powered facility in Albuquerque, N.M., the company proudly
manufactures nearly a quarter of the tens of thousands of findings,
tools and equipment it sells.
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Richline GroupMark Hanna, (212)
886-6368Mark.Hanna@RichlineGroup.com