The Scottish Gemmological Association

The Annual Jewellery Competition

Each year, the Scottish Gemmological Association offers a jewellery competition specifically intended to promote the use of gem materials in the work of the students in the jewellery departments of the Scottish Art Schools and Further Education Colleges.

The aim of the competition is to design and manufacture an item of wearable gem-set jewellery. 

Criteria for Judging

Entries are judged by a panel of jewellery professionals, who use the following criteria in equal measure:

	aesthetic design and originality;
	quality of construction and finish;
	professional application of stone setting techniques.

Students are asked to bear in mind that the piece should emphasize the attributes of the gemstone(s).

The 2009 Competition

The 2009 competition was judged on the 19th of March at The Edinburgh College of Art and it was with great pleasure that the SGA  announced the following results:

First Prize -                 Ai Yano - Edinburgh College of Art

Second Prize -             Emma McCallum - Edinburgh College of Art

Third Prize -                Ed Slater - Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen

Highly Commended -    Hannah Eccles - Edinburgh College of Art

                                           Brian Kivuti - Edinburgh College of Art

                                  Emma McFarline - Edinburgh College of Art

                                  Emma Reid - Edinburgh College of Art

                                  Lindsay Swann - Cardonald College

The prizes were presented to the winners at the Annual Conference in Perth on Sunday the 3rd of May.

The winning entries can be viewed by following this link