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Exhibition of Elite British Gold and Silversmithing (London)

Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council brings together Cartier Award-Winning pieces at The Goldsmiths’ Centre for 1st time. Already started on 20th January, prize winning entries from the Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design Competition 2014 will be exhibited alongside Cartier Award winning pieces as part of The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council’s 2014 showcase at The Goldsmiths’ Centre, in Clerkenwell.

The showcase will reveal a selection of last year’s award-winning entries in The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council’s unique annual competition, known affectionately in the trade as the ‘Oscars of the Industry’, alongside past Jacques Cartier Memorial Award work at The Goldsmiths’ Centre in Clerkenwell, London running until 5 March 2015.

It will celebrate the best UK based designers and craftspeople in precious metals and related materials, and showcase their exceptional technical skills and excellent creative design. It will also unite for the first time a selection of Cartier Award winning pieces from the last 40 years, this award is recognised as the ultimate honour in the industry.

The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council (GCDC) was founded in 1908 to promote, support and enhance skills and excellence across the profession. With over 700 entries a year, entries in the GCDC competition are judged by industry experts, at The Goldsmiths’ Centre, and winners receive their awards in a prestigious ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall, home to The Goldsmiths’ Company.

Entries are invited and actively encouraged across all aspects of the trade, from new entrants to skilled craftspeople, apprentices and those in education.

The competition accommodates all craft and design activities in the profession, including specialist sections such as diamond mounting, setting, silversmithing, chasing, enamelling and 2D design.

The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Award Winners 2014 exhibition will represent last year’s gold and silver award-winning pieces, including Ben Pritchard’s Silver Iphone Case: London Skyline, Vicki Ambery-Smith’s Pair of Spice Boxes and Adam Maclaren’s Honeycomb Collection.

It will also feature five Cartier Award winning pieces by Tony Bedford (1979), Ray Walton (2006), Phil Barnes (1971), Stan Somerford (2000) and Samantha Marsden (Johnson) (1993 & 2002). These will be on display together with their Cartier Gold Award Books, which are inscribed with the winner’s name. Started by Cartier in 1958, The Jacques Cartier Memorial Award is the highest accolade in the GCDC competition and honours a craftsperson of exceptional and outstanding talent.

Samantha Marsden (Johnson), resident engraver at The Goldsmiths’ Centre and Cartier Award Winner recalls: “It was extremely rewarding, then, the only woman to have ever won it [The Jacques Cartier Memorial Award] and especially thrilling in a male dominated industry. It vindicated my years of training with my master and mentor George Lukes, and I had flown the Cartier flag for an allied craft. To win a record second time was simply an amazing feeling.”

Chairman of GCDC, Mark Huggins explains: “This competition encourages, promotes and celebrates excellence in technical skill and originality in design. These elements remain central to the continued success of our industry and I am delighted that this exhibition will pay tribute to all the winners honoured in 2014.”

There will also be a unique opportunity to hear Cartier Award Winners talking about their pieces and experiences at a special panel discussion, Cartier Winners in Conversation, at The Goldsmiths’ Centre on 18 February 2015 at 6.30pm (£15 plus booking fee per person). They will be giving their views on what makes an award-winning piece, from making to judging, and encourage others to compete to win the prestigious Cartier Award.

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