The Artisan Awards celebrate the highest levels of art, creativity and innovation by honoring the best talent in jewellery design and elevating designers to their rightful status of artists.
The Artisan Jewellery Design Awards 2020 invites all talented designers to inspire the world by creating extraordinary pieces of jewellery.
There’s grandeur in their attitude, timelessness in their appeal and immense inspiration stemming from their style philosophies. Architecture and jewellery have often collided on their respective courses, owing probably to the fact that they share such similar tenets of function and design. Both follow key principles of durability, utility and beauty. Often, the same key words are associated with both arts: shape, structure, quality, line, flow, pattern and precision.
For The Artisan Awards 2020, we celebrated three key periods from different architectural eras.
Winning The Artisan Award catapulted the designer's status within the jewellery industry and amongst discerning buyers; pushing them to the forefront and raising their profile as a force to be reckoned with!
The winners, along with the 1st and 2nd runner-ups across the three categories also received:
3 Eras! 625 Entries! 27 Finalists! 9 Winners. For the 2020 edition, legendary British designer Stephen Webster graced the annual momentous event recognising and rewarding the best in jewellery design, The Artisan Jewellery Design Awards, an initiative by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The Artisan Awards epitomises the highest levels of artistry, innovation and individuality - elevating jewellery designers to their rightful status of artistes.
Mr. Stephen Webster said, “For a piece of jewellery materials are everything. Materials and craft form the basis, but the element of design pushes things further. Design competitions are important because they challenge you to push yourself creatively, to push your own boundaries. India is steeped in tradition and India has influenced nearly all jewellery designers. I congratulate all the winners of The Artisan Awards presented by GJEPC and can say we have seen some great pieces.”
3 Eras! 625 Entries! 27 Finalists! 9 Winners. For the 2020 edition, legendary British designer Stephen Webster graced the annual momentous event recognising and rewarding the best in jewellery design, The Artisan Jewellery Design Awards, an initiative by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The Artisan Awards epitomises the highest levels of artistry, innovation and individuality - elevating jewellery designers to their rightful status of artistes.
Mr. Stephen Webster said, “For a piece of jewellery materials are everything. Materials and craft form the basis, but the element of design pushes things further. Design competitions are important because they challenge you to push yourself creatively, to push your own boundaries. India is steeped in tradition and India has influenced nearly all jewellery designers. I congratulate all the winners of The Artisan Awards presented by GJEPC and can say we have seen some great pieces.”
A jury comprising eminent personalities from the world of jewellery, fashion, media and films have evaluated over 2300 entries across three editions of the Artisan Awards. The design entries were judged by Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Farah Khan Ali, Priya Tanna, Payal Singhal, Ashiesh Shah, Shimul Mehta Vyas, Usha Balakrishnan, Kallol Datta, Prerna Malhotra, Pernia Qureshi, Pallavi Foley just to name a few.
Established in 1966, the GJEPC has over the years effectively moulded the scattered efforts of individual exporters to make the Gem and Jewellery sector a powerful engine driving India's export-led growth. With more than 6,000 members spread all over the country, the Council is primarily involved in introducing the Indian Gem & Jewellery products to the international market and leverage their international relationships to promote exports. To achieve this, the Council provides market information to its members regarding foreign trade enquiries, trade and tariff regulations, rates of import duties, and information about jewellery fairs and exhibitions.
This apex body of the Gem & Jewellery Industry is continuously working towards creating and retaining a pool of artisans, designers that are trained as per international standards so as to consolidate the Indian jewellery industry and establish it as a prominent global player in the jewellery segment.
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