Results of the “40th German Award for Jewellery and Precious Stones Idar-Oberstein 2009” and the 21st German Young Talent Competition for Gemstone and Jewellery Design Idar-Oberstein 2009”.
In both competitions 130 (93 main competition, 37 Young Talent competition) entrants has been submitted from 4 countries: Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland and USA.
Theme of the “40th German Award for Jewellery and Precious Stones Idar-Oberstein 2009” was: Long live the Reflection
Gemstone design had first priority. Accepted were unmounted gemstones, gemstones in finished jewellery (in this case only precious metals were allowed), gemstone objects and gemstone sculptures. The use of synthetic gems was not admitted.
1st prize - 2nd prize - 3rd prize
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Michael M. Dyber - USA | Felix Kirchhofer - Switzerland | John Dyer - USA |
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Honourable Mentions
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Philipp Hobein, Germany | Jutta Munsteiner, Germany | Simone Postler-Clauß, Germany |
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Theme of the “21st German Young Talent Competition for Gemstone and Jewellery Design Idar-Oberstein 2009” was: Play of Light
Gemstone design had first priority. Accepted were unmounted gemstones, gemstones in finished jewellery, gemstone objects and gemstone sculptures. The use of synthetic stones was allowed.
1st prize -2nd prize - 3rd prize
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Katharina Vanselow- Germany | Mirjam Dreher- Germany | Alexander Kreis- Germany |
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Honourable Mentions
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Marcel Eifler- Germany | Alexander Friedrich- Germany | Katharina Vanselow- Germany |
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