The organisers are pleased to announce that the final judging of the IU Awards was held on 22 June at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair 2012 and 8 awardees were selected.
The judging was conducted based on fairness, impartially and without bias, with no information pertaining to the name of each participant and country or region of origin disclosed to the judges.
PANEL OF JUDGES
Wallace Chan
Founder and Artistic Director of Wallace Chan International Ltd
Ms Christie Dang
Publisher & Editor of Jewellery News Asia Chinese edition
Mr Fei Liu
Founder of Fei Liu Fine Jewellery
Mr Victor Tuzlukov
Founder of the Russian Faceters Guild and the first Russian Faceting Competition
David Schwartz
Vice President of Jewelry Merchandising at Harry Winston Inc
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| Representatives of the International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA) and UBM Asia Ltd join the judges of the IU Awards on 22 June at the June Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair 2012 |
Here are the winners of the Jewellery Design Competition:
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Champion
Entry Name : Dragon Awakening
Entrant : Ip Suen Hang
Country : Hong Kong
Necklace featuring seed pearl chain, black silk cord, crystal, ruby, sapphire, brown, white and yellow diamond
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First Runner-Up
Entry Name : Water Course
Entrant : Luciana B Hamdan Valicek
Country : Brazil
White gold necklace featuring tourmaline and aquamarine
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Second Runner-Up
Entry Name : The Ivy Set
Entrant : Alessio Boschi
Country : Australia
White gold set with black rhodium featuring tsavorite, white diamond, sapphire and blue green Australian opal
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Merit
Entry Name : Be Yourself
Entrant : Chen Ying-Nien
Country : Taiwan
Earrings featuring sapphire and diamond
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Here are the winners of the Gem-Cutting Competition:
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Champion
Entry Name : Chrysanthemum
Entrant : Natalia Samorukova
Country : Russian Federation
Colourless Topaz, 15.5 carats, 15.1 x 15.0mm
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First Runner-Up
Entry Name : Snowflake
Entrant : Eduard Akhmetshin
Country : Russian Federation
Light brown Topaz, 28.9 carats, 18.6 x 21.0mm
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Second Runner-Up
Entry Name : Neo Cut I
Entrant : M.C.M. Nawaz
Country : Sri Lanka
Pink Sapphire (heated), Concave Star Burst cut
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Merit
Entry Name : Christmas
Entrant : Dmitrii Samorukov
Country : Russian Federation
Greenish Brown Sphene, 17.8 carats, 16.2 x 16.2mm
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Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all participants and supporters of this competition for enhancing and contributing to the lapidary & jewellery designs in coloured gemstones!
