The Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT) with honourary judges in the gems and jewellery design industry have chosen five jewellery designs to enter the final round of the 12th GIT’s World Jewelry Design Awards 2018 on 4 June in Bangkok.
The designs will be made into jewellery pieces before entering the final round of the competition which will be held on 7 September 2018 at the 62nd Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair. Those interested may cast their votes for the Popular Design Award 2018 by choosing the best design from 20 designs that had been selected in the first round.
Duangkamol Jiambutr, director of GIT said: “This year the contest is held under the theme of ‘The Pearl of Wisdom – Illumination from under the Surface’ as we would like to promote pearls to become more widely recognised. Contestants must utilise pearl or mother of pearl as the centrepiece of the jewellery design. Moreover, the design must be able to be manufactured and sold, which will create further opportunities for a career in jewellery production.”
She also revealed that this year’s contest received 333 designs with 157 of them from Thailand and 176 from overseas. The judges have chosen 20 designs in the first round and five designs that received the highest scores in the second round.
Experienced judges for the contest include Suriyon Sriorathaikul, managing director of Beauty Gems Factory; Saran Somrak, marketing director of Phuket Pearl Group; Peerawat Suraseth, managing director of L S Jewelry Group; Chanchai Lertkulthanon, vice president, Group Manufacturing, New Product Introduction of Pandora Production Co, Ltd and Kim Tae-Hyung, director of Jewelry Small Traders and Enterprisers Specialization Support Center of Korea.
The five final designs are: Atom by Kitisak Maicharoen, Poseidon by Jirawat Somsnor, Sparkle Light of Undersea by Sippakorn Oudkom, Arise by Supatchana Limwongse, and The Blooming of Wisdom by Indika Wijayarathna from Saudi Arabia.
Award-winners will receive a total of US$9,000 in prize money with a trophy from Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol. The Popular Design Award 2018 is open for the public to vote from18 June 2018 onwards at www.git.or.th. Voters will be randomly selected to win a piece of jewellery from Alpha Precious Metal Co, Ltd and Pandora.
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