Congratulation to Jing Jiang for winning the Theo Fennell Best Technical Achievement Awards, presented by Caroline Broadhead. Jiang’s jewellery is a personal interpretation of the complex traditional technique of Tian Tsui, which utilises kingfisher feathers as inlay. Using physical sense as her medium, she sculpts her designs so as to bring together the refinement of traditional Chinese craftsmanship and the minimal aesthetics of western modernism.
Congratulation to Steven Lai for winning the Theo Fennell Best Design Awards, presented by Caroline Broadhead. Steven recreates organic matter with synthetic substances such as resin, scrap metal and construction aggregate.
Congratulation to Wen-Ju Tseng for winning the Theo Fennell Best Overall Awards, presented by Caroline Broadhead. Wen-Ju’s collection ‘How valuable are you?’ scrutinises the individual’s role in contemporary society. Wryly humorous but earnestly involved, Wen-Ju diagnoses modern neuroses by taking everyday objects, such as credit card chip or the clip from a plastic bread wrapper, as the basis for her jewellery.