GCDC Award Winners Display their Work Across the UK

Back in March 2024 at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London the important GCDC Annual Awards ceremony was opened by the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council’s chair Anne-Marie Reeves, and hosted by Council Trustees Maeve Gillies and Judith Lockwood.

The event welcomed 300 guests, including representatives from world-renowned jewellery houses, notable sponsors, industry associations, leading designers, and the UK media.

Sheffield Assay Office were delighted to have supported the awards for a number of years and as the Assay Office celebrates its 250th anniversary Assay Master, Ashley Carson, chose to sponsor the 2D Hand Rendering Award.

Since then many of the award winning pieces have featured in shows and exhibitions up and down the country, including work by Ben Ryan for his 250th anniversary dish and Shinta Nakajima for his chased Acanthus sculpture. Ben and Shinta have also displayed work at Goldsmiths North, Sheffield which was very well received.

Sheffield Assay Office have gone on to support Shinta to create a new body of work for the Goldsmiths Fair. Shinta will be exhibiting at Goldsmiths Fair in London at the end of September and early October, along with other Sheffield makers and registered customers of Sheffield Assay Office: Alice Fry, Colette Bishop, Chris Boland, Brett Payne, Sheng Zhang, Samuel Waterhouse, Rebecca Joselyn and Shinta Nakajima.

See the 2024 Exhibitors - Goldsmiths' Fair

If you missed the GCDC awards, the catalogue is out now and available to purchase from the GCDC website and the exhibition of the some of the award-winning pieces is on display at The Goldsmiths’ Centre for a 10-week summer exhibition along with an events programme, July to September 2024. The show includes the work of Paul Bailey-Smith: Hallmarking of Time, a gift to Sheffield Assay Office in recognition of its 250th anniversary from Birmingham Assay Office.

Visit the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards Exhibition 2024 - The Goldsmiths' Centre

After the autumn shows the Assay Master, Ashley Carson and Curator, Emma Paragreen are looking forward to the return of the wonderful 250th anniversary gifts and commissions to Sheffield.

The Sheffield Assay Office was established in 1773, under an Act of Parliament and today the company assays and hallmarks the precious metals - silver, gold, platinum and palladium. Sheffield Assay Office is one of only four UK assay offices who all work to uphold the Hallmarking Act of 1973 and continue to ensure consumer protection for customers purchasing precious metals.

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