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The final judging of  IU Awards, bestowed by UBM Asia Ltd and International Colored Gemstone Association (ICA),  was held during June Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair. The organiser announced winner of Jewellery Design  Competition to the Hong Kong based designer Ip Suen Hang for Dragon Awarkening, a gorgeous necklace setting with seed pearl chains, coloured gemstones and diamonds . Natalia Samorukova from Russian Federation won the champion of the Gem Cutting Competition with the colourless topaz named Chrysanthemum.

 

To ensure the judging is fair without any bias, the information about designer's names and the country or region of origin were not disclosed to the judges. The panel of judges include Wallace Chan, a well-known jewellery sculptor and director of Wallace Chan International Ltd, Victor Tuzlukov, founder of Russian Faceters Guild, David Schwartz, Vice President of jewellery merchandising at Harry Winston Inc, Fei Liu, winner of the “Design Innovation Awards” and founder of Fei Liu Fine Jewellery  and Christie Dang, publisher and editor of Jewellery News Asia- Chinese Edition.

 

 

Category: Jewellery Design Competition  

The entries were judged by  the sense of aesthetics (35%), the level of craftsmanship, saleability and wearability (15%). Creativity and originality (50%) of the product governs the winning rule. 

  

Champion Dragon Awakening (Necklace with seed pearl chain, black silk cord, crystal, ruby, sapphire, brown, white and yellow diamond) Designed by Ip Suen Hang     Hong Kong

 

First Runner-up	Second Runner-up	Merit
Water Course (White gold necklace featuring tourmaline and aquamarine)	The Ivy Set (White gold set with black rhodium featuring tsavorite, white diamond, sapphire and blue green Australian opal )	Be Yourself (Earrings featuring sapphire and diamond)
Designed by   Luciana B Hamdan Valicek Brazil	Designed by Alessio Boschi Australia	Designed by Chen Ying-Nien Taiwan

 

Category: Gem Cutting Competition

 

Champion Chrysanthemum (Colourless Topaz, 15.5 carats, 15.1 x 15.0mm) Designed by Natalia Samorukova Russian Federation

 

First Runner-up	Second Runner-up	Merit
Snowflake  (Light brown Topaz, 28.9 carats, 18.6 x 21.0mm )	Neo Cut I (Pink Sapphire (heated), Concave Star Burst cut)	Christmas (Greenish Brown Sphene, 17.8 carats, 16.2 x 16.2mm )
Designed by Eduard Akhmetshin Russian Federation	Designed by M.C.M. Nawaz Sri Lanka	Designed by Dmitrii Samorukov Russian Federation

The award presentation will be taken place on 21st September 2012 during September Hong Kong Jewellery and Gem Fair, the world’s biggest jewellery fair. Together with the award winners, all finalists’ materpieces will be showcased at the Grand Foyer of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information on the winners and the finalists, please visit the website of IU Awards.

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