The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Competition 2023/4
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The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Competition 2023/4
The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council (GC&DC) announces the briefs are now open for entries to its competition, the Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship & Design Awards 2024.
The final date for online entries is Sunday 14th January 2024.
The annual Awards reward excellence in technical skills and creative design in precious metals and related materials and is open to all in the jewellery, silversmithing and allied trades.
The Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council, which operates the competition, actively encourages craft persons and designers in the industry, apprentices, students and hobbyists, to enter their work. Everyone is encouraged, it’s open to anyone and free to enter.
For 2024, the Awards comprise 33 competition categories in both 2D design and 3D craft and design categories, 30 Patron awards including six Special Patron Awards, four Principal Patron awards and two bursaries…. and not forgetting the hotly contested College Trophy!
“The 2023/4 competition has generated great industry support with over 65 Patrons & Sponsors including some work experience opportunities for winners. The competition is action packed with even more exciting section briefs for our entrant community to engage in, enjoy and be inspired by. There is plenty of choice to demonstrate skills, creativity and let the imagination run free.” Anne-Marie Reeves, Chair, GC&DC.
Visit the GC&DC Website: for further details.
Key dates for the 2024 competition are as follows:
14th January Online entry deadline for ALL entries
16 – 18 January Entry submission days at Goldsmiths’ Centre, London
4 March Awards Ceremony at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
5 – 8 March Exhbition of winning designs at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London
Founded in 1908, The Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council is an organisation that promotes the highest standards in design and craftsmanship within the jewellery, goldsmithing, silversmithing industry and allied crafts.
The annual design competition, known as the ‘Jewellery Oscars’, rewards excellence in technical skills and creative design in precious metals and related materials from ‘apprentices to masters’ and is highly respected within the industry.
Entries are invited and actively encouraged in all aspects of the trade, from new entrants to skilled craftsmen, apprentices and from education. The competition accommodates all craft and design activities in the profession, including specialist sections such as diamond mounting, setting, silversmithing, chasing, enamelling, 2D design - including CAD, jewellery, smallwork, technology and many more.
