THE BRAND NEW AUSTRALIAN OPAL AWARDS WILL LAUNCH IN 2024! THERE ARE SEVEN JEWELLERY AWARD CATEGORIES AND PEOPLE’S CHOICE AND OVER AUD$35,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES. AN ENTRY FORM AND JUDGING CRITERIA IS COMING SOON.
THE AUSTRALIAN OPAL AWARDS IS THE AWARD SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL OPAL JEWELLERY DESIGN AWARDS ASSOCIATION (IOJDAA). THE ASSOCIATION IS A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION FOUNDED IN 2000 TO PROMOTE FREEFORM AND OR UNDULATING OPAL. IT IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING THE OPAL INDUSTRY AND THE LIGHTNING RIDGE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
AUSTRALIAN OPAL AWARDS – CATEGORIES
- Open Prestige Jewellery – featuring any shaped Australian opal
- Freeform Prestige Jewellery – featuring freeform/undulating Australian opal
- Masterpiece Australian opal carving
- Freestyle Australian opal carving
- Designer Wear for Men – featuring freeform/undulating Australian opal
- Digital Jewellery Entry – featuring freeform/undulating Australian opal
- Jewellery Hand Sketches
- People’s Choice
Selected entries will be on display during the Lightning Ridge Opal Festival – 24-27 July 2024.
Our Charter
- Promote Australian opal at a national and international level
- Promote methods of opal cutting that conserve opal and add value to the opal industry
- Increase market demand for free form and/or undulating opal
- Encourage jewellery designers to use free form and/or undulating opal in individual pieces of jewellery