2009 Awards

 

 

 

Prestige Professional

 

 

 

Winner: Col Edwards “Sunburst”

 

 

 

Highly Commended: Merridee Cram “Midnight Dreaming”

 

 

 

Haute Joaillerie

Winner: Margot McKinney “By the Sea”

 

Highly Commended: Rob Evans “Öpal Salvador”

 

 

 

Apprentice

 

Winner: Joe Coffey “The Opal Hairpin”

 

 Highly Commended: Fin Mahon “Bounty”

 

 

 Non Professional

 

Winner: Mytyl Negi-Davis-Gibson “Madam Butterfly”

 

Highly Commended: Kayt Primmer “Meduse in Tensione”

 

 

 

Carving Professional Figurative

 

Winner: Christine Roussel Öpera House”

 

Highly Commended: Christine Roussel “Bleeding Heart”

 

 

 

Carving Professional Abstract

 

Winner: Christine Roussel “She Sells Sea Shells”

 

Highly Commended “Red Nulla Nulla”

 

 

 

Carving Non Professional Abstract

 

Winner: Sue Tomlinson “Stingray”

 

Highly Commended: Michael Mitchell “Nature’s Gift”

 

 

 

Carving Non Professional Figurative

 

Winner: Joe Belicka “Friendship”

 

Highly Commended: Joe Belicka “Mother of Pearl”

 

 

 

Objet D’Art Professional

 

Winner: Ewan Ryley “Honey of the New World”

 

Highly Commended: Jim Runkle “Playing Around” 

 

 

 

Objet D’Art Non Professional

 

Winner: Fernanda de Boer “Seachange”

 

Highly Commended: Elizabeth Magnusson “Malika”

 

 

 

Fantasy

 

Winner: Ian Bell “Potch Princess”

 

Highly Commended: Stephen and Mary Aracic “Koala in a Gum Tree”

 

 

 

Jewellery Hand Sketches

 

Winner: Louise Gore Langton “Fruits of the Earth”

 

Highly Commended: Louise Gore Langton “Post Beach Treasures”

 

 

 

People’s Choice

 

Gwennie Tam “The Squirting Whale”