2015 International Opal Jewellery Design Association Awards
Winner: Merridee Cram “Ëclipse”.
Highly Commended: Tony & Kathy Simon “Dream Dancer”; Stuart Marchant “Swan Earrings”; Opal Cave Ëvening Love Song”.
Winner: Dale Price and Tanja Burk “Precious Time”.
Highly Commended: OK Jin Jang “Gentlemen”; Matti Amala “Two of a Kind”; Matti Amala “Riveted”.
Carving – Professional Abstract Awards
Winner: Daniela LÁbate: “Green Twister”.
Highly Commended: Daniela LÁbate: “Skultura”; Justine Buckley “Gloriamaris”.
Carving – Professional Figurative Awards
Winner: Daniela LÁbbate “The Bat”.
Highly Commended: Orietta LÁbbate “The Green Man”; Justine Buckley Ëagle Rock”.
Carving – Non-Professional Abstract Awards
Winner: Andrew Kemeny “The Septarian Sculpture”.
Highly Commended: Andrew Kemeny “Reveal”; Franka Friederichs “Drought Breaker”.
Carving – Non-Professional Figurative Awards
Winner: Andrew Kemeny “ËMS”.
Highly Commended: Ian Bell “Öpal Fever – Mulga Madness”; Katarina Zimmer “Potch Butterfly”.
Winner: Phil Mason “Renaissance Glass for Firewater”.
Highly Commended: Tony and Kathy Simon “Little Octopus”; Tony and Kathy Simon “Dolphin Bliss”; Paul Sedawie “River Boat”.
Jewellery Hand Sketches Awards
Winner: Chang Ju-Hui “Dream Catcher”.
Highly Commended: “Giverny Monet’s Garden Water Lillies”; “Magic”; “Lively Stars”; “Lifting Spirits”; “The Rainbow Serpent”; “Öld Soul”; Ä Colourful Day at Sydney Harbour”; “Spirited Horse”; “Quiet Time”; “Silent Ocean”.
Alf White Non-Professional Award
Skye Bragg “The Beauty of an Inland Sea”.
Christine Roussell Incentive Awards
Winner: Daniela L’Abbate “The Bat”.
Highly Commended: Andrew Kemeny “The Septarian Sculpture”; Andrew Kemeny “ËMS”; Daniela LÁbbate “Green Twister”.
Vick Nackashian “Opal Princess”.