F Hinds and IJL competition winners revealed

F Hinds and International Jewellery London (IJL) have announced the five winners of the High Street by Design 2014 competition.

Director of F Hinds, Andrew Hinds said: “We are delighted that our winners literally come from north, south, east and west. The vigour of jewellery design is amply illustrated by the number of competition entries we received and the quality of the winners’ pieces. The next stage is to translate these sketch book designs into the finished items.”

All five jewellery pieces will appear for the first time at the International Jewellery Exhibition to be held at Olympia’s Grand Exhibition Centre, London 31 August –  2 September 2014.

The judging panel included Andrew Hinds, award winning jewellery designer Sarah Jordan, R. E. Morrish jewellery manufacturer Bob Morrish, IJL marketing manager Sarah Kitley-Spencer, F. Hinds’ gold buyer Karen Rühr, as well as a consumer representative.

The winners are as follows:

Jewellery Lover – Up to 12 Years Category
Ella Miles (10) from Paignton, Devon

Jewellery Lover – 12 – 18 Years Category
Noi McMillan from Girvan in Scotland

Jewellery Lover – Over 18 Category
Marina Shavyrina-Shkolyar from Khmelnitsky, Ukraine

Student Jewellery Designer
Shah Yesha Samirbhai from Ahmedabad

Current Jewellery Designer
Winnie Lestari from Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia