Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards
Known as the Jewellery Oscars, the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards are held at Goldsmiths’ Hall in London. The next Awards, including Phil’s Enamelling Bursary, will be presented in March 2025. Learn more about the Competition here.
The Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards - The Phil Barnes Enamelling Bursary
This annual bursary was established in 2021 in memory of master enameller Phil Barnes and provides an excellent incentive for all aspiring enamellers to participate in the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Council (GCDC) competition. The bursary will positively support the next generation of enamellers by offering some workshop experience with an established master enameller.
Awards night 2024 at the Goldsmiths’ Hall, London and the presentation of the Phil Barnes Bursary
Everyone who enters work into either of the enamelling sections can apply for the bursary and is considered using the following rationale/criteria:
It is specifically for the development and advancement of enamelling technical skills through workshop experience with an established/experienced enameller
The bursary will be open to any entrant showing promise in their competition submission/s, and this doesn’t have to be a Gold, Silver or Bronze winner
There is no age restriction
Phil’s Design Award 2024
Phil won an award for Design in the 2024 competition. The Dancing Leaves Vase was a collaboration with Ingo Henn, Henn of London, and was begun in 2018. The vase was completed in 2023 and enamelled by Fred Rich.
Phil Barnes Bursary 2024
The winning entry for the Phil Barnes Bursary in 2024 was a basse-taille enamelled brooch entitiled ‘Spiral’, designed, made, engraved and enamelled by Caitlin Murphy.
Phil Barnes Bursary 2023
The winning entry for the Phil Barnes Bursary in 2023 was a pair of brooches ‘Squares Sequin Brooch and Amber Sequin Brooch’, designed, made, engraved and enamelled by Charlotte Smith.
Phil Barnes Bursary 2022
The winning entry for the Phil Barnes bursary in 2022 was the ‘Light of Forest plique à jour Cup’ by Yinglong Li from Birmingham City Universtiy.
Phil Barnes Bursary 2021
The Phil Barnes Bursary was awarded for the first time in 2021 by the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council. The winning entry, an Iris Flower Brooch, was designed, made and enamelled by Tomiko Ravn of the Ravn School of Arts & Crafts.
Guild of Enamellers Phil Barnes Award
This award is for the Selectors' choice of the best engraving on precious metals using the Champlevé, Cloisonné or Basse-Taille techniques. The selectors will also consider the quality and clarity of the enamel.
This engraved and enamelled silver dish was commissioned by Linda Barnes, Phil’s wife, and designed, engraved and enamelled by Sarah Wilson, Phil’s first apprentice.
Phil Barnes Award 2024
The winning piece is called “Sea Grass” and used the champleve enamelling technique. The pendant was designed, engraved and enamelled by Heather Larson
Phil Barnes Award 2023
The winning piece, the “Round Rodmarton Brooch”, used the champleve enamelling technique and was designed, engraved and enamelled by Harriet St Leger.
Phil Barnes Award 2022
The Phil Barnes Award was first presented at the Guild of Enamellers Conference in 2022. The winning piece, a champleve enamelled “wave cocktail measure”, was designed, engraved and enamelled by Kerry Lawrence.