2020 Pre-Loved to Treasure Jewellery competition judges have completed the judging and you have voted for the most popular Treasure!
Congratulations to all winners, lucky draw winners and contestants!
Special thank you for the final judges:
- Bernie Xu — Creative practice is his passion. Bernie is Head of the School of Fashion and Design at the MDIS.
- Genevieve Woo — Familiar to most in Asia from her role as producer, editor and anchor at Channel News Asia.
- Nora Tan — Strategic development & sustainability reporting manager at Singapore Environment Council (SEC).
PHYSICAL CATEGORY
This is where the designers and artisans took something pre-loved and converted it into new and exciting jewellery to wear. The competition was tight among the top five contestants and after all the criteria judged the top two were in tie! Special thank you for our prize sponsor JDMIS who decided to award two winners!
GOLD WINNERS in Physical Category:
Sujata's "Renaissance, a rebirth" uses plastic folders to raise awareness of how the world is engulfed in plastics.
Kevin's "Fauna" is a tribute to the Animal Kingdom and a commentary on Mankind's troubled relationship with its subjects.
Sujata and Kevin have both won a JDMIS $500 Course Voucher and Creative Jewellery Studio 6-month Gold Membership. Congratulations both to Sujata and Kevin for their win!
Congratulations also to top five contestants:
DESIGN CATEGORY
This is where the designers took something pre-loved and converted it into an exciting new design.
GOLD WINNER in Design Category:
Kajal's "Flight of Fantasy" introduces a modern look on client's pre-loved traditional agate hulu of high sentimental value. Kajal won a JDMIS $500 Course Voucher and Creative Jewellery Studio 6-month Gold Membership.
Design Category SILVER WINNER:
Neelam's "Coexistence" revolves around the idea of Balance [50:50], depicting the importance of coexistence with mother nature in harmony. Neelam won a Creative Jewellery Studio 6-month Silver Membership.
Congratulations both to Kajal and Neelam!
ORGANIZER'S CHOICE
This is a new award to celebrate the creative use of non-jewellery materials. Six submissions used materials like wooden pegs, bone from a meal, plastic folders, cushion covers, toothpaste, shampoo and toilet cleaner containers as well as coins!
The Organizer's Choice Winner was made using toothpaste tube, shampoo and toilet cleaner containers. Robert won a Creative Jewellery Studio 6-month Gold Membership. Congratulations to Robert!
POPULAR CHOICE
945 people from 32 countries voted on-line for their favourite. The Winner is Kajal Naina - "Flight of Fantasy". Congratulations to Kajal!
What is the Significance of this Competition?
An annual event "Earth Day" is celebrated around the world to demonstrate support for environmental protection. This year was the 50th anniversary.
CJS wants to play a part in environmental protection. A year ago CJS was invited to Takashimaya department store in a "Sparkle New Joy" Upcycled jewellery themed pop-up and what fun we had creating new pieces from pre-loved items! This year we wished to take this concept to the next level as a competition!
The key objective was to encourage designers to go green and to think 'out-of-the-box' by using more sustainable materials through re-use and repurpose, instead of using new materials from mother earth in their creation.
10% of the sales proceeds from submitted up-cycled and repurposed jewellery pieces are donated to environmental charity - Singapore Environment Council.
Contestants were judged on: minimum 70% use of upcycled/recycled materials, adherence to the theme, comfort of wearing, durability and workmanship, creative use of up-cycled materials, beauty and aesthetic appeal.
Thank you to all contestants for participating in this meaningful competition!