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Diva Design contest winners announced
See the jewelry and renderings that won the Women’s Jewelry Association 2015 Diva Design competition here.
Designer Maria Canale was one of the winners of a WJA Gem Diva award. Her pink gold bracelet with spinel and colored diamonds, pictured here, won in the Evening category.
New York--The Women’s Jewelry Association has named the winners of its 2015 Diva Design competition and they will be recognized at the organization’s In the Spotlight event next month.
There are two categories in the Diva Design Competition. The first is the Dazzle Diva Awards, which showcase jewelry design in drawing, rendering or photography but do not require the entrant to manufacture the piece. This year’s theme was transformation.
The second category is the Gem Diva Awards, a WJA-sponsored category of the American Gem Trade Association’s Spectrum Awards. This award honors women designers and their specific accomplishments with finished jewelry that showcases the best in colored gemstone design.
The winners and honorable mentions in each category are as follows.
Gem Diva Awards
Bridal category
Suzanne Kalanjian of Suzanne Kalan (winner)
Hyeseon Na of Real Gems, Inc.
Llyn Strong of Llyn Strong Fine Art Jewelry
Caitlin Mociun of Mociun
Business/Daywear category
Elizabeth Garvin of Elizabeth Garvin Fine (winner)
Parul Kuki Seth of Parulina
Robin Waynee of Ryan Roberts Ltd.
Classical category
Caroline Chartouni of Caroline C. (winner)
Paula Crevoshay of Crevoshay
Annie Fensterstock of Annie Fensterstock
Monica Rich Kosann of Monica Rich Kosann
Evening category
Maria Canale for Suna Bros. Inc. (winner)
Erica Courtney of Erica Courtney Inc.
Deirdre Featherstone of Featherstone Design
Dazzle Diva Awards
Bridal category
Pamela Froman of Pamela Froman Jewelry (winner)
Julie Romanenko of Just Jules
Laurence Bruyninckx of LX Collection
Business/Daywear category
Delphine Leymarie of Delphine Leymarie (winner, tie)
Allison Morgan and Elizabeth Read of Charlotte Allison Design (winner, tie)
Georgianna Koulianos of GK Designs
Evening category
Laurence Bruyninckx of LX Collection (winner)
Alison Nagasue for Ritani
Kerri Halpern of Madstone Jewels
Both Dazzle Diva and Gem Diva winners will be honored at WJA’s In the Spotlight event, scheduled for March 10 at Convene in New York. Gem Diva winners also were recognized at the AGTA Spectrum Awards Gala in Tucson on Saturday.
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