Medal winners!
23-Mar-2009
The British Art Medal Society promotes an appreciation of the art of the medal each year through the Student Medal Project which was established in 1993.
This prestigious competition encourages and promotes the art of making medals throughout art colleges in the United Kingdom. Each year over one hundred student medals, from as many as fifteen art colleges, are submitted for judging for prizes and selection for exhibition. The Royal Mint and the Worshipful Company of Founders are among the institutions which support the project, and the British Museum makes occasional purchases of particularly meritorious student medals. It is an excellent forum for students to view the work made by their contemporaries, to join them at the annual conference, and to participate in an international project. Each year an academy from outside the UK is invited to take part. The Society often provides a speaker to introduce it in the first year. It is particularly geared to sculpture students and those studying metalwork and jewellery, but is also open to other disciplines. A catalogue is published, which includes entries for everyone who participates and stands as a record for those at the start of their artistic careers.
This year, ND students were awarded a number of prizes including; Alexandra Clamp who won a prize for her accomplished medal. The judging committee all felt it was a beautiful piece of work, and very deserving of the prize. Alexandra will be made a member of BAMS for a year. Other students commended for excellence in design and making skills were:- Rhianne Hutchinson (skilful modelling, and effective connection over the edge); Nicole Iredale, excellent modelling, with very neat lettering; and Ria Poynton, for innovative qualities and standard of manufacture. All three of these lasted until the final round, and the committee felt the School of Jewellery made a particularly strong showing.
The medals will go on show at the Royal Cornwall Museum from 3rd April to 30th May. Winners will be shown, and there will be a selection of other entries. The catalogues will be available from the end of April