WCC-Europe EUNIQUE Award
for Contemporary Crafts 2011
June 14, 2011
WCC-Europe EUNIQUE Award for Contemporary Crafts 2011
was given at “EUNIQUE – arts & crafts”, International Fair for Applied Arts and Design, in Karlsruhe/Germany
The winner is…
In the last year the Board of World Crafts Council-Europe had decided to create a special “WCC-Europe EUNIQUE Award” which will be given now every year in Karlsruhe at the “EUNIQUE - arts & crafts", International Fair for Applied Arts and Design, which was held 2011 from May 27 to 29, 2011.
The EUNIQUE fair meanwhile has established as the leading trade fair for applied arts and design in continental Europe. Some 350 exhibitors from 20 countries were on display with their newest works. They have been accepted by a jury amongst a great number of applicants. Only one-of-a-kind works and small series have been presented.
The criteria for the WCC-Europe EUNIQUE award are: fine original craftsmanship, choice of appropriate material for the object and originality. The award which the WCC-Europe gives is an artistic rather than a monetary one, as it is a price symbolic of the artistic excellence of craftsmanship, on an international level. The prize winner’s donation is a diploma, the WCC-Europe honorary membership and a free booth for the next years EUNIQUE.
The Jury selecting the award winner had been appointed by WCC-Europe.
Jury Members of WCC-Europe EUNIQUE Award in 2011:
Dr. Ruediger Joppien, Germany, Art Historian, former curator at the “Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe”, Hamburg
Reinhold Ludwig, Germany, Editor of the Magazine Art Aurea,
Bie Luyssaert, Belgium, Board Member of WCC-Europe, PR-Manager of Design Flanders
Günter Matten, Germany, Speaker of the Jury of Bundesverband Kunsthandwerk (German Crafts Association),
Bernd Roeter, Germany, President of WCC-Europe, Vice-President BK Germany, Speaker of the Jury
Vittorio Serio, Board Member of Ateliers d’Art de France, Representative of the Partner Country
Britta Wirtz, Germany, Speaker of the Management Board of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH
List of the last 12 candidates in discussion to receive the Award
(alphabetical order):
Barbara Amstutz, Silver, Switzerland
Claudia Biehne & Stefan Passig, Porcelain, Germany
Daphne Binckli, Glass Jewellery, France
Manfred Braun, Ceramics, Germany
Ruprecht Holsten, Metal, Germany
Ulrike Isensee, Textile, Germany
Young-I Kim, Metal, Korea
Héctor Lasso, Jewellery, Colombia/Spain
André von Martens, Ceramics, Germany
Frank Meurer, Glass, Germany
John Moore, Jewellery, United Kingdom
Adam Ryl, Metal, Germany
Statement of the Jury
The award-winner represents a convincing jewellery concept – both intelligent and at “democratic prices”.
His pieces of jewellery are made of anodized aluminium. Depending on the angle of vision, they offer an amazing wealth of varying colours. They may be worn in many different ways. It is always a pleasure to appreciate their tactile qualities.
The winner of the 2011 EUNIQUE Award is:
The jeweller John Moore, United Kingdom
Prize giving ceremony took place:
May 27, 2011 at “EUNIQUE – arts & crafts”, International Fair for Applied Arts and Design, Karlsruhe / Germany
Bernd Roeter, President of World Crafts Council-Europe, the prize winner John Moore and Britta Wirtz, Speaker of the Management Board of Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH (from left to right)
