Tuesday, 10 June 2014

BJA calls for entries to its Charity Charm competition


As part of IJLs late night shopping event on August 31, there will be a charity auction where visitors to IJL have the opportunity to bid for a unique piece of jewellery for themselves
BJA Chairman Gary Wroe of Birmingham manufacturer Hockley Mint will cast the bracelet for Breast Cancer Care fashioned by BJA National Committee member Sarah Jordan. Jordan and five other high profile designers - Shaun Leane, Tomasz Donocik, Andrew Goeghegan, Linda MacDonald, and Alexander Davis - have each pledged to design and make an original charm to be attached to it.
All of those taking part are extremely well-known and have won national and international awards for their designs, including for Geoghegan and Macdonald the title of BJA Designer of the Year and Donocik, Jordan and Davis the UK Jewellery Awards
The Association is now staging a competition to pick two further charms to attach to the bracelet and an entry form is now available online at The closing date for entries will be June 27 and the winners will be announced in early July.
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