Eva Martin Jewelry - awards

Collider bangle

Eva_Martin — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:43:45 +0000

2011 Saul Bell Design Award Winner

Argentium™ Silver, synthetic ruby balls.

I was delighted to win my third Saul Bell Design Award with this Argentium Silver bangle which won second place in the silver category this year.
This design was born after my reading of the Large Hadron Collider and the race to find the 'God Particle' or Higgs Boson.
After weeks of research and scores of CAD drawings the Collider bangle emerged.
The bangle looks like two intertwined forms but it is actually one continuous channel with a single edge. Inside, synthetic ruby balls race around the channel and collide with each other.

Photos by Rio Grande.

Snowglobe ring

Eva_Martin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:33:50 +0000

2009 Saul Bell Design Award Winner

18k white gold, 24k gold, diamonds, toughened glass dome, glycerine, marine sealant.

I'm thrilled that my Metropolis Snowglobe ring won second place Gold/Platinum in the 2009 Saul Bell Design Award.
The yellow gold snow balls swirl around the diamond tipped buildings as the ring is worn.

Temple Tree Cuff

eva — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:01:30 +0000

2008 Lapidary Journal Jewelry Arts Awards Winner

Engraved oxidized sterling silver, 18k yellow gold, beryllium treated orange sapphires.

This cuff bracelet is based on the beautiful frangipani or temple tree. I was delighted when it won two design awards - first place in Jewelry Artist Magazines' 2008 Jewelry Arts Awards Bracelet division and first place in A&EMetal's Explorations 2007 Contemporary jewelry competition.

Queensland Sugarspoon

eva — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 05:54:28 +0000

Sterling silver, Dark brown Queensland sugar, Resin

I designed and made this sugar spoon for the 2006 Memento Awards. It won best Memento of Queensland, sponsored by Tourism Queensland.
It is made from solid Australian tarnish resistant sterling silver and the sugar cane leaf design is inlaid with dark brown Queensland sugar and resin.
Sugar is one of Australia's most important export crops and a vital industry for Queensland which produces about 95% of Australia's raw sugar. Queensland's warm sunny weather provides ideal growing conditions for sugar cane and the industry is at the heart of many Queensland communities. The tropical grass grows on family-owned farms which stretch along Queensland's beautiful coastline, providing a livelihood for many Queenslanders.

Carouselling cufflinks

eva — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:47:31 +0000

2006 Saul Bell Design Award Grand Prize Winner

18k gold, Yellow Sapphires.

I designed and made these cufflinks for the Saul Bell Design Award 2006 competition and was delighted when they won the Grand Prize. Thank you Rio Grande.
They are entirely handmade from silver and gold sheet and wire. From the top they look like fairly simple round cufflinks, but looking underneath reveals a carousel. There is a car, train, plane, boat, ship and truck which spin around when the yellow sapphire roofs are turned.