Felicity Gail - winners of the Hand-making Heroes New Gift Competition - have received their £500 prize money and a £1500 samples order.
The cheque was handed over by me at a buying meeting held at the end of June. There Becca, our chief gift buyer, selected eight pieces of jewellery from Felicity Gail's range for the our store. We hope to have this exciting new UK handmade jewellery range in by the end of July.
Felicity Gail are Debbie Brenner and Jackie Durrans. They make contemporary jewellery inspired by modern design. Working mainly with semi-precious stones and sterling silver, their jewellery contains rich contrasts in colour and texture. Currently, they are busy working on commissions for the Klimt exhibition at Tate Liverpool.
Hand-making Heroes was open to all UK hand-makers for entries from October 2007 to February 2008. Eight Finalists were shortlisted by our judges in March and an online public vote ran from mid March to the end of April to decide the winner.