Craft & Design Selected Awards

I am honored to have been presented with Silver in the Craft & Design Selected Awards for Glass! 

Yippie!!

After first winning it in 2010, my work has changed dramatically since then. I really wasn't expecting to get through to the finalists again, let alone win Silver. So as you can imagine, I am so excited to have gotten so far!


Thank you so much to all of you who voted during the public voting! Out of over 1,100 artists I made it through to the finalists who were then sent off to specialist judges for each category.  


Stephen Prendergast was the judge for the glass category said some lovely things about my work:

"Ema's work seems to carry a smile. The colours and forms are pure and simple, and the overall effect is delightful. It can only be an expression of the artist herself. She is a skilled glassblower, a very accomplished lampworker, and she writes particularly well. Perhaps the purity of expression comes from her clarity of thought."

The category winners comprise of some really fantastic artists which are all well deserved, so do take a look at who else made it through. A massive congratulations to all of them!

I shall be featured in the Sep/Oct issue of Craft & Design magazine this year, so keep your eyes peeled for that. I shall no doubt be posting it online once it's published. :)