COUP de COEUR : Farrah Al-Dujaili – three-dimensional sketches
Farrah Al-Dujaili has been choosed by AJF as 2011 year’s EAA (‘Emerging Artist Award’ ) winner. Farrah Al-Dujaili (UK) has been chosen from among 150 entries from 36 countries.
Criteria used in the judging were originality, depth of concept and quality of craftsmanship. Al-Dujaili works within an intuitive mix of drawing and making that crosses over and intertwines. She applies drawing materials such as pencil, crayons and watercolors to a surface of enamel paint. This gives an interesting material link to the design methodology, enforcing the dialogue between drawing and making.
The goal of the EAA is to acknowledge promise, innovation and individuality in the work of emerging jewelers. The competition is open to makers of art jewelry who have recently completed their professional training. Al-Dujaili will receive a $5000 cash award. In addition, her work will be featured by an AJF member gallery at SOFA NY and in AJF advertisements and she will serve as a juror for next year’s competition.
Jurors for the 2011 competition were Perry A Price, Assistant Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts; Marion Fulk, long-standing member of AJF and collector of contemporary jewelry; and Agnes Larsson, jewelry artist and recipient of the AJF’s 2010 Emerging Artist Award.
Perry Price commented, ‘I find this an interesting use of materials: watercolors, pencils and paint; the combination of materials and forms create three-dimensional sketches.’ Agnes Larson added, ‘She is taking techniques from drawings and transforming them well into her pieces.’ Marion Fulk remarked, ‘This was a very interesting and consistent body of work.’
Al-Dujaili received a BA in 2009 and an MFA in 2011 in Silversmithing and Related Products from the School of Jewellery, Birmingham City University, United Kingdom.
Formal announcement of this award, with images of the work, will be made at SOFA New York, April 20–23, 2012.
Her work will also be shown at COLLECT in London, England, May 11–14, 2012.
No need of this celebration to confirm that I REALLY love her work !!
Farrah Al-Dujaili – Brooch 2011 – Copper, enamel paint, watercolour, watercolour pencil, pastel. (Dim.: 5.5cm x 4cm x 2cm)
Farrah Al-Dujaili - Necklace 2011 - Copper, enamel paint, watercolour, watercolour pencil, pastel, pencil, faux pearls (Dim.: 9cm x 40cm x 6cm)
Farrah Al-Dujaili -Brooch 2011 – Copper, enamel paint, watercolour pencil, pastel
Farrah Al-Dujaili - brooch 2011- Copper, enamel paint, watercolour, watercolour pencil, pencil, pastel. Dim.: 13cm x 14cm x 5cm
