We are
delighted to have just selected this year’s winner of our ‘Fabulous Futures’
Award, at this year’s Birmingham School of Jewellery End-of-Year Show on Monday
17th June.
We work
closely with final year students on the ‘Jewellery and Silversmithing - Design
for Industry’ BA degree course, giving students a retail perspective, before
they go on to become designers or pursue careers in the industry.
We created
the ‘Fabulous Futures’ award several years ago, as a way of recognising
home-grown talent and supporting the UK jewellery industry. Since launching in
2005, British designers have always been very important to us at Fabulous,
helping make us the go-to place for must-have brands.
Myself and Anna,
our Retail & Product Manager, formed part of the end-of-year judging panel.
Out of the many graduates that presented, we chose Megan Watkins (@meganlouisejewellery)
as the winner of our ‘Fabulous Futures’ Award.
We chose Megan
for her truly beautiful floral designs in Sterling Silver and Enamel, inspired
by the flowers, birds, insects and colours of the wild British countryside. A
country girl at heart, Megan started off studying agriculture, before being
drawn into nature-inspired jewellery design.
Birmingham
School of Jewellery has an excellent reputation for producing highly employable
graduates with the skills needed within the jewellery industry today. We love
this particular BA (Hons) course, as it offers talented students a sound
knowledge of the market, developing their technical skills within a commercial
environment.
Megan’s work
already has such a professional feel to it, and is really beautiful, and we
think it will have a strong appeal to her target audience.
We will give
Megan some mentoring sessions designed to help her consider her audience, her
pricing, and how her designs are presented, as well as how she can showcase
herself online. She will receive a week’s work experience at Fabulous, as well
as having the chance to appear at our Garden Party. We also give her a £200
bursary to cover any expenses incurred during placements.
British
designers have always been very important to us at Fabulous, with collections over
the years from Vivienne Westwood, Lulu Guinness, Chloe Moss and many more all
helping make us the go-to place for must-have brands.
We love supporting
young designers as they start out in their careers. Follow Megan here,
and keep an eye on her for the future!
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