The awards ceremony, in its 13th year, will celebrate its first trip to Victoria as it heads to Melbourne this October.
The biennial awards will showcase the work of jewellers across six categories, which will be judged for uniqueness, innovation and originality, with a strict quality standard and criteria to meet the Guild’s benchmarks for diamond quality and craftsmanship.
Categories will cover solitaire, fancy colour, diamonds for every day, diamonds for men, red carpet and emerging talent fields. The winning entry for each category will then be in the running for the Supreme award, which will be showcased as the “pinnacle of Australian Jewellery Design excellence”.
Executive Officer of Diamond Guild Australia, Melissa James, said the awards had become one of the most highly regarded in the Australian jewellery industry since its establishment in 2005.
“We are thrilled to open entries for the 2018 Diamond Guild Australia Jewellery Awards and are looking forward to highlighting the very best in diamond and jewellery design innovation from retailers across Australia,” she said.
The award ceremony had an extended hiatus after its 2017 event was postponed to avoid conflicting jewellery events.
Registration to enter closes on Friday 3 August and the gala will be hosted on 16 October.
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