AJDC Members win 2019 MJSA Vision Awards and a new generation of jewelry designers emerges.

The Annual MJSA Vision Award winners were announced on May 31, 2019.

Mark Schneider, Mark Schneider Design, Long Beach, CA won 1st Place in Design Excellence

69f2972c C9c2 402d 8921 B3ba5d56f345 — This platinum and 18k yellow gold men’s band features a 0.70ct tsavorite garnet, 1.01ctw black diamonds, and 0.69cts canary yellow diamonds

Merry Lee Rae, Freedom, CA won 1st Place Enamel Distinction

92b21510 1515 479c B0bf 3f1fa2b0a65a — **Cougar Brooch.** Cloisonne enameling has been Merry-Lee’s focus since 1976, and she has honed her craft with the enthusiasm of an artist and the intensity of a mathematician creating works of intricate detail fusing glass on metal. She is guilty of thoroughly enjoying her work.

In addition, Timo Krapf, the son of AJDC member Barbara Heinrich won 1st Place in the MJSA Design Awards for the Future of the Industry (Student) Class. Timo recently graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology and also just won the 2019 Saul Bell Award for Emerging Artist Under 22 years of age category.

Timo Mjsa — **Silver and Leather Cord Ring.** This ring was created as a bold statement piece for Timo’s senior thesis show. The ring starts as a straight strip of silver sheet and then he form it into the organic looping flowing ribbon. This piece is meant to be big and bold and the stark contrast between the silver and the rich black of the leather cord adds to that. He sewed the cord together at the bottom of the ring to insure its security and then closed the metal around it. He left the seam just barely open on the bottom so that a sliver of the cord shows through.

Timo Saul Bell — Timo Krapft, Saul Bell Award winner for Emerging Artist, 22 years and younger.

20190529 055934 — Timo Krapf and Barbara Heinrich