GCDC Competition

The Brief - A Brighter Future

We all recognise, applaud and admire the countless heroes and heroines who have assisted us throughout the lockdown and beyond but equally, reflect on the tragedy of losing many loved ones. Central to fighting Covid-19 is our National Health Service (NHS), an appreciation of which has been identified by the rainbow motif in the windows of many homes and businesses as an abiding symbol of hope, strength and determination to fight and overcome the pandemic.

Therefore, we invite you to examine colour, in all its glory and diversity, as the starting point for the design of a piece of smallwork. Your proposal should seek to reflect and celebrate the NHS as well as the other key workers working selflessly for a recovery and a bright future. Your design doesn’t have to have a practical purpose or use, it could be something ornamental that serves as a commemoration of this period in history through the lens described above.

To help you focus on colour please feel free to use whatever materials you would like in conjunction with precious metals. The object you design should give off a fun, colourful and optimistic vibe.

Please remember the origins of smallworking as you seek to incorporate elements of fun, colour and a bright future in your design. GC&DC’s short definition of smallwork is: typically, smaller scale work made in precious metals. These can include intricate mechanisms, hidden features and elaborate surface decoration.