If you are Jewellery designer you can try yourself taking part in biennial international design competition New Traditional Jewellery that call for entries for their 2010 event. Jewellery designers from all over the world are invited to respond to the theme ‘True colours’.

The New Traditional Jewellery competition aims to create new traditions and revive old ones by giving them new forms. Consequently it is a condition of the design contest that entries should add a new chapter to an old story. They must be wearable and be inspired by a historical or traditional piece of jewellery. The source of inspiration should be made known and illustrated by means of a photo, and the translation into a new ornament be explained.

New shapes evolving out of existing, threatened and/or lost traditions does not imply entries must be figurative. Organisers want to emphasise that the inspiration, and not the design per se, should originate from the past.

There are two categories in which designers may enter:

– Category A is for established jewellery artists and silver designers
- Category B is for final year and advanced students of all art academies; fourth-level students of the gold
and/or silversmith disciplines of training colleges, or comparable levels of part time education or evening classes

Each participant may submit only one finished piece of jewellery and designs may not have been exhibited before nor seen or sold by third parties. Only ornaments made specifically for this contest will be eligible for nomination.

Entries are due before 1 June 2010.

For more information and to enter visit www.newtraditionaljewellery.com/. Starting with the fourth edition, New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) will become a biennial event. The three preceding editions of this international design contest and the ensuing travelling exhibitions have been proof of the success of this project and its right to exist. The quality requirements as to the nature and scope of and entries for the event are becoming increasingly strict. In order to meet these requirements in a professional manner NTJ will become a biennial design contest.

The next edition will be exactly this year. For the design contest and exhibition 2010 the technical jury of New Traditional Jewellery (NTJ) has chosen the theme ‘True Colours’ because literally as well as figuratively this theme offers considerable scope for inspiration.