Day 4 Week 2 of Origin
Joanna Foster, CBE (Chair) presenting the Crafts Council Patrons Award to Tithi Kutchamuch, Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
The Origin 2008 Awards was held on Wednesday 16h October at Somerset House. The event was attended by over 150 exhibiting makers, press, award sponsors from UKTI, Evening Standard Homes & Property, Selvedge Magazine, Crafts Magazine, ACJ, Gestetner Prize for Metalwork and visitors.
Tithi Kutchamuch winner of Crafts Council Patrons Award, presented by Joanna Foster, CBE (Crafts Council Chair) Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Lina Peterson – runner up of Crafts Council Patrons Award, presented by Joanna Foster, CBE (Crafts Council Chair) Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Cathy Miles, winner of the Gestetner Prize for Metalwork, presented by Joanna Foster, CBE (Crafts Council Chair) Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Fiona Wright presenting ACJ Award to Catherine Martin, Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Merete Rasmussen – runner up of Crafts Council Patrons Award, presented by Joanna Foster, CBE (Crafts Council Chair) Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
UKTI Gold Award winner – Wendy-Sarah Pacey, Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Jacob van der Beugel - winner of the Best Contribution to the Fair Award, presented by Grant Gibson on behalf of Crafts Magazine, Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
Alpa Mistry – runner up of Crafts Council Patrons Award, presented by Joanna Foster, CBE (Crafts Council Chair) Origin 2008; Photo: Dave Ashton, 2008
The 2008 Origin Awards night went off with a bang, as people flocked to see the exhibition and be the first to find out who had won the coveted Awards.
The winners of the Origin Awards are:
UKTI
Gold – Wendy-Sarah Pacey
Silver – Preeti Gilani
Maggie Williams
Crafts Magazine
Jacob van der Beugel
Rebecca Gouldson
Evening Standard Homes & Property
Nick Barberton
Louise Loder
Margo Selby
J-P Vilkman
Selvedge Magazine
Samantha Bryan
Ptolemy Mann
ACJ
Amy Duggan
Catherine Martin
Crafts Council Patrons
Tithi Kutchamuch – winner
Merete Rasmussen – runner up
Alpa Mistry – runner up
Lina Peterson – runner up
Gestetner Prize for Metalwork
Cathy Miles
Yesterday at Somerset House was an exceptional night of Awards, followed by Pom Pom making for peace. The Awards were a huge success in honour of the work seen at Origin over the last two weeks. With speeches from Rosy Greenlees, Executive Director, Crafts Council and Corinne Julius, Evening Standard, Homes & Property celebrating the very best in contemporary craft, it was a special occasion.
The Awards were then followed by Pom Pom international, an experimental participation activity of Pom Pom making for peace and conflict resolution. Lead by Amy Lamé, the global phenomenon of yarny art was aimed to promote peace and understanding across the world through pom pom making by travelling to areas of conflict to make whimsical, non-political, creative balls of fluffy yarn.
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The Awards could not have been possible without the strong support from the award sponsors, all the makers and awardees. The event was attended by the some of the most senior representatives from the sector, who came to honour the outstanding Origin Award finalists and award winners.
Origin 2008 has seen work of the highest calibre from every discipline, which provided the judges with a real challenge. The Crafts Council would also like to thank Amy Lamé for the hugely successful and enjoyable Pom Pom extravaganza and everyone that contributed to it.
See our gallery for more images from this event.