ECC NZ Student Craft/Design Awards winners announced

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Third-year Unitec student Oliver Cain won the Supreme Award for <em>Banana Fruit Bowls</em>. — Third-year Unitec student Oliver Cain won the Supreme Award for *Banana Fruit Bowls*.

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Cain’s <em>Banana Fruit Bowls</em> utilise high-gloss white ceramic. — Cain’s *Banana Fruit Bowls* utilise high-gloss white ceramic.

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Sian Hosking took home the ECC Furniture and Product Design Award with her entry <em>BOU</em>. — Sian Hosking took home the ECC Furniture and Product Design Award with her entry *BOU*.

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Sarah Harvey won both the Village Goldsmith Jewellery Award and the ECC People’s Choice Award for <em>Suspension</em>. — Sarah Harvey won both the Village Goldsmith Jewellery Award and the ECC People’s Choice Award for *Suspension*.

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Samuel Bryan won the ECC Lighting Award for <em>Yoko</em>. — Samuel Bryan won the ECC Lighting Award for *Yoko*.

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Steven Almond won the L’affare Innovation in Sustainability Award for his <em>Circular Economy Sofa System</em>. — Steven Almond won the L’affare Innovation in Sustainability Award for his *Circular Economy Sofa System*.

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Susan Richardson won The Friends of The Dowse Fashion and Textile Award for <em>Molyneux Rediscovered, a found rusted object with knitted lichen</em>. — Susan Richardson won The Friends of The Dowse Fashion and Textile Award for *Molyneux Rediscovered, a found rusted object with knitted lichen*.

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On 12 November at the Dowse Art Museum in Lower Hutt, the winners of 2019’s ECC New Zealand Student Craft/Design Awards were announced with the kind of enthusiasm that was warranted by the impressive calibre of submissions.

Oliver Cain’s collection of banana-strewn bowls took home the coveted titles of Supreme Award winner and Tuatara Ceramic Award winner. “These pieces are carefully considered and use a light-hearted approach to talk to a specific message of sexuality – the use of bananas is brilliant and you instantly get the message he is trying to convey,” says Awards’ organiser Heather Crichton.

The ECC Furniture and Product Design Award was given to Sian Hosking Berge for designing a kitset balance bike for children aged two to five; Sarah Harvey won the Village Goldsmith Jewellery Award and ECC People’s Choice Award for her bridge-inspired jade necklace; for his wooden lamp, Samuel Brian nabbed the ECC Lighting Award; Steven Almond won the L’affare Innovation in Sustainability Award for his recycle-minded sofa system; and Susan Richardson took home The Friends of The Dowse Fashion and Textile Award for her non-traditional embroidery piece.

For more information on the winning entries, and to view the Highly Commended winners, click here.

The winning entries can be seen at the Dowse Art Museum and are on display until Saturday 16 November 2019.