2022 Contest Winners

Multi-Strand Necklace

Recapture the glitz, glamor and elegant beauty of the Roaring ’20s with this necklace and earrings set by designer-artist Christy Lensch.

Design Idea PD3R

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Pendant

Let this award-winning wirework piece inspire your next creation. Amid this seemingly tangle of wire is precise wrapping, reminding us that there is often order amid the chaos if we look for it.

Design Idea PD3P

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Collar-Style Necklace

Morra Giovina took inspiration from the color lilac to breathtaking levels in her exquisite necklace, "Kabilia." No wonder it won First Place in the Seed Beads category of our 2022 Beading Contest!

Design Idea PD45

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Collar-Style Necklace

James Franco’s Nile Dreams embodies the beauty and mystery of ancient Egypt in a detailed and colorful collar necklace.

Design Idea PD44

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Bracelet

Ezartessa’s The Secret Garden uses seed beads to beautifully evoke a sense of fantasy and wonderment—just don’t eat the berries!

Design Idea PD43

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Pendant

Little cubic zirconias twinkle amid the golden vines of this award-winning metal clay design like stars seen through an arbor on a warm spring evening.

Design Idea PD42

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Single-Strand Necklace

Inspired by the artistic style of the Ashanti region of Africa, Natasha Downs’ Ashanti Lace puts a modern spin on a unique style steeped in cultural heritage.

Design Idea PD3Y

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Pendant

O Gnomeo, Gnomeo, wherefore art thou Gnomeo? Right here, on this whimsical precious metal clay pendant made by designer-artist Ann Holden!

Design Idea PD3X

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Single-Strand Necklace

This award-winning design offers an eclectic combo of copper, jeweler's bronze, ParaWire™ and Zebra Wire™ in gold and silver finishes. This necklace and earring set is certainly All Mixed Up and spot-on with the mixed metals jewelry trend.

Design Idea PD3W

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Choker Style Necklace and Pendant

Inspired by the movie "Men in Black," this award-winning piece uses fifty individual pieces of sterling silver soldered together to form the cage-like pendant of Orion's Belt. This impressive piece elevates the glass marble inside from dollar store trinket to wearable art.

Design Idea PD3V

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Single-Strand Necklace

This award-winning design inspired by Lake Michigan captures a sunrise over the lake, with soldered sterling silver wire and lapis lazuli representing water and rays of sunlight.

Design Idea PD3U

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Three-Piece Bracelet Set

Let these award-winning “spikey cuffs in wire” with their edgy spiked layers and intricate wire-wrapping inspire your next wirework project.

Design Idea PD3Q

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Collar-Style Necklace

Aristotle's Psyche

Design Idea PD3N

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