Annie Cracknell In 2007, during the second year of her degree course, Annie took part in an exchange with the Fachochschule at Idar-Oberstein in Germany. One of the centre’s strengths is lapidary work and Annie became hooked! Her final year collection featured the use of rutile quartz stones (sponsored by C.W.Sellors), and led directly to her gaining the Hean Studio Award for ‘Best Use of Gemstones’ as well as 1st prize in the national Innovation in Gemstones Design awarded by Marcia Lanyon. Since graduating she has been designing and making her jewellery within the ‘Alloy’ group based in Hereford:
91 from whom she has gained significant sponsorship including a bursary. She exhibits in their own gallery as well as a number of other group and solo shows. In 2010 she gained a commendation for lapidary at Goldsmiths Craft & Design Awards and was awarded the Gem-A Scholarship.
www.anniecracknell.com
Christiana Joeckel Christiana started her career with a 3 year goldsmithing apprenticeship in Munich, following which in 1983, she studied jewellery design with Professor Ruediger Lorenzen as a guest student at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie, Hanau. Since then she has established her practice in Munich with a number of exhibitions throughout Germany. Attendance at a number of jewellery classes with Erico Nagai at the Akademie fuer Gestaltung, Handwerkskammer, Munich between 2005/07 not only stimulated a fresh look at the subject, but also
92 introduced her to the MA course at Birmingham which she followed in 2007/08. After graduation she contributed to a number of exhibitions in Hannover, Deggendorf and Stuttgart. She has managed and curated exhibitions in Munich related to Schmuck – a significant part of the annual Internationalen Handwerksmesse.
christiana.joeckel@yahoo.de