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Photograph: Craig Voevodin

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Awarding Cinematic Excellence

‘Community’, ‘creative energy’, ‘passion’, ‘diverse’, and ‘rich’ are all words that I had written in my notebook after listening to the speeches at the launch of APSA 2008. The design this year focuses on what I feel the awards embody—a celebration of the passion and diversity of the talent in the Asia-Pacific region. APSA is a community of diverse cultures bound together by friendship and mutual respect. I wanted the work to ‘sing’ through the use of very warm and vibrant colours and to have an almost fabric or woven quality to the surface of the glass; tying the many coloured canes that run through the pieces into coherent forms, symbolising the idea of ‘community’.

Joanna Bone RCA Brisbane, Australia

Brisbane artist Joanna Bone is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London and one of Australia’s leading glass artists. She is the only Queenslander to have won Australia’s annual Ranamok National Glass Prize and has exhibited widely. Her work can be found in prominent national and international collections. Joanna Bone’s exquisite glass vessels are presented to winners in each award category.

APSA winners, nominees and esteemed international judging panels are inducted into The Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Academy members are honoured with a bespoke emblem created in 9CT gold and sterling silver. Handcrafted in Queensland, Australia, the adornment depicts the APSA mark and features a golden sapphire from the gem fields of Central Queensland.