Will Barrett selected for Bright New Gems 2024

Name: Hereford College of Arts
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27th September 2024
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Bright New Gems is the premier graduate programme for emerging jewellers, offering high-level mentoring and exhibition opportunities to a handful of BA and MA students from across the UK. HCA Jewellery Design student Will Barrett was among the most recent cohort.

Will Barrett has joined an illustrious list of former Bright New Gems that includes respected British designers such as Pippa Small, Fernando Jorge, Ruth Tomlinson, and Zeemou Zeng.

Organised by the National Association of Jewellers, competition judges range from major jewellery buyers at John Lewis to award-winning professional jewellers.

Through the programme, Will secured a fully-funded place at The UK Jewellery Festival in London, showcasing his Curva, Rectangulum and Elysium collections. His work was also profiled in Retail Jeweller.

Will's Textured Circles collection - created for his HCA Degree Show and exhibited with the college at New Designers - explores texture in casting and the process of lost wax casting.

You can follow Will's career at @will_barrett_designs .

Will Barrett's jewellery collection 'Texture Circles'

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