RDS National Craft Awards Winners 2015
Posted 01.08.15
The annual RDS National Craft Awards showcase and reward excellence in Irish craft. Established in 1968, the Awards follow an RDS tradition of promoting Irish craft which dates back to the nineteenth century.
With a prize fund of 40,000, from 2015 the work of emerging and established makers was judged separately with specific awards for emerging craftspeople.
The RDS will organise an exhibition of the prize winners at the National Craft and Design Fair, 2nd - 6th December, in the RDS Main Hall.
2015 Major Awards
RDS Established Maker Award of Excellence & California Gold Medal €5,000
Ebb & Flow
Joe Hogan
Emerging Maker Award of Excellence & California Gold Medal €5,000
Industry: Salt & Pepper Shakers
Paula O'Callaghan
Irish Design 2015 Award €5,000
Core II
John Lee
RDS William Smith O'Brien Perpetual Challenge Cup
Gulls Soaring, Rovigno
Nicola Henley
IACI RDS Muriel Gahan Award €2,000
Walnut Side Table III
Ryan Connolly
RDS Graduate Award €2,000
Shanghai
Andrew Whitelaw
National Crafts & Design Fair Award
Porcelain Tea Set
Chloë Dowds
See the full list of 2015 winners here.