NEWS

2025 Bursary Winner: Imogen Hales

The BSOE is proud to sponsor the Guild of Enamellers annual bursary award. In 2025, the Guild selected Imogen Hales for this honour.

Statement of Submitted Work

Imogen is in her final year at The Glasgow School of Art. Imogen wishes to draw on her background in painting and printmaking to explore materials and process that best convey the qualities of her work, with enamelling being fundamental to this venture. Imogen would like to improve her techniques to refine the quality of her craftsmanship.

Imogen submitted three stunning pieces for her application, demonstrating creativity and understanding of materials and processes . Her 'Garland' brooch is inspired by rural craft heritage and landscape. The necklace has a tactile quality reminiscent of ceramic, and feels not dissimilar to a clay pipe hewn from the ground or a riverbed. With a surface reminiscent of starlings' plumes, her third brooch aims to capture the sense of movement witnessed during murmuration.

Member Commission

Here at the BSOE we’ve had a lovely update from one of our members, Harriet St Leger, and a recent commision she’s been working on.

This gorgeous necklace has been commissioned by artist @moncuellart and is based on one of her wonderful paintings, which can be seen in the last image. The necklace is photo etched, engraved and enamelled with cloisonné wire.

What a beautiful collaboration between to artists. We bet it’s a joy for Monica to now be able to wear her art thanks to the skilled work of Harriet.