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The Bursary Award

One of the core principles at the BSOE is to support the practices of both emerging and professional enamellers. As part of our endeavour to make enamelling a viable craft profession we annually sponsor The Guild of Enamellers bursary award. We highly encourage those wishing to delvelop their practice to apply for the award which is worth approximately £100 and offers many opportunities from both the guild, other sponsors and ourselves The British Society of Enamellers.

We offer all applicants, successful or not, free BSOE membership. For more information please email us at news@enamellers.org

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.