NEWS
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
2026 Bursary Winner: Côme Roumegoux
The BSOE is proud to sponsor the Guild of Enamellers annual bursary award. In 2026, the Guild selected Côme Roumegoux for this honour.
Côme Roumegoux Statement of Work
My practice combines the immediacy of graffiti with the precision and luminosity of copper enamelling, exploring themes of chaos, control, and transformation through richly layered surfaces.
Rooted in my experience within the underground graffiti scene, the work reflects a personal journey of recovery and reinvention. The processes of layering, firing, and refining have become meditative, transforming fragments of the past into something enduring.
By bridging street-based visual language with fine craftsmanship, my work brings together spontaneity and permanence within contemporary enamel practice.
Apply to the Members’ Gallery
At your request we have changed the way we take submissions to the members’ gallery. The application form will be accessible throughout the year apart from the two months of AUGUST and JANUARY when selectors will me to process the submissions and succesful applicants will be set up online.
BSOE Members at the 2025 Goldsmiths’ Awards
Congratulations to the multiple members who won awards from the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council in March 2025! Known as “the Oscars of jewellery,” these awards recognise the highest level or craft and artistry in jewellery and metalwork. Five BSOE members won awards this year, including the top Jacques Cartier Memorial Award.
Alexandra Raphael won the Jacques Cartier Memorial Award, the Senior Award, a Gold in Senior 3D Enamelling Craft, a Gold in Wire Innovation, and a Silver in 3D Enamelling Design for her Honesty Bowl.
Cathy Timbrell won a Gold in 3D Enamelling Design and a Silver in Senior 3D Enamelling Craft for her brooch.
Heather Larson won a Silver in Senior 3D Enamelling for her pendant.
Kerry Lawrence also won a Silver in Senior 3D Enamelling for her Bluebird Perfume Atomiser.
And Linda Connelly won a Bronze in Senior 3D Enamelling Craft for her necklace and earring set.
