Flask and stopper, part of a Sake Set, silver with a bamboo and wenge tray, designed and made by Kyosun Jung, winner of the Young Designer Silversmith Award, 2013.

Silver flask and stopper, the stopper also serves as a miniature beaker.

Gift of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths

Kyosun Jung was the winner in 2013 of the Young Designer Silversmith Award. This annual competition, organised by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, began in 1994 and finished in 2013. It was open to any student under 30 in the United Kingdom on an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course or equivalent. The winner made a commission for a museum collection in a leading workshop. The award formed part of the Company’s objective to promote excellence of design combined with dexterity of craftsmanship.

The design brief for 2013 was for a drinking set consisting of four cups, a carafe and a tray and should emphasize the enjoyment of a particular alcoholic drink. The winner, Kyosun Jung, was at the time a student at the University of the Creative Arts in Rochester, Kent. She made this sake drinking set under the expert guidance of Clive Burr in his workshop at the Goldsmiths’ Centre, Clerkenwell, London.

This sake set was also the winner of the Junior Award in The Goldsmiths' Craft & Design Awards, 2014. This award is given at the discretion of the Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council for a piece or range of work by a junior that is judged to have achieved the highest standard of craftsmanship and / or design'. Kyosun Jung was also awarded the Podolsky Award by the Council. This annual award supports outstanding potential in silversmithing, jewellery or the allied trades and is given to a young designer or craftsman in education or the industry up to the age of 30. This generous legacy to the craft and industry was established by the eminent jeweller, Paul Podolsky, in liaison with the Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council.

Sake Set by Kyosun Jung won the 2013 Young Designer Silversmith Award and the Junior Award at the Goldsmiths Craft and Design Awards in 2014, an annual prize recognising outstanding potential in metalworking. Jung’s work combines traditional silversmithing techniques with digital design. For Sake Set she used CAD drawings and prototypes to develop a design inspired by her study of bamboo plants. The four cups are stackable and differ in size so that they can be easily identified by the drinker.

Kyosun completed a BA Hons Silversmithing, Goldsmithing & Jewellery at University for the Creative Arts in Rochester, UK. She is currently engaged in the UK in the workshop of the internationally renowned silversmith Clive Burr at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in London. She says:

"I draw inspiration from nature and organic forms, its infinite creations and textures. I am always looking for new materials and inspirational challenges. Exploring new technologies in craft and manufacturing is also essential to the process, along with my desire to challenge conventions and perceptions. The resulting pieces can be admired for their beauty and also for their intended purpose.

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