Enjoia't Awards 2024 Winners

The Enjoia't Awards come to the 28th edition this year, rewarding Bread Basket 5 Biodegradable by Wiebke Pandikow​, Professional category winner; and Paisaje Alquímico​ by Javier Ens, Student category winner.

Amongst the 29 selected pieces, which will be exhibited at the Disseny Hub Barcelona until the 3rd of December, The evaluation of the works has been in charge of the jury formed by seven professionals of the sector: Jorge Manilla, Ángela Bermúdez, Heidi Shechinger, LLuís Comín, Paulo Ribeiro, Amador Bertomeu and Carmen Amador.

These are the Enjoia’t Awards 2024 winning pieces:

> Winner Enjoia’t Awards Professional 2024

Wiebke Pandikow for Bread Basket 5 Biodegradable.
Description of the piece: Using our hands to work materials from our immediate environment, living and creating within a larger natural system, was once deeply human. But the materials at hand have changed, the environment drastically altered. In slow and careful construction, a questionable solution to a modern day problem has been reworked using an ancient craft evident in the archeological record all over the world.

Jury's statement: The sensibility to transform a biodegradable plastic bag into a piece of art jewellery shows the compromise and the ability of Wiebke to interpret the award theme. The soft texture of the piece gives the impression of a thread and the volume resembles a bread basket, a comfort and quotidian element that reminds us the importance of small things in life. Something that looks very smooth and easy but that subtlety shows how difficult it is to create something full of meaning and symbolism nowadays.


> First Finalist Enjoia’t Professional 2024

Chiyang Duan for In honor to your service.
Description of the piece: when I was a kid, I believed the United Nations was the most powerful organization on Earth. In my mother tongue (Chinese) it means “a country made up of all nations”. My design philosophy revolves around destruction, and deconstruction. This piece is based on the UN Medal, awarded to countries participating in military and humanitarian operations. When a country vetoes a ceasefire agreement supported by all other members, I realize that there is, in fact, a nation above all others. But it is not the UN. This piece commemorates this twisted period in world history.


> Second Finalist Enjoia’t Professional 2024

Eva Fernández for Pearl Necklace # 1​.
Description of the piece: This neck piece presents the puzzle of a necklace within a necklace, prompting the owner to choose between the representation of an object and the actual object through the act of playing with beads in a non-traditional way. The work explores the boundaries of conventional jewellery, encouraging viewers to reconsider the symbolism and meaning attributed to these pieces.


> Winner Enjoia’t Awards Student 2024

Javier Ens for Paisaje Alquímico.
Description of the piece: This ring is born as a unique alchemical dance inspired by the interconnection and harmony between different elements. As the melted metals are poured separately into the mould, they intertwine in an unpredictable way, creating unique patterns that evoke natural landscapes. This random union forms a microcosm of metallic biodiversity.

Jury's statement: We particularly appreciate the unusual experimental work process. Starting from traditional casting techniques, the artist played with melted copper and silver, which melted together. As they solidified, they formed into fascinating landscapes—wild seas and rocks that almost appear like photographs, yet can evoke different interpretations for each viewer. It is a celebration of the element of chance.


> First Finalist Enjoia’t Student 2024

Antonia Barra for Objeto y Devenir​.
Description of the piece: It proposes a way of perceiving things, objects and jewellery from a perspective that challenges the hierarchies and dichotomies of the beautiful and the non-beautiful, the human and the non-human, the organic and the non-organic. Inspired by the new materialisms proposed by Jane Bennett in her book Vibrant Matter, I invite you to imagine a jewellery and a way of appreciating matter where every element is valid for its form and for existing symbiotically with our creations.


> Second Finalist Enjoia’t Student 2024

Victoria Belert for Mi tesoro, tu padre​.
Description of the piece: She used and recycled tin cans to preserve memories of different people. Each piece is unique and it corresponds to a person I specifically interviewed. The main question was “What treasure would you put in a box to remember and keep close?”. When she interviewed her mother, she chose her father. This piece is a tribute to him, to her mother, to what he meant for her. She want to represent that, without memories, there is no life. We have to remember.


Jewels on sale at Klimt02
The entire official selection of the 2024 Enjoia’t Awards edition can be purchased through the online gallery of Klimt02 Barcelona.


About A-FAD, FAD Artists and Artisans Association.
We are the FAD Association of Artists and Artisans. At A-FAD we champion art and crafts as an intersection, as a debate: artists and artisans who question themselves together and propose together. We claim ourselves the responsibility of calling upon and dynamizing the connection between the hand and the mind. At A-FAD we believe that matter is essential to understanding our position in the world as designers, artists, artisans, and users. We enthusiastically pursue the task of supporting the artistic and artisan community from a cross-sectional perspective in which art, crafts, and contemporary jewellery share space and dialogue. Our duty is also to focus our attention on the new crafts that are emerging in a response to new creation models and to dynamise the knowledge born of materials and their properties.