Winners of the Enrico Cirio 2013 Talent Award

Three winners announced Enrico Cirio 2013 Talent Award is an annual jewelery competition sponsored by the RAG Gemstone Analysis Laboratory and named after Turin-born goldsmith Enrico Cirio.

Patricia Posada Mac Niles from Buenos Aires took first place in the Best Design category. The victory was brought to her by the work "L'Agguato" ("Ambush").

The theme of this year's competition is "the kingdom of animals", and the decoration is fully consistent with it: with the help of coral, gold, silver, sapphires and diamonds, Patricia created a brooch that tells a real fairy tale about a cat and a butterfly.

Alexandro Fiori and Carlotta Dasso, students of the European Institute of Design in Turin, became the winners among the young participants of the competition. The jury praised them "Prova a Prendermi" (“Catch Me If You Can”) is a gold ring set with diamonds and glass. This piece was inspired by marine life: the ring is in the shape of a mother fish protecting her caviar.

This year the competition was attended by designers and jewelers from Poland, Denmark, Iraq, Argentina, Venezuela, Taiwan and the UK.