President’s Award 2021 finalists announced
22nd May 2021 | ANNOUNCEMENTS
Each year the President’s Award presents £3,000 to a heritage craftsperson who will use the funding to ensure that craft skills are passed on to the future. The winner will be presented at a special reception at Dumfries House, home of The Prince’s Foundation, in September, as well as at a prestigious winners’ reception at the Houses of Parliament.
- Hugh Dunford-Wood, wallpaper maker
- Veronica Main MBE, hat plaiter
- Rebecca Struthers, watchmaker
These three have now been put forward to HRH The Prince of Wales to select the eventual winner.
They were selected from a ten-name shortlist by the Awards judges on 17 June 2021. The other seven shortlisted craftspeople were (in alphabetical order):
- Ben Bosence, brick and tile maker
- David Evers, pole-lathe bowl turner
- Tony Millyard, flute maker
- Abdollah Nafisi, chair seater
- Tuesday Riddell, japanner
- Rebecca Struthers, watchmaker
- Johanna Welsh, pargeter
The Award judges are renowned advocates of craft skills:
- Jay Blades MBE, BBC The Repair Shop, Jay & Co;
- Kate Hobhouse, Chair of Fortnum and Mason;
- Paul Jacobs, Co-Owner of Ernest Wight scissor makers
- Patricia Lovett MBE, Chair of the Heritage Crafts Association; and
- Simon Sadinsky, Deputy Director of The Prince’s Foundation.