Rachael Colley, Jewellery Maker
24th June 2025 | AWARD WINNERS | RECIPIENTS
Environmental Sustainability Award 2024
Metalworker Rachael Colley from Sheffield has won the Environmental Sustainability Award 2024, through a partnership between Heritage Crafts and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). They both received £1,000 prizes and specially-commissioned trophies at a presentation at Eltham Palace on Tuesday 26 November 2024.
The first award was for a craftsperson or microbusiness demonstrating an innovative approach to environmental sustainability, rarely before seen, that can act as inspiration for others to explore new ways of thinking and working.
Rachael creates jewellery and ambiguous eating implements that challenge our collective connections with food. Through the re-imagining of historic craft skills and the elevation of food waste as a luxury material, her jewellery questions traditional notions of preciousness and value, while highlighting issues of consumption and waste, transforming citrus peel into a biodegradable luxury leather alternative.