The annual Jewellery Eco-Awareness week was planned this year to coincide with COP26. Students heard from Ebba Goring - Chief Executive of Scottish Goldsmiths Trust on promoting ethical making in education; Scott Smith, City of Glasgow College Alumni and Jewellery Artist who incorporates sustainability in his silversmithing; and Morag Macpherson, a Textile Artist who reuses and repurposes textiles, incorporating eco dying and printing.
Jewellery student, Aileen Dickie Adams, had the honour of presenting Scotland’s First Minister with a brooch to wear at COP26. HND jewellery students were challenged to design a brooch for the First Minister highlighting the issue of rising sea levels due to climate change. First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, selected Aileen’s design which took inspiration from the Corryvreckan whirlpool, situated near the Isle of Jura. She was presented with the brooch while visiting the college’s Riverside campus to mark the official opening of its International Maritime Hub for COP26.
