Chris Jensen took home a first-place award at the 2018 CASE Awards. Jewelers of America, the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, awarded Jensen the CASE Award in the Jewelry up to $2000 (retail value) category.
Jensen was one of 57 jewelers participating in the competition. All entries were evaluated by a panel of expert judges to determine a winner in each category. The winners had their pieces displayed at the New York trade show from March 11 through March 13 in New York City.
“Jewelers of America is honored to showcase the exceptional craftsmanship and creativity of jewelers, like Chris Jensen, whose designs demonstrate the remarkable jewelry available for JA-member stores nationwide,” stated JA President & CEO David J. Bonaparte in a press release.
Jensen’s won the CASE Award with a sterling silver and 14K yellow gold pendant with a hand carved raw selenite crystal accented by a pear-shaped grossular garnet, and oval green tourmaline, andalusite and green tourmalines.
“My inspiration for the pendant design was the duality of all things,” Jensen says. “When I am creating a new design for the store I like to combine the organic and the machined. Good versus evil, black and white, gay or straight, it’s the natural balance of things from which we find beauty.”
