Workshop Award
The Workshop Awards are given annually to one BA student and one MA student who demonstrated their growth, curiosity, dedication to their craft and willingness to help others during their time in the varies workshops at DAE.
The shortlist is nominated by different workshop instructors and the selection process is conducted democratically by all workshop instructors. The winner is announced during Graduation Ceremony in June and July.
Winners receive a trophy designed and fabricated by none other than our very own metal workshop instructor Andres Wiersma.
History
During an interview for the Who’s Who series, Andres Wiersma shared the origin of the Workshop Award, “It originally started when I realised that we always worked with students closely till their graduation, but once the student graduated, we as workshop instructors felt that we were left out, especially when it came to graduation ceremony. So I kind of broke in the ceremony with the Workshop Award.
Sotiris de Wit was a student from Belgium who started from scratch and didn’t know much about crafts. But at the end of his bachelor’s studies he really knew his way around the workshop and became a good craftsman. Not only that, but he was polite, he cleaned, he paid for materials that he used and helped others. Because of him, I really thought that there should be some sort of award for this kind of students.
This award started back in 2014 in the metal workshop. Then other instructors wondered where the award for their workshop were, so then we started to nominate students from various workshops, and let it circulate among them. The award is often won by students that make crossover to various workshops and become all-round craftsman with a pleasant attitude."
