Awards & Milestones
A record of continuity and practice.
Behind Lebrusan Studio’s jewellery practice is visual artist and jewellery designer Arabel Lebrusan.
With over two decades of experience, her work brings together traditional artisanship, intricate decorative detail, and a long-standing commitment to material responsibility. Spanning jewellery, sculpture, and socially engaged art, the practice is shaped by lived experience and formal training across art, jewellery design and sustainable practice.
Educated in fine art and gemmology in Madrid, jewellery design at Central Saint Martins and sculpture at the Royal College of Art, Lebrusan's academic grounding informs a way of working that moves fluently between concept and craft, ethics and material, symbolism and wearability. Cultural heritage - including Spanish roots - remains a quiet but persistent influence throughout her work.
The milestones below trace the development of this practice over time: awards, publications, public moments, and projects that together form a continuous body of work rather than a single narrative arc.
JEWELLERY AWARDS
2022 Winner Designer of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2022 Winner CSR Initiative of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2020 Highly Commended Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2017 Winner Designer of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2009 Winner. Coutts New Jeweller Award. Coutts Bank.
2007 Winner. Tanzanite ‘Celebration of Life’ Jewellery Design Awards. Tanzanite Foundation.
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SHORTLIST & INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
2025 Finalist Collection of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2024 Finalist Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2024 Brand Champion. Professional Jeweller Magazine Power List.
2023 Finalist Bridal Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2023 Finalist CSR Initiative of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2023 Brand Champion. Professional Jeweller Magazine Power List.
2023 Finalist CSR Retailer of the Year. Professional Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2022 Finalist CSR Retailer of the Year. Professional Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2022 Finalist Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2021 Finalist Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2019 Finalist Designer of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2019 Finalist CSR Initiative of the Year. The National Association of Jewellers Awards.
2019 Finalist Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2017 Finalist Ethical Jewellery Business of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2011 Finalist New Designer of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2010 Finalist New Designer of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2008 Finalist Student Designer of the Year. Retail Jeweller Magazine Awards.
2008 Highly Commended. Goldsmiths ‘Craft and Design Council Awards.
These milestones do not mark an endpoint. They're achievements that sit within a continuing practice grounded in responsible sourcing, material transparency, artist-led design and small-scale, local production. Jewellery here is understood not only as adornment, but as a cultural and symbolic form shaped by ethics, craft and meaning over time.
Recognition exists alongside the daily work of the studio - drawing, making, questioning, and refining - which continues quietly beyond public moments.
For a fuller understanding of how this work is shaped, you may wish to explore the Studio, Ethics, and Design Archive pages.
The Tanzanite Foundation
Featuring 15ct of Tanzanite gemstones, Arabel Lebrusan designs a pair of one-off art earrings, earning her the 'Rising Star' award at the Tanzanite Foundation's Celebration of Life Jewellery Awards.
Where it began
Lebrusan Studio was established in London with a commitment to responsible, design-led jewellery making.
Scott Ramsay Kyle's catwalk
A one-off Lebrusan Studio filigree bangle is worn at LFW by actor and model Kaya Scodelario.
Featured: The Swarovski GemVision Trend Book
As a regular contributor to their trend books, Arabel Lebrusan is commissioned to design a wearable art jewel in collaboration with Swarovski. The Revival Filigree Cuff is handcrafted using Swarovski gemstones and 18ct recycled yellow gold.
Pioneering the Ethical Jewellery Movement
Arabel Lebrusan becomes one of the world's first ever Fairtrade Gold licensees as one of a small handful of jewellers worldwide specially selected to launch the initiative.
The Filigree Links Bangle
For the first of many occasions over the years since - covered by the likes of Vogue and Hello! Magazine - Queen Letizia of Spain proudly wears Lebrusan Studios iconic Filigree Links bangle to a public appearance.
Pioneering the ethical jewellery movement
As a founding member, Arabel Lebrusan joins Fair Luxury - the pioneering campaign group behind Europe's first ever ethical jewellery conference.
Pioneering the Ethical Jewellery Movement
Arabel Lebrusan delivers a talk at TEDx Bedford, making the case for jewellery designers and shoppers alike to begin asking more questions about the provenance of the materials they're buying into. This was the first ever discussion of ethics in jewellery under the TED Talk umbrella.
National recognition
Arabel Lebrusan is named Designer of the Year at the National Association of Jewellers Awards.
In partnership with One Tree Planted
Lebrusan Studio pledges to begin planting trees for every piece of jewellery sold.
A landmark year
Arabel Lebrusan is named Designer of the Year and the Studio's 'Lebrusan Studio Against Child Labour' fundraising campaign is awarded CSR Initiative of the Year at the National Association of Jewellers Awards.
Leading by example
We published our Ethical Jewellery Manifesto; a statement of intent articulating our vision of a fairer, kinder and more sustainable jewellery industry, and serves as a compass for those who wish to move in the same direction.