Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery

Sept. 9, 2009 - PRLog -- For the past 10 years, this prestigious international Prize for Embroidery has attracted students of embroidery, design, arts, surface textiles, costume, interiors, fashion and textiles throughout the world.

The aim is to promote the use of hand embroidered surface embellishment within fashion, costume and soft furnishing.  All in the hope that contemporary design and other fresh approaches will be inspired to embrace hand embroidery and to acknowledge and value its quality and expertise.

For the first time this year, the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery has also included an open category for embroiderers from all backgrounds opening up the Prize to hobbyists and professionals, not currently in education.

This year the brief Modern Goddess has attracted in total 323 entrants and 24 of them were been selected for the second and final judging which took place on this Friday 4th September.

The panel of professionals gathered by Hand & Lock to judge the 2009 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery had to take tough decisions.
The panel gathered by Hand & Lock to judge the 2009 Prize for embroidery, evaluated each of the 24 entries and with the highest level of embroidery ever received, they had some hard decisions to make.  

See below for the first second and third prize winners and the Commended from both categories.

The winners of the 2009 Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery are:

•   for the Student category:
- 1st Beatrice Newman, De Montfort University (090)
- 2nd Aisling Eagan, National College of Art & Design Dublin (132)
- 3rd  Claire Goodwin, Nottingham Trent University (226)

•   for the Open category:
- 1st Lucie Bourreau, France (164)
- 2nd  Renee Lindell, United Kingdom (187)
- 3rd Yumiko Komai, Japan (056)
- Commendation Theresa Alexander (189)

Pictures and details of the winners’ works can be seen at the Hand & Lock website.

All the entries of the 24 finalists will be presented at Embroidery …with Style – Hand & Lock’s 3rd International Conference, Fashion Show and Prize giving ceremony.  The Conference will be held at Glasgow Caledonian University on Saturday 31st October.

Tickets are still on sale on the website.

www.handembroidery.com – Main Hand & Lock Website
www.handembroidery.com/2009embroideryconference  - Embroidery… with style
www.handembroideryshop.co.uk – ticket sales

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