STUDENT CATEGORY:
To qualify for the Student Category you must be in full or part time higher education at the time of registration. Registration as a students means you will benefit from subsidised entry fee and can submit work you are creating as part of your course.
OPEN CATEGORY:
If you aren’t in full or part time higher education, you will qualify for the open category. Registering in the open category is for anyone of any age. You can be a skilled practitioner, a passionate enthusiast or even a recent graduate.
FASHION
Fashion entrants should design a fashion garment that takes inspiration from the Prize brief. Your submission should showcase your design skill as well as your ability to embroider. Judges will look at your concept, execution, construction, embroidery skill and overall presentation.
TEXTILE ART
Entrants should examine the brief and produce an object that showcases their embroidery skills. The object could be a piece of jewellery, an artistic sculpture, an embroidered tapestry, a piece for home interior design etc. Judges will look at originality, embroidery technique, execution, construction and overall presentation.
PLEASE NOTE: Associate Award prizes are available to some Prize categories and not others. The organisation offering the Associate Award might have their own specific criteria for judging that means only specific categories qualify. For more information on the Associate Awards and their judging criteria please see the awards page.
What you need to supply at each stage of the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery
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