Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery
The Hand & Lock Prize for embroidery, originally called the M Hand prize for embroidery was created in 2000.[1] The Prize is a platform for new designers, interested in embroidery, to showcase their talents and gain vital exposure and experience.[2] The annual Prize aims to promote the use of hand embroidered surface embellishment within fashion, costume and soft furnishing. The competition has two main categories, each of which has a top prize of $5000. The student category is open to people in part or full-time education, and the open category is open to everyone. In addition, the Wilcom Institutional Prize awards £6000 of embroidery software and training to the university of the winning student.[3]
In 2017 for the 250th Anniversary of the company the total prize fund was $42,000[4] [5] and a special auction was held to raise funds for both the Hand & Lock Prize and the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust (QEST). [6]
In 2020, due to the global coronavirus pandemic the live final was a held virtually with a host of events livestreamed online including a series of talks. Guests included Embroidery designer Jenny King, Designer and teacher Beatrice Korlekie Newman and the Artistic Director of the Embroiderer’s Guild, Anthea Godfrey. The Live Prize Giving event streamed via Zoom and the talks can still be found on YouTube.[7] [8] Winners included Royal School of Needlework Future Tutor Graduate 2020 Martha Blackburn.[9]
Responding to the coronavirus crisis and the increasingly online existence the 2021 Prize Brief was titled, 'Digital Doppelgangers in a Virtual Universe'.[10]
Prize Winners[edit]
1st place winners listed according to category and entrant type including mentors where information is available.[11]
| Year | Fashion Embroidery Student Category | Fashion Embroidery Open Category | Textile Art Student Category | Textile Art Open Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Rotem Izhaki (Mentor: Nelly Agassi) | Olga Ochkas (Mentor: Nadia Alberini) | Martha Blackburn (Mentor – Nelly Agassi) | Sorrell Kerrison (Mentor – Rebeckah Kemi Apara) |
| 2019 | Faye Arguelles (Mentor: Davida Hadden) | Sheila Ramsay (Mentor Hazel McDonald) | Inge Tiemens (Mentor: Alastair Macleod) | Hannah Mansfield (Mentor: Georgina Bellamy) |
| 2018 | Emma Wilkinson | Maud Thomas | Alex Standring | Silvia Perramon Rubio |
| 2017 | Stav Ofman (Mentor: Alastair MacLeod) | Ami Waring (Mentor: Carole Alayne) | Elena Thornton (Mentor: Alice Walsh) | Ada Zhang (Mentor: Jess de Wahls) |
| 2016 | Jin Kim | Annalisa Middleton | Devi Vallabhaneni | Sally Wilson |
| 2015 | Emily-Rose Spreadborough | Jacky Puzey | N/A | N/A |
| 2014 | Myra Chung | Julia Titchfield | N/A | N/A |
| 2013 | Claire Morris | Beata Kania | N/A | N/A |
| 2012 | Lilla Balazs | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | Sophie Carr | Karen Torrisi | N/A | N/A |
- ↑ Textile Graduate Awarded Hand & Lock Prize, Falmouth University
- ↑ Davis, Rachael. "Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery Award 2019 | Textile World". Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ↑ "Prizes - Hand & Lock". Hand & Lock. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
- ↑ "Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2020 | Royal School of Needlework | Degree in Hand Embroidery". Royal School of Needlework. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ "Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2021". www.craftscouncil.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ↑ "Hand & Lock Mark 250th Anniversary with Charity Auction". Sotheby's. Nov 23, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Virtual Prize Week 2020 from Hand & Lock. London". Hand & Lock. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ Introduction film to Hand & Lock's Virtual Prize Week 2020, retrieved 2021-07-27
- ↑ "Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2020 | Royal School of Needlework | Degree in Hand Embroidery". Royal School of Needlework. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ "Hand & Lock Prize". Selvedge Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ↑ "Past Winners". Hand & Lock. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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