Congratulations to our students who were winners in the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2019.

Degree graduate Frances Stone won The Worshipful Company of Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers prize and £1000; Future Tutor graduate Jung Byun won the Worshipful Company of Broderers prize and £1000; Degree graduates Anna Holmes won third prize in the Fashion Student category and Carys Atkinson was a finalist in the same category.

The Hand & Lock Prize is an opportunity for new designers to showcase their finest creations.  It encourages the use of embroider in fashion and textiles and receives in excess of 500 entries annually from all around the world.

Images below show:  The winning hand embroidered peacock by Jung Byun;  Frances Stone at the Royal School of Needlework creating her winning cushion covers.