The prestigious Hand & Lock international conference comes to the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Producers of the highest quality hand embroidery, London-based Hand & Lock draw top speakers from the world of fashion, textiles and embroidery for their annual conference.
Conference and Prize Giving Overview
Date: 5th November 2007 Venue: The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.
This is a unique opportunity to hear some of the most knowledgeable experts of embroidered textiles, present a series of dynamic and vividly illustrated talks.
Modern and Traditional embroidery is a diverse and vibrant art, that has grown from when man first joined two pieces of skin together to keep warm, to Kylie Minogue dancing in a crystal encrusted corset on tour.
For the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2007 will be a champagne reception in the evening. This is open to those delegates who wish to attend.
It will give the opportunity to meet with representatives of Hand & Lock, Conference speakers, Prize winners, as well as other delegates.
Conference topics:
• The shock of the new: Hand embroidery in the 21st century
• A Stitch in Time: The Needlework Development Scheme
• How to not lose the art of Hand Embroidery
• The Place of Goldwork Embroidery on Military and Ecclesiastical Costumes
• Embroidery and the Costume Designer
• Digital Craft: surface textiles
• Couture Fashion Embroidery are we losing our heritage?
Who should attend?
• Everyone who creates, designs, studies, teaches, collects, researches, appreciates or works with Modern and/or Traditional Embroidery as an art, craft, hobby or profession.
• This includes anyone involved in Fashion, Millinery, Accessories, Theatre and Film Costume, Interior and Soft Furnishing, Textiles including weaving, felting, printing, and associated crafts such as quilting.
Conference and Prize Giving Overview
Date: 5th November 2007 Venue: The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia.
This is a unique opportunity to hear some of the most knowledgeable experts of embroidered textiles, present a series of dynamic and vividly illustrated talks.
Modern and Traditional embroidery is a diverse and vibrant art, that has grown from when man first joined two pieces of skin together to keep warm, to Kylie Minogue dancing in a crystal encrusted corset on tour.
For the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2007 will be a champagne reception in the evening. This is open to those delegates who wish to attend.
It will give the opportunity to meet with representatives of Hand & Lock, Conference speakers, Prize winners, as well as other delegates.
Conference topics:
• The shock of the new: Hand embroidery in the 21st century
• A Stitch in Time: The Needlework Development Scheme
• How to not lose the art of Hand Embroidery
• The Place of Goldwork Embroidery on Military and Ecclesiastical Costumes
• Embroidery and the Costume Designer
• Digital Craft: surface textiles
• Couture Fashion Embroidery are we losing our heritage?
Who should attend?
• Everyone who creates, designs, studies, teaches, collects, researches, appreciates or works with Modern and/or Traditional Embroidery as an art, craft, hobby or profession.
• This includes anyone involved in Fashion, Millinery, Accessories, Theatre and Film Costume, Interior and Soft Furnishing, Textiles including weaving, felting, printing, and associated crafts such as quilting.
