Sally Wilson Research Paper
YORKSHIRE ARTIST WINS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR TEXTILES ART
Sally Wilson has been awarded the prestigious Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery in Textile Art; the internationally acclaimed award for creative and innovative stitch work.
The Prize was established in 2000 by the embroidery atelier Hand & Lock who has kept fashion houses, the British Military, the Royal Family and celebrities such as Michael Jackson in some of the finest embroidered detail for the last 247 years.
The Prize was created to give new and established artists and designers, interested in embroidery, the opportunity to showcase their talents and gain vital exposure and experience. It rewards excellence in design and execution. For the first time, the competition has accepted …show more content…
For the brief applicants were asked to choose one established artist, and one archive, to research and inspire their own project. Sally took inspiration from the Artist Mister Finch for the sculptural and tonal qualities of the piece. The architectural castings at the V & A influenced the decorative motifs of the cloak.
ABOUT SALLY WILSON Sally Wilson was born in 1967 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Sally trained as a sculptor at Loughborough College of Art & Design where she gained a first class honours degree before acquiring her textile skills through the City and Guilds Embroidery course.
In 2005 she had a traumatic brain injury and broke her drawing hand very badly. At the time she was Team leader of Art & Design at Huddersfield New College. The accident pre-empted the end of her teaching career and her greatest challenges now are issues with concentration, memory and fragmented thinking; all emerging from the head
Sally Wilson has been awarded the prestigious Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery in Textile Art; the internationally acclaimed award for creative and innovative stitch work.
The Prize was established in 2000 by the embroidery atelier Hand & Lock who has kept fashion houses, the British Military, the Royal Family and celebrities such as Michael Jackson in some of the finest embroidered detail for the last 247 years.
The Prize was created to give new and established artists and designers, interested in embroidery, the opportunity to showcase their talents and gain vital exposure and experience. It rewards excellence in design and execution. For the first time, the competition has accepted …show more content…
For the brief applicants were asked to choose one established artist, and one archive, to research and inspire their own project. Sally took inspiration from the Artist Mister Finch for the sculptural and tonal qualities of the piece. The architectural castings at the V & A influenced the decorative motifs of the cloak.
ABOUT SALLY WILSON Sally Wilson was born in 1967 in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Sally trained as a sculptor at Loughborough College of Art & Design where she gained a first class honours degree before acquiring her textile skills through the City and Guilds Embroidery course.
In 2005 she had a traumatic brain injury and broke her drawing hand very badly. At the time she was Team leader of Art & Design at Huddersfield New College. The accident pre-empted the end of her teaching career and her greatest challenges now are issues with concentration, memory and fragmented thinking; all emerging from the head