Embroidering…the future at Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

28 Sep '07

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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.

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