The Christmas season is well and truly here! A time for thick jumpers, mulled wine, Bing Crosby and East 17 on repeat and gold, lots and lots of gold. Last month I was very happy to accept an invitation to the Hand & Lock embroidery Prizegiving event at the Bishopsgate…
The Funk Files: Embroidery Frontiers – Meet Elena Thornton
Every year, Hand & Lock organizes a competition for the prestigious Prize for Embroidery to promote the use of hand embroidery and to discover emerging embroidery talent. The 2017 brief invited entrants to ‘celebrate, let go, to let loose and indulge in childlike freedom, to celebrate history, global culture, sense…
Hand & Lock – The London Embroidery Conference and Exhibition 2017
For two days only the world’s greatest embroidery will be exhibited in London. The London Embroidery Exhibition is a rare chance to see precious embroideries from around the globe, exquisite samples from Hand & Lock’s archive as well as some impressive haute couture embroidery from recent catwalks. Organised to celebrate our…