Texprint special prize winners announced

 

The four prize winners were announced at the Texprint prize ceremony, held in the Texprint area of Indigo, Première Vision Pluriel on September 18. Each winner received £1,000, sponsored by Pantone, Liberty Art Fabrics and The Clothworkers’ Foundation. Three out of the four special winners are weave designers – working in a diverse range of patterns, fibres and textures, from traditional Welsh blanket weaves to high-tech wipe-down fabrics suitable for automotive upholstery. The winners are: Kasuza Takamura, a Chelsea College of Art & Design graduate (Texprint Body Award), Ffion Griffith, a Chelsea College of Art & Design graduate (Texprint Space Award), Taslima Sultana, a Central St Martins graduate (Texprint Colour Award), Cherica Haye, a Royal College of Art graduate (Texprint Pattern Award), Cherica Haye and Florence Angelica Colson from Leeds College of Art (Texprint Lululemon Award), and Signe Rand Ebbesen (Woolmark Texprint Award). The winners for 2013 for Body, Space, Pattern and Colour were chosen in July by a panel of creatives and influencers in fashion and design including journalist Tamsin Blanchard; designer Madeleine Press; Luigi Turconi from luxury silk printer Ratti; Emma Kidd, from the Selfridges creative team; and SVP creation at Lululemon Athletica Deanne Schweitzer.