Textile Tantrums
The Thread Studio
2010 Textile Challenge
    Details, Terms and Conditions:
  • We are looking for art work of small format that is inspiring, creative, unusual, exciting, surprising, amusing and well done.
  • Your work must incorporate textile material but the choice of materials is entirely up to you. You can use the embellisher machine, and include hand and/or machine stitch and also include non-textile materials. Please do not include any plant materials as they will not make it through Australian Quarantine.
  • Be challenged by new techniques, new materials, new experiments, new inspirations, pushing the boundaries.
  • The finished piece must be no more than 20cm x 30cm (sorry - no 3 dimensional items, no pieces behind glass, no pieces fixed on solid frames and so on) On the reverse side of the work there MUST be a sleeve to be used as a hanging device. (the sleeve needs to be able to fit over a dowel) You must label your creation, including the title as well as your full name, address and email address (if you have one). Sew the label to the back of your work.
  • The work must be based on your own ideas and your original design and may not have been exhibited or published before.
  • Each participant can submit one to two entries
  • As many pieces as possible will be presented in an exhibition that is planned to be shown at various venues. The exhibition will be opening at Australian Quilt Convention in Melbourne (March 2010) and shown at other venues including Textile Art Festival in Brisbane(May 2010), WA Craft, Quilt & Stitch Show in Perth (August 2010) and The Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace in October 2010, and another couple of events still being negotiated. The exhibition will be featured on The Thread Studio website in a special gallery section and featured in at least two international magazines. You must be prepared for your work to be retained for at least a year and possibly longer.
  • Should more entries be made than can be handled or should the design and/or the quality of a piece be below the standard of the rest of the exhibition, a jury of experts will have the right to exclude a piece. This decision is not contestable.
  • Entry Fee AUS$20.00. The fee covers your entire submission, whether you enter one or two pieces and is not refundable. Payment may be made by credit card, PayPal, EFT, cheque or even notes included with your entry. (If including notes, UK £10.00, US and Canada $15.00 Europe €10.00 NZ $25.00)
  • The submission must weigh less than 500gms in total (including all packaging materials). Participants must send their entry to The Thread Studio at their own expense. Make sure your packaging is really safe to rule out any risk of damage through mailing or transportation. In Australia bubble wrap and a small Australia Post prepaid red satchel which takes up to 500gm will suffice. In other countries you will have an equivalent.
  • Submissions must reach us by Friday 26th February 2010.
  • The Thread Studio will take extreme care of your work while it is in their possession but will not be held responsible for circumstances beyond their control.

    • Prizes
  • a panel of judges will select a winner and two highly commended and Ian will select his choice as well.
  • Viewers' Choice - at each venue where the exhibition is shown there will be a viewers' choice.
  • Prizes for all awards will be donated by The Thread Studio.

    • Finally
  • At the end of the exhibition The Thread Studio will return all works to their owners.