TEX+ 2024 PRIZE & AWARD WINNERS
TEX+ 2024 PRIZE & AWARD WINNERS
HELGA GOLDMAN PRIZE
£1000
& TEX+ COLLABORATION AWARD
SCARLETT FARRER
Brighton University
Woven Textiles
Woven textiles student Scarlett Farrer shares how important this experience has been for her. Through TEX+, Scarlett received funds through the Helga Goldman Prize and was given the TEX+ Collaboration Award.
She said “This just means so much. It means I can set up my own studio and invest in a loom. I’ve really got a good start to my own business.”
SANDERSONs ART IN INDUSTRY trust PRIZE
£1000
& TEX+ ARTS AWARD
BONNIE MAGEE
Glasgow School of Art
Mixed Media
After graduating from the Glasgow School of Art, Bonnie learned about the TEX+ from her tutors. She won the prestigious Sanderson Art in Industry Trust Prize and the TEX+ Arts Award. Reflecting, Bonnie said: “With the Sanderson Prize, you receive prize money that I am putting towards getting an overlocker, which will help me carry on without the university’s facilities.”
pentland brands PRIZE
3 Months paid intership
NIKKI KEWLEY
Grays School of Art Robert Gordon University
Printed Textiles
After graduating from Aberdeen’s Gray School of Art, London has been an amazing change of pace for Nikki Kewley. "I have always loved colour, but the print room has always been where I ended up. Receiving the Pentland Brands Prize paid placement has made me sure of my future in the industry," she said.
At Pentland Brands, we’re so passionate about supporting the next generation of creative talent. We believe in them and the great impact they will bring to our business. TEX+ gives us the opportunity to see and meet the most impressive and inspiring Textile designers with new fresh ideas that excite!
Katie Greenyer: Pentland Brands
THE PATTERN CLOUD PRIZE
1-year free subscription to Pattern Cloud Graduate Website Plan
KATIE POPE
Falmouth University
Printed Textiles
Katie Pope’s print designs evoke memories of the Cotswold countryside and her fascination of circus history and costume, observed through vintage programmes and photographs. Katie, whose drawing and painting skills were praised by the selection panellists, has won a platform to sell her work for a year through the Pattern Cloud Prize.
We aim to support an ambitious individual by providing assitance to get you up and running in our industry
Tracey Brown Pattern Cloud
the liberty fabric studio prize
Mentorship for 3 months A visit to the London Fabrics design studio to meet the designers, discover the famous archive and gain understanding of the design proces.
JEANNIE MALCOLM
Falmouth University
Mixed Media
Jeannie Malcolm is the recipient of the Liberty Fabrics Studio Award, which offers three-months’ mentorship, TEX+ has the potential to be life-changing for the young designer. “It has been amazing,” she said. “I have a lot of narrative throughout my work which works well with the Liberty Fabrics brand.”
The mills fabrica prize
6 months desk space at Mills Fabrica Kings Cross London
& TEX+ IMPACT AWARD
ROISIN SPENCE
Grays School of Art Robert Gordon University
Knitted Textiles
Glasgow-based Roisin Spence, a fashion and textiles student, drew on her connections with nature and the environment for her TEX+ showcase. “I won the TEX+ Impact Award and The Mills Fabrica Prize. Such amazing opportunities. With the prize you are offered desk space in Mills Fabrica’s hub for textile innovators for six months, which is incredible.”
the silk bureau prize
£500 voucher towards fabric and printing costs
JENNY HIND
Leeds Arts University
Printed Textiles
Jenny Hind specialises in print for interiors, with each piece hand drawn. She was inspired by Beatrice Rothschild’s pink mansion in the south of France for her eclectic prints that won her the Silk Bureau Prize of printing and materials. “This has been really good exposure. I have made loads of new connections,” she said.
TEX+ ALCHEMY AWARD
XIANGYI KONG
London College of Fashion
Knitted Textiles
Xiangyi Kong has found a new community with TEX+ after graduating from the London College of Fashion with a degree in knitwear. She hopes the Alchemy prize will broaden her network further: “I am so excited, and so grateful. It provides a good opportunity to meet more people in the industry
TEX+ INDUSTRY AWARD
FREDERICA MARLOW
Chelsea College of Arts
Woven Textiles
Frederica Marlow is a textile designer who explores woven textiles with bold and engaging colours. She studied at Chelsea College of Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology: TEX+ has proven to be the logical next step to further her development. After winning the TEX+ Industry Award, she said: “I’m so over the moon… shell-shocked. But I’m so proud of myself.”
