Associate Prize Winners

New Designers Christy Carpets Associate Prize

		Winner: Sinead Mitchell Galway-Mayo, Textiles

		Presented by: Maureen Magill and Jo Hughes, Directors, Christy Carpets Award value: £250 The judges thought that Sinead ‘carried the conceptual thought process from the initial observation through to the final execution of overall design’. ‘We feel her work would work within our commercial market using various colourways and textures.’

		Awarded to: Abigail Dow University of Brighton, Fashion Textile Design with Business Studies

		Presented by: Angela Swan, Weave Consultant, The Worshipful Company of Weavers. Award value: £1000 The judges described Abigail’s work as ‘outstanding’.

		Awarded to: Sarah Hyde University of Huddersfield, Textile Design

		Presented by: Christopher Mclean May, Chairman Textiles Committee, The Clothworkers’ Company Award value: £1000 The judges ‘were particularly impressed with her use of photography of woodlands to produce naturalistic dream-like designs on fabric, which are suitable for commercial production.’