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National Exhibition will be held from 16 - 27 July 2012
at the Weald and Downland Museum, West Sussex, PO18 0EU
Every Guild affiliated to the Association is encouraged to submit its members work.
The exhibition will comprise of two parts, selected work, and unselected work. These are briefly described below.
Selected work.
There will be no set theme. While entries will again be by photograph, we will be asking for a small sample piece of the work, or materials, to be attached to the photograph. This way, we feel it will help the selection process for everyone but also means we shall have a ‘feeling piece’ to go alongside the work for visitors to handle. Group entries will be accepted, so if a team, large or small, is working on a tapestry, for example, or a spinner, a weaver or knitter are working together, then their entry(s) will be welcome, too.Unselected work
Guild members will be able to submit work that fits within a six-inch ring. Everything submitted will be hung together, in a special area for everyone’s enjoyment. It can be spun, woven, dyed, knitted, crotchet, felted or any combination of these and perhaps in conjunction with other texhniques. The ring must be part of the exhibit.The call for submissions may be found here. This contains all the details related to the submission of items for selection together with those for unselected items. A further document giving more guidelines for the unselected items may be found here.
Please remember that not more than two entries per person is permitted for selected work, whether from one or more Guilds or as an individual or as a participant in a group or a mixture of any of these, otherwise the organisers will, at their discretion, refuse to accept any or all of the entries concerned.
There is a limit of one ring per person for unselected work
Closing date for selected work
The entry form for selected work may be downloaded in pdf format here or in Word format here.
The Guild summary form to accompany entries from Guild members may be downloaded here.
The closing date for Guild's to submit members' work to be considered for selection by photograph will be
2 June 2012.Closing date for unselected work
The Guild based entry form for unselected work may be downloaded in pdf format here or in Word format here. Forms and entry fees only should be returned by
18 May 2012.
(Rings to be posted separately at a later date.)The organisers have released an information sheet giving further details of the arrangements and a timetable with key dates for submission of forms and items. This is recommended reading for all Guild secretaries and those intending to submit any entry to the exhibition.
The Lylie Smart Trophy
The Lylie Smart family kindly donated a trophy to be given to a person with less than three year’s weaving experience whose woven work has been selected for the exhibition and is seen to be the best amongst novice weavers. You will notice a box on the top left hand side of the entry form which says ‘Tick this box If you have been weaving for less than 3 years’ Novice weavers should tick the box.It is possible that someone who has been active in areas other than weaving for some time, but has turned to weaving in the past three years, would wish to apply for this prize. This is acceptable.
If you have any queries please email the Exhibition Organiser.
Also on display at the exhbition will be examples of work from the Certificate of Achievement, and hopefully work of the exhibition selectors who themselves are at the top of their crafts.
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