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CompetitionsThe New Zealand Lace Society runs a number of competitions. The judging and prize giving takes place at the AGMs in April. The first of these is the annual competition a theme is announced at the AGM and Lacemakers have 1 year to make a piece of lace relating to the theme to be entered into the competition at the next AGM. This Years theme - for the 2011 AGM in Auckland is Animal capers
Through the window There is now a new competition, which was announced by our outgoing president Dorothy Roulston, at the AGM in Dunedin in 2006 and focuses specifically on design. This is to be awarded biannually, the first presentation occured at the 2008 AGM in Christchurch. It will next be awarded in 2010. TO DREAM TROPHY - 2010  This trophy presented by Elizabeth Middleton and Dorothy Roulston is to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the NZLS. The first award will be in 2008 and every alternate year thereafter. The winner will also be awarded a medallion in recognition of her/his achievement. Elizabeth and Dorothy will continue to supply the medallions for the competitions up to and including 2016. They will also pay for the winners’ names to be inscribed on their medallions and on the plinth of the trophy up to and including 2016. Thereafter the medallions and inscriptions will be the responsibility of the NZLS. The Aim is to use lace as a medium for ARTISTIC EXPRESSION that is: ‘Lace as an Art form’. The two criteria to meet the challenge are That the lace is to show originality of abstract design -the implementation of a wide variety of lace techniques in the execution of the abstract design can be used. The design is to be the paramount factor for consideration, not the technique(s) or the textile(s) used. Definitions of “Original/ Originality” Existing from the beginning; earliest; innate Inventive; creative; not derivative or imitative Not copied or translated; by the artist etc. himself [herself]; original model, pattern, [design] or picture etc. (The Pocket Oxford Dictionary (1996). New York: Oxford University Press (p 627). Definition of “Abstract” Of or existing in thought or theory rather than matter or practice; not concrete (Of art) achieving its effect by form and colour rather than by realism. (The Pocket Oxford Dictionary (1996). New York: Oxford University Press (p 4). Please note: that in the event of an overseas NZLS member winning the competition the trophy will stay in NZ (like the Ashes in cricket), but the winner will receive the medallion. The Jane Griffiths Trophy  This beautiful trophy is for novice lace makers. A novice lace maker is one who has been making lace for less than 3 years. This throphy donated by the family of Jane Griffiths and constructed using some of her bobbins would grace any mantle and serve as an inspiration to great works. As well as having the trophy on your mantle for a year if you are the lucky recipient you also recieve an engraved bone bobbin to keep spangled with beads from Janes collection. The rules were changed in 2007 to encourage novice lacemakers to try and win the trophy. The conditions of entry now are that you be a novice lace maker but you may enter any piece of lace completed in the last year. This allows a longer time to work on a piece and does not impose a theme to be followed which when you are just starting out can put you off. | |
