by Becca Pollard | Oct 25, 2017 | News, Showcase
We are delighted to announce that the winner of this years Cordis Showcase prize is Iva Knight for her tapestry ‘Black’. “Black” is a flat woven work in linen, cotton, silk and man-made fibres. The design is based on paper collage inspired by abstract...
by Becca Pollard | Feb 27, 2017 | Showcase, Tapestry
These are the twenty two tapestries by amateur and emerging artists were selected from an open submission for the 2016 Tapestry Showcase. The winner of the main prize was Sian James with her innovative paper weaving, The Road Not Travelled, which roads and pathways...
by Becca Pollard | Jan 31, 2017 | Prize
The Cordis Prize for Tapestry is the biggest international prize for this artform. It was initiated by Miranda Harvey and Ian Rankin of the Cordis Trust in order to celebrate the city of Edinburgh as a centre of excellence for tapestry weaving. The prize has been...
by Becca Pollard | Jan 31, 2017 | Tapestry
The Cordis Prizes for Tapestry has two parts; the Cordis Prize for Tapestry, celebrating ambition in weaving, and the Tapestry Showcase which encourages emerging weavers. Both are annual competitions/exhibitions of tapestry. The Cordis Prize for Tapestry is the...
by Becca Pollard | Dec 8, 2016 | News, Prize
We are delighted to announce that Jo Barker is the Cordis Prize winner – December 2016. This tapestry is part of an on-going series of works that have been interested in qualities of light; contrasting tones of dense dark inky pools and shimmering layers of rich...
by Becca Pollard | Nov 30, 2016 | Prize, Tapestry
The Cordis Exhibition is currently being hung at the RSA and it’s all starting to look very good! VAS FLY 2016 Exhibiton, runs from 3rd – 27th December 2016, The Royal Scottish Academy Building, The Mound, Edinburgh...
