1. About  the 3rd lace|heart|art Challenge
2. Download prospectus
3. Preparing Your Entry
4. Selection Process
5. Prizes
6. Challenge and Exhibition Guidelines
7. Submission Guidelines
8. Disclaimer / Legal
9. Help
10. Support

About 3rd lace|heart|art challenge

We are pleased to present the 3rd lace|heart|art Challenge and Online Exhibition of Handmade Bobbin Lace in Colour.

Competition is divided into three categories: Fibre Lace, Wire Lace and Young Lacemakers.

Generous prizes for the winners are sponsored by Barkonie, s.r.o. (Czech Republic) and Wire Lace Supplies (Canada).

All shining hearts will be accepted and included in our celebration of lace, love and art!

Download the Pattern and Working Instructions

🇬🇧 3rd lace|heart|art challenge 2020

This file contains patterns with working diagrams, basic instructions, challenge and exhibition guidelines. Download and print.

🇬🇧 working instructions for fibre lace heart

This file contains detailed instructions, including photographs, for fibre heart A and B

🇬🇧 working instructions for wire lace heart

This file contains detailed instructions, including photographs, for wire heart.

Both working instruction files are best viewed on computer or reading device (tablet), but can be also printed.

Feel free to share the materials with your lace friends.
We want the 3rd lace|heart|art challenge  to reach as many lacemakers as possible!

Challenge  Guidelines

1. lace | heart | art challenge is open to all lacemakers.
2. There is no entry fee.
3. One entry per person per category (maximum 2 entries per person – one in Fibre, and one in Wire Category)
4. Young lacemaker must be 30 years or younger in year 2020 (born in 1990 or later)
5. Lacemakers must use the lace|heart|art #3 pattern.
6. Pricking and working diagrams are provided for both fibre and wire medium.
7. Lacemakers choose colours, and may use more stitches and design elements
8. Pricking size may be adjusted to fit the medium.
9. Lace must be handmade by the entrant.
10. One photo of the work and two photos of a detail must be provided for each entry.
11. Works are judged from the photos (actual works don’t need to be sent)
12. Judging will be done by a panel of 3 judges; their decision is final
13. Images of all works will be included in the online exhibition, credited with lacemaker’s name and country of origin
14. Organizers reserve the right to resize/crop the images to fit the formatof the online exhibition
15. Organizers reserve the right to use images of winning entries to promote the event online and in printed periodicals (lace and art magazines)

Preparing Your Entry

Choose your medium, fibre or metal (or both). Choose your colours.
Choose techniques – you can follow the working exactly, as illustrated in working instructions, or change it according to your skills, experience and creativity.

Once your lace is finished, choose the best background for it to be displayed and photographed on. Try several colours, before choosing the best match. Because this is an online exhibition which will be juried from photographs, it is important that your photos are of the best possible quality.

Please do not alter the images of your lace. No photoshopping! We prefer seeing your mistakes (as they are part of lace) rather than attempts to hide them digitally.
You can submit only one work in each category: one fibre lace and one wire lace entry (maximum two entries in total) per person.

Submit your images by e-mailing them to: lace.heart.art@gmail.com

Submission deadline is on Thursday, February 14, 2020

We will contact you by e-mail to confirm that we received your application. Please add lace.heart.art@gmail.com to your contacts (safe senders list) to ensure notifications are received.

Submission Guidelines

1. All entries to be emailed by the end of Thursday, February 14, 2020 (Pacific Standard Time) to lace.heart.art@gmail.com
2. One overall image of the work, and two detail images are required for each entry
3. Images must be in jpg. format, each not exceeding 6MB in size.
4. Images may not be digitally altered (improved by photoshop or other image editing program).
5. Images must be titled with entrant’s name. Here is an example:AnnaKral1.jpg, AnnaKral2.jpg and AnnaKral3.jpg
6. If the work is photographed by another person, provide her/his name for a credit.
7. Send all three images together in one e-mail to lace.heart.art@gmail.com
8. In the same the e-mail, include following information:
   • Your Name
   • Your Country
   • Your Year of Birth (only if you are entering in Young Lacemaker Category)
   • Materials used for making your lace|heart|art
   • Size of the pricking (if you adjusted the original size)
   • photography credit (if made by another person than the artist)
9. We will contact you by e-mail to confirm that we received your application. Please add lace.heart.art@gmail.com to your contacts (safe senders list) to ensure notifications are received.
10. We reserve the right to resize/crop the images to fit the format of our online exhibition.

Disclaimer / Legal

By submitting an entry the lacemaker acknowledges that she/he is the creator of the entered work, and that the photographs truthfully represent the work
By submitting an entry the lacemaker acknowledges that her/his entry will be available for long term viewing (with credit visible) as a photo in the lace|heart|art online exhibition, hosted on this website

By submitting, the lacemaker does hereby acknowledge and agree to all show rules as listed in this prospectus.  The entrant waives, releases, and discharges the New School of Lace, its staff and volunteers or agents, and any exhibition jurors, if applicable, from any and all actions, suits, damages, claims, and demands whatsoever for any damage to art and/or personal liability.

Support

The lace|heart|art challenge is free so any lacemaker anywhere in the world can participate.

If you are in position to support the event, we would really appreciate it.
Your donation will make a difference! It will help us to promote the contest online and in print, and support this website that hosts the exhibit 🙂

PayPal or Credit Cards accepted.

Thank you for your interest and support!