GARMENT DECORATION AWARDS
head machine. The run time was 120 minutes using Madeira 40s and metallic thread.
Judge's comments:
I think the quality he's achieved using metallic thread is unbelievable, particularly the quality of the lettering. He's also managed to get some shading into it, which again, is not that easy. And he's done it on something as light as a T shirt. Obviously, it's difficult to embroider on a T shirt, as against a sweat shirt, or something heavier. There is hardly any puckering at all. It stands out head and shoulders above the others because of the technique and the thread used.
The team from Screenworks whose Cherub won the Best Special Effect Screen Print category. Left to right: Duncan Gilmore, Adam Salter and Simon Tuck.
BEST SPECIAL EFFECT SCREEN PRINT
Winner: Screenworks Ltd, Daniel Porter, for Cherub
The intention was to produce a design that would emphasise as many printing techniques and effects as possible. By collecting various artistic styles from the Renaissance period, including sculpture and painting represented in modern form with a contemporary twist by adorning the images with vector illustration and vibrant colour. The diamond elements relate to the modern day by showing materialistic tendencies. As the Renaissance period focussed strongly upon romance, we followed a similar theme. The design was produced by Screenworks' in-house art studio. The main process used within the design is a full colour simulated process. The colour separation was carried out using a combination of Adobe Photoshop with Quikseps Pro plug-in and Adobe Illustrator for the vector elements. All print was carried out on an MHM S-Type plus synchroprint 12 station automatic print carousel with two flash units. It was cured using an M&R Spring 2000 gas dryer. Inks are from the Wilflex Epic phthalate free range. Two bases have been used. The first was an Epic Sprint White tonal base beneath the paint effect, the character to the top right of the design and all diamonds. This used a 90 mesh count screen. This was then flash cured before the colour application. All colours used 120 mesh count screens. The Brittle Base gives a great "crackled" texture, representing natural stone, as well as adding to the detail and definition of muscle and shadow areas. The diamonds have been overlaid with a gloss effect by re-melting ink on a transfer press with glossing paper to bring out the natural shine of a real diamond.
Runners up: Pas, Marc Van Son, for Stones and Bones Green Pas, Marc Van Son, for Monster
Judge: Peter Wright, Amaya UK
Categories: Best Embroidery; Best Direct to Garment Inkjet Print; Best Combined or Other Decoration
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BEST EMBROIDERY
Presented with 29 entries to judge in the Best Embroidery category, Amaya's Peter Wright admitted that the high overall standard of the entries presented him with quite a task. Only minor imperfections separated the winners and losers and Peter felt that several entries warranted special mention for their technical ability and design. The winning entry, Patrick Sanders' iconic Lion, Horse and Crow, stood head and shoulders from the rest. However, Peter singled out the following
Runner up: Digitising Mart, Rajan, for Old Man
Runner up, Raj Joshi, of Digitising Mart, with their entry, Old Man.
for special mentions: Liverpool and Lime Street Station, by Hannah Morgan of GS UK Ltd; Horse Fleece, by Nathan Phillips of Intermark Ltd in conjunction with Fludes; Scots Man by Alan Bainbridge of T Print, and
Hands Design, by Anna Lambert of GS UK Ltd.
Patrick Sanders with his winning embroidery, Lion, Horse and Crow. Above, the embroidery in detail.
Winner: Patrick Sanders Embroidery Digitising, Patrick Sanders, for Lion, Horse and Crow
This one-off design was created with Wilcom software in 20 hours. An eight colour design of 60,000 stitches was produced on a Barudan single
The design was originated by the entrant and was a one-off, embroidered on a Barudan, and specially created for the awards. The overall appearance is of an old man, but on closer inspection, a horse rider is the man's nose and eyes and the horse is the man's beard. Different layers of stitches have been used to achieve blending and shading. Manual stitches were used to achieve the wavy effect of the river.
Judge's comments:
You can tell that a lot of thought has gone into this and, considering the size of the design, there is not a lot of puckering. There are also a lot of individual stitches. There's a lot of work and thought that have gone into it. The design is very clever.
Runner up: Hilltop Designs, Simon Wild, for Mike Tyson
This piece took 35 hours to do, 4.5 hours sampling time, sampled on black felt using Madeira 40s thread. It was commissioned by the managing director at Creative Apparel and was designed to be framed and hung in a private study.
Judge's comments:
I think it's a very concise design and the different stitch directions have created something very unusual. The shading, which is brought out by the stitch direction, is what makes it stand out.
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