Future of Wool Art Competition

All entries were on display in the Textile corridor of Shetland College to the public during Shetland Wool Week Monday 10^th October – Friday 15^th October  9-4 and Saturday 16^th October 10 -3. 

The prize winners were:

Age 6-10 category

1^st prize (£25.00) Mia Clark

2^nd prize (£15.00) Karis Leask

3^rd prize (£10.00) Melissa Arthur

Highly commended by the judges Abby Taylor

Age 11-16 category

1^st prize (£25.00) Shannon Jamieson

2^nd prize (£15.00) Kay Johnson

3^rd prize (£10.00) Emily Anne Moss

The judges were Stephen Renwick, Enterprise Development Officer and Sarah Laurenson, Marketing Manager from Jamieson and Smith. The judges praised individual entries and made the overall comment:

“The entries depict a colourful future for Shetland wool and the budding designers who will to boost the Shetland wool industry.”

Angela Hunt, Head of the Creative Industries Section  at Shetland College said:

“a big thank you to all of the children who entered, for their time, effort and bright ideas. It was interesting to see ideas for technology in combination with wool alongside the colourful fashion designs."