George Jackson Travel Award

Earlier this month I was selected as the winner of the George Jackson Educational Foundation Travel Award. This is an annual award given to students from Birmingham Institute of Art and Design based on their academic achievement and proposal for travel. I will be using the award to fund a research trip to Sweden to broaden my knowledge of both historical embroidery and contemporary textile art. I will visit Stockholm to view cutting edge art and design with a focus on textile work, before travelling north to more rural locations to explore traditional Nordic craft and folk art. I will use inspiration from the trip to develop on from my final degree project.