Dear All

We are delighted to announce our fourth “Schools Rug Design Competition 2011”. In the last four years 8 schools have taken part in the competition.

We are grateful to Paul and Liz Wallace from David’s Bookshop in Letchworth for their kind sponsorship and organising schools in Letchworth and Baldock areas for the rug design competition. This year three schools - St Christopher School and Princess Helena School in Letchworth and St John’s School in Baldock – are taking part in the rug design competition. We believe by involving young pupils in the projects while it hugely helps to raise pupil’s awareness of the Fair Trade, the project is designed to help school pupils develop their talent in designing and craft from the tender age raising their aspirations and achievements and opening up more opportunities for their futures.

On 4th June 2011 at an austere judging of the rug design competition at David’s Bookshop in Letchworth, a panel of independent judges comprising from the professional artist - Mr Nigel Carrick (a ceramic artist), Mrs Vanessa Stone (Paper Cut Artist), Mrs Liz Wallace (Co-owner of David’s Bookshop in Letchworth) and Miss Hetty Wallace voted the four winning designs of the 2011 rug design competition. It was privilege for us to have Hetty Wallace 13 years old judge in the panel. We are grateful to the judges for their time, support to our endeavour and help with the judging. Please read below for

1. Criteria judges used in selecting the finalist winning designs and
2. To learn about the judges

The four finalist winning designers for 2011 competition are (in no particular order) ZinZan Scott, year 7 - St Christopher School Letchworth, Molly Impey, year 5 - St John’s School Baldock, Jake Harkett, year 7 - St Christopher School Letchworth, Georgia Paradise year 9 - Princess Helena College. The winning designs have been woven into rugs at KTS. The photos of the winning designs will be uploaded in our website www.comolongmo.com from 17 to 22 October 2011for voting for public. The design that gets most votes will be awarded to the winning school.

I hope you will spare a few minutes of your time to encourage the young designers by voting for your favourite design. Please note if there is any design you like and would like to buy, this will be huge encouragement to a young designer(s) so we would be more than happy to accept your order.

For further information please write to Kabindra Khadga at kabindrak@comolongmo.com or kabindrakhadga@yahoo.com.

Thank you for your time and continued support.

Warm regards

Comolongmo family

- MORE INFORMATION -

1. SELECTION CRITERIA ADOPTED BY JUDGES FOR THE FOUR FINALIST WINNING DESIGNS

i. Originality of design (covers the creativity aspect)
ii. Suitability for chosen method of fabrication
iii. Suitability to be put into batch production (covers the commercial aspect - such as the number of person hours/cost of materials required to realise the design etc)
iv. Purchaser appeal in 2011|12 market (how on trend they are)
v. Response to the brief

2. JUDGES PROFILE

i. MRS VANESSA STONE

Vanessa Stone is a cut paper artist based in Letchworth Garden City. She cuts into single pieces of paper with a surgeon's scalpel to make intricate paper cuts. Some are deceptively simple. Vanessa strives hard to capture perfect balance between light and dark. Through cutting away the paper, she uses image and text to explore realities and fantasies of buildings, bodies and being alive.

Paper hasn't always been Vanessa's chosen medium. She trained in carpet and rug design at the UK's only degree course at Kidderminster College and Wolverhampton University. After graduating in 1990 Vanessa won the New Designer of the Year Award for rugs and spent the following ten years making and designing rugs, embroideries and banners for exhibition and commission.

W: www.vanessastone.net
E: art@vanessastone.net
M: 07981 503383

ii. Mr Nigel Carrick- A Ceramic Artist

iii. Mrs Liz Wallace – Co-owner David’s Bookshop Letchworth

iv. Miss Hetty Wallace

Hetty Wallace is 13 years old youngster, attends Priory School in Hitchin. She is Interested in art & craft, stories and music (learning the piano). Also she is a folk (clog) dancer!

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