The 2027 Triennial Award theme is:
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Great Southern Sky
It is time to start planning for the 2027 Triennial Award.
The categories will be –
- Group Entry – any technique
- Bobbin Lace
- Needlelace
- Other – can include mixed techniques
- Novice – a person making lace for less than five years
We encourage all entrants to explore the theme in all it’s wider aspects.
If you have any questions please contact the Triennial Co-Ordinator
Triennial Themes and Winners
Access the photos of winning entries by clicking on the bold links below. If you have photos of older Triennial entries, please submit them by contacting the Webmistress
- 2024: New South Wales ~ Sustainability
- 2021: Queensland ~ Waltzing Matilda
- 2018: Tasmania ~ Footsteps
- 2015: Victoria ~ Gold
- 2012: New South Wales ~ The poem, “My Country”
- 2009: Queensland ~ Rainforest
- 2006: West Australia ~ The Sea
- 2003: South Australia ~ Framed
- 2000: Tasmania ~ Heirlooms, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
- 1997: Victoria ~ Victoriana
- 1994: New South Wales ~ Lace to Wear
- 1991: Queensland ~ Australiana
- 1989: South Australia ~ Nature
History
In 1984, Gabrielle de Mestre Pond urged the Lace Guild to hold a competition for lace designed with an Australian theme. Gabrielle also donated the prize, an antique Brussels lace Bertha collar. The winner was voted by the members after the publication of the entries. In 1989 the competition was redefined, introducing a judging panel and different lace categories, and so the Triennial Lace Award was born.
The awards are held every three years.