The Cordis Prize is the world’s largest award for tapestry, aiming to encourage and reward ambition and scale in the field of contemporary weaving. A worldwide open call attracted entries from as far afield as Australia, Canada and Russia, from artists working across the weaving spectrum, from traditional methods and fibres, to found materials and unorthodox applications of the gobelin technique.

The shortlist has been drawn up by our prestigious panel of guest judges; esteemed weavers Fiona Mathison and Jo Barker, Miranda Harvey of the Cordis Trust, internationally acclaimed fashion and portrait photographer David Eustace, Charlotte Higgins, chief culture writer for The Guardian, and Emma Nicolson, head of exhibitions at Inverleith House Gallery.