Chris Pockett presents the 'Simply the Best' award to Vikki Lafford Garside at the Art Couture Painswick Festival 2016 (jpg)

Global engineering company Renishaw has supported the Art Couture Painswick Festival, which took place on July 17th, 2016, by sponsoring the overall ‘best in show’ award. Independent designer Vikki Lafford Garside who scooped this year’s Simply the Best award with her underwater-themed wearable art design and was presented with an ornate additively manufactured trophy. The stunning titanium Venetian mask, designed by product artist Lionel Theodore Dean will be displayed alongside the winning outfit in the Painswick Centre.