A senior lecturer at the Winchester School of Art has won the top prize of £15,000 in the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for textiles.

Shelly Goldsmith won after a unanimous vote of approval by the competition judges.

She said: "The Jerwood Prize for textiles is recognised as the most influential textile prize in the UK and is only awarded every five years which makes winning it all the more special.

"All my work is based on my fascination with water, both on the globe and in our bodies."

Textiles produced by the WSA lecturer have been exhibited as far afield as Spain, America and Australia.

Mrs Goldsmith says she intends to use the prize money to create new works and hopes to continue a research project in Japan.

Fellow WSA lecturer, Clio Padovani, was also on the shortlist for the Jerwood prize.

Textiles by all the artists on the shortlist will be exhibited at the Crafts Council Gallery in Islington, London, until Sunday, November 3rd.