DESIGNERS

The 24 TEXPRINT 2011 designers are selected by a rigorous interview process from over 200 applicants submitted by British colleges and universities at both BA and MA levels. These are the designers who have shown outstanding work in their chosen discipline, and who have impressed the Texprint interview panels with their creativity and desire to succeed in the professional world. Texprint’s aim is to promote their skills to the industry, media and related organisations that can help their career launch.

Harriet Batty

Tel : +44 (0)7595 703479
h-batty@hotmail.co.uk
www.harribatty.blogspot.com

Inspiration for my fashion-focussed design comes from architecture and nature, focussing on colour, intricacy and embellishment.

Lauren Bowker

Tel : +44 (0)7946 555859
lauren@phnx.co
www.phnx.co

Inspired by the notion of visualising the invisible, breaking new ground through a familar medium with which we interact every day.

Winner of the TEXPRINT 2011 Body Prize

David Bradley

Tel : +44 (0)7940 746600
info@david-bradley.co.uk

Inspired by the illusion of movement in surface pattern using pleating techniques to distort optical patterns creating a sense of movement about the body.

Francesca Colussi

Tel : +(0)7986 581387
francescacolussi@gmail.com
cargocollective.com/francescacolussi

Personal Geographies is a contemporary weave/print collection exploring textures and colour, inspired by the organic complexity of maps and aerial views.

Alydia Cooper

Tel : +44(0)7896 820623
alydiacooper39@hotmail.co.uk

Blissful Bugs is a contemporary project inspired by garden flowers and creepy crawlies, using a wide variety of freehand and digital techniques.

Georgia Dorey

Tel : +44 (0)7817 335788
georgiadorey@hotmail.co.uk
www.xanthedorey.com

My work explores the idea that a textile surface can work with the human form to shape, alter, enhance or even aid the wearer.

Ruth Duff

Tel : +44 (0)7874 025878
ruth_duff@hotmail.co.uk

Innovative woven designs developed by using dobby and jacquard weaving enhanced by screen printing to produce complex effects.

Abigail Gardiner

Tel : +44 (0)7795 824262
abi.gardiner@hotmail.com

The exploration and investigation into embroidery techniques and processes are fundamental to my work which focusses primarily on hand embroidery and beading.

Winner of the TEXPRINT 2011 Colour Prize

Chloe Hamblin

Tel : +44 (0)7904 868727
chloe.a.hamblin@gmail.com

At the heart of each of my designs I aim to capture the expression of a bird's flight and variety using the shape, symmetry, tone and pattern found in a bird's wing.

Holly Holmes

Tel : +44 (0)7738 466456
holly1.h@hotmail.co.uk

Mixed prints used in a contemporary retro graphic style that combines fashion with interiors, and screen with digital print, to create a bold and fun collection.

Karina Klucnika

Tel : +44 (0)7951 216988
kklucnika@gmail.com
www.keikei.co.uk

My knit and mixed media textiles are rich in texture and mostly inspired by woodland, the sea, and their fauna.

Toni Lake

Tel : +44 (0)7796 933682
aa1202@yahoo.com
www.tonilake.carbonmade.com

Sumptuous designs rich with illustrative details, inspired by iconography paintings using egg tempera and hand-drawn animation.

Amy Lewis

Tel : +44 (0)7979 242025
amy.lewis@network.rca.ac.uk
www.amyjolewis.co.uk

Contemporary menswear collection exploring traditional and functional techniques using a variety of digital and hand processes.

Marie Parsons

Tel : +44 (0)7908 192742
marie.parsons@network.rca.ac.uk

Inspired by my own photography I reinterpret traditional stitch techniques, modernising them by combining hard and soft, using digital embroidery and laser cutting.

Lok Ting Carol Pau

Tel : +44 (0)7868 186831
loktingcarol@yahoo.co.uk

Print and jacquard woven designs inspired by sci-fi narrative of futuristic armour and the effects created by bad television reception.

Allison Pilling

Tel : +44 (0)7725 905786
allison_pilling@live.com

I draw and manipulate imagery to produce dynamic and complex patterns that I then digitally print onto silks creating distinctive and colourful patterns.

Bethany Pryer

Tel : +44 (0)7800 811085
bethpryer@live.co.uk

Inspired by a mix of floral, oriental, geometric and metamorphic elements. My work is quirky in design, fun, individual and courageous in colour!

Winner of the TEXPRINT 2011 Pattern Prize

Emma Shipley

Tel : +44 (0)7740 333636
emma.shipley@network.rca.ac.uk
www.emmajshipley.com

Hyper Nature is a collection derived from intricate pencil drawings which aims to capture the beautiful unpredictability of patterns in nature.

Nancy Thomson

Tel : +44 9)07729 277596
nancyprimrose@hotmail.com
www.nancyprimrose.blogspot.com

Woven silk and wool fabrics with a traditional British feel that incorporate playful, quirky and eccentric twists in their colour and design elements.

Winner of the TEXPRINT 2011 Space Prize; Winner of the Woolmark Texprint Award in support of Campaign for Wool

Harriet Toogood

Tel : +44 (0)7837 016332
toogoodhat@btinternet.com

Diverse woven fabrics using various everyday materials to create new surface textures. My inspiration comes from my observations of everyday life.

Catherine Tremellen

Tel : +44 (0)7792 448342
catherine.tremellen@network.rca.ac.uk

Clean contemporary knitted stripes inspired by images of stacked books and magazines; fabrics are bleached, printed and drawn on.

Egle Vaituleviciute

Tel : +44 (0)7724 559667
liepa19@gmail.com

I love the creative process and am inspired to explore and experiment with different mediums and to incorporate different disciplines in my design work.

Tianmo (Momo) Wang

Tel : +44 (0)7869 047782
momowrong@hotmail.com

My project was inspired by the Central St Martins print room where I trained. This is the last year of this old print room, and I want to remember it in my own way.

Rhiannon Williams

Tel : +44 (0)7919 597586
rhiannon_williams@ymail.com

A playful, fun and vibrant collection using a combination of digital print, stitch and beading methods to explore the use of narrative in textiles.