Eleanor Godfrey

Eleanor graduates from Textiles In Practice at Manchester School of Art 

Robin Smith

Robin graduates from Design for Textiles at Heriot Watt

I am an award-winning weaver, working from a micro-weaving mill in the Scottish Borders. I design interior textiles, which are inspired mainly by place and landscape. My practice involves deep research into a subject or theme which results in a visual translation of images and ideas into colourful, textured and intricate hand-woven cloth. My work is restricted to the use of natural fibres and I am investigating ways of increasing the sustainability of my practice.

Jolie Bulman

Jolie graduates from BA Textiles at University Of Creative Arts (Epsom)

Many people find that woven textiles is an outdated technique of fabric making, but not me. I take true examination within my work and others and how new techniques can be bought in to create outcomes that are suitable for a wider audience and new generation. Constructing woven textiles at the loom is where I am most at rest, focusing on creating products but also constructing them to be multi-use for sustainable purposes.

August Eden

August graduates from BA (Hons) Textiles at London Metropolitan University

My work is primarily in woven textiles, with some mixed media elements and experimental materials to create a bold, kitschy aesthetic. I draw a lot of inspiration from music, film and digital visual culture, especially from my formative years online. I often use figures from pop culture, as well as archetypal members of the public, to explore themes of privacy, performance and how we relate to the world around us.

Elliot Morgan

Elliot graduates from BA (Hons) Textile Design at Falmouth University

My work explores the intricate relationship between humanity and the natural world, exploring themes of identity, sexuality and cultural symbolism. Through Jacquard weaving and natural dye techniques, my goal is to create textiles that honour the earth’s resources whilst celebrating the complex beauty of the human experience.

Joy Franklin

Joy graduates from ColegSirGar UWTSD

Joy is a textile artist and designer who expresses herself through her work – using textiles as a non verbal language to create dialogue with others. Often beginning with coastal inspiration, Joy has an explorative and experimental approach to art and design – believing that the process is equally as valuable and exciting as final outcomes. This approach means Joy’s work emanates a fresh, creative energy, resulting in unique and often unusual outcomes. The installation ‘Fragments of SELF’ evolved through Joy’s exploration of how the experience of trauma can result in an inner fragmentation of SELF, that can have an equally fragmented physicality

Sven Steinmetz – Form Weben

Sven is a weaver based in London. His craft-led practice spans R&D, weaving commissions, textile developments and the creation of new weaving machinery. His seamless weaving technique Form Weben has received Innovate UK funding alongside other awards (Textile Society, Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers, Clothworkers’ Award, etc.).