Born and raised in Greater London since 1990, Daisy is an artist with an education in design and driven by craft.

Since graduating from Central St Martins with a degree in fashion design, her practice has continued to revolve around textiles and fabric manipulation but has developed into the realms of sculpture and performance.

In this interview, Daisy explains why she loves to explore the simple running stitch and free embroidery to create her incredible 3D wearable pieces, which are born out of instinct.

Daisy Collingridge, A portrait of Clive, 2017, Mask, jersey and wadding

Born in Germany, Christiane spent most of her youth in Sweden, Luxemburg and South Africa. She has got a MA in Industrial Design from Universität der Künste Berlin and a PhD in Design from Delft University of Technology.

Since finishing her studies, Christiane work’s as a designer, researcher and university teacher. She currently lives in The Netherlands and in Germany.

In this interview, Christiane talks about her passion for weaving and we learn step by step how to make a double weave. In doing so she contemplates if textile artwork is less interesting when it is digitized and then executed by a machine.

Christiane Maurer, Double Weave, 2017, Cotton, 100×92 cm

Hanny is a hand embroidery artist specialising in contemporary goldwork. She teaches creative goldwork nationwide, including Embroiderers Guild groups, Ardington School of Crafts and most recently creating goldwork embroidery activities for the British Museum.

In this interview, Hanny describes her artistic journey, from being encouraged to stitch by her Grandma to discovering goldwork embroidery. We learn the potential this metal thread has to offer, how using it has helped Hanny cope with her personal anxieties, and why a phone call from the Britsh Museum has shaped her future endeavours.

Hanny Newton,

Nothing is permanent with embroidery

6 tips for a better creative practice in 2018

At the beginning of every January you make the resolution.

“This will be the year I finally take time for me. For my textile practice. For my creativity.”

And you start off with a renewed sense of excitement. You’re itching to pick up a needle and thread and get started on a new project. Maybe you even make the first marks. But then what?

Amid the picturesque setting of the historic quaint old Cornish town of Fowey where she lives, Vivien’s garden studio, with views over the harbour is a riot of colourful textured textiles.

Lengths of silk, linen and cotton, hand-woven, naturally dyed. Warm cashmere shibori shawls, bright scarves, Japanese kimono silks, hand-woven hemp, Malagasy raffia, velvets and the magical blues of indigo.

Her unique textile style has been influenced by her travels and interaction with the craft traditions of Japan and India, and documenting the production of hand-woven, embroidered, block printed and naturally dyed textiles and natural dyes especially indigo.

In this interview, we learn how Vivien’s love of natural dyes and embroidery came about and we also discover the journey she goes on to create her beautiful and unique art.