Not exact matches
As the designer behind Linen Prints, Jacqui Watkins creates hand - blocked, pared - down prints, which are a long way from the traditional Liberty - style florals she used to
design in her career as a
commercial textile designer...
i studied printed
textiles at college in South Africa, did an art &
design foundation course in Grimsby, and eventually graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in
textile design (specialising in embroidery), but i rediscovered the enthusiasm and passion for drawing & stitching i'd had since childhood through craft, rather than
commercial design.
Preparatory works on paper are paired with fabric swatches and remnants manufactured by
commercial textile producers, such as Knoll where her
designs can be purchased to this day.»
It has borrowed from
commercial illustration and architectural, tattoo, and
textile design, and exhibited itself as sculpture or in various combinations of all the above, in both abstraction and representation.
She has collaborated with Max Mara Carte Blanche (2012) and Alice + Olivia (2015) on
textile designs created from her watercolors, and her film work includes «Training Day,» a Nike
commercial featuring Steve Nash, and projections for Lou Reed's concert and feature film, Berlin, both in 2007.
Clara has worked at TED since 2006, as part of the team that has developed TED's TEN, a set of ten sustainable
design strategies for fashion /
textile designers, that are now being shared with a range educational and
commercial organizations.