About

Emily is a printed textiles designer for the fashion industry; designing prints for women's wear in the luxury market.   Her designs hold a luxurious beauty to them, with a feminine, bohemian style.  Emily is passionate about colour, her work stays true to this and show cases her eye for beautiful colour composition and combination.

Emily grew up in the UK , in Hertfordshire not far from London; she studied Textiles throughout her education and chose to continue the subject further on a BTEC National Diploma in Fashion and Clothing. During the two-year course she developed advanced skills in clothing manufacture and construction, as well as additional textile knowledge and technique.  After this course she was offered a place at The University of Northampton to study Fashion Design and Printed Textiles BA Hon’s.

Emily’s travel experiences around South East Asia are what inspire the majority of her work. Warm, energetic and adventurous vibes are what can be seen in her prints.

Being in London and other cities she has visited around the world and absorbing the culture and style the streets have to offer is very informing to her design work, she can gage what is trendy, exciting and new from what people are wearing and engaging in.

Stimulating her knowledge by travel, visiting new points of interest and exhibitions stretches her creative mind allowing new styles and inspirations into Emily’s work. 

Photography is a passion Emily enjoys that runs alongside her work as a Printed Textiles Designer.  Her photography is her recordings of inspiration she finds on her travels. capturing moments and looking back at them. Gives Emily the feeling she felt when she was there, injecting the emotion and feelings into her work.

Emily uses her photography and picks out colour combinations from them.  She enjoys extracting colour tones using Photoshop, however she is also known to achieve this by using paint and mixing colours to extract the right tones.

Choosing colour is something Emily loves to do, and is very important within her work.

Emily’s design process leads on from her research and photography, to painting and drawing.

Emily works on a large scale and her paintings are an expression of the research she has gathered.

Colour testing on fabric is essential to achieving the correct shades.

From paintings to fabric, Emily uses the process of testing and sampling.

Emily enjoys using a variety of printing methods to test how her fabric and colours work.

For her most recent project, Emily focused on Silk Habotai and used Acid Dye Print Pastes to screen print her fabric. 

Emily’s products are hand screen-printed using specialist dyes and methods.

Blogging is Emily’s main resource for keeping on top of current trends and affairs. She enjoys collating inspiring secondary images.

Emily’s vision is to continue her passion for creating beautiful fabric, designing prints to be sold for the fashion industry. She will be looking to join a multi national corporation in the design team, either in the luxury market or high end, high street level.  Her aim is to produce beautiful prints and fabrics to sell and enhance fashion garments for women all over the world.  Emily aspires to eventually start her own business and will use her experience gained in industry to create a successful printed textile design company.