Molly is a studio based professional Textile Artist and Surface Pattern Designer

• BA Hons Embroidered Textiles
• QTS Textile Design and Technology Teacher
• 15 years experience in Textile Art and Design
• Member of the Society ion Designer Craftsmen MSDC
• Textile artist
• Freelance Pattern Designer
• Soft furnishing maker
• Clothing maker
• Costume researcher

Textile Artist

BESPOKE Pattern DESIGN

Molly offers a personal service to create bespoke designs for interiors and special occasion clothing. Each commission is unique and confidential.

Techniques:

• Hand drawn and painted
• Lino cut print
• Batik
• Design with natural dyes and plant based inks

OTTOMAN RESEARCH AND DESIGN

My research interest is Ottoman textiles and ceramics, Investigating the symbolism and stories in the motifs and patterns to create designs for kaftans and patterns for digital print.

I was very fortunate to spend my childhood in Africa and Turkey. Cultural textiles and ceramics have always attracted me – they are usually very colourful, echoing the culture and environment and have a spontaneous quality; their patterns are full of memory and metaphor and link us to a mutual past.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate Certificate Textiles – Manchester Metropolitan University 2023
• Qualified Teacher QTS – Christchurch at Canterbury University 2009
• BA (Hons) Embroidered Textiles – Middlesex University 2008

Memberships

• Prism Art Textiles – 2011 – 2020
• The Society of Designer Craftsmen – MSDC

Publications and interviews

• Textileartist.org
• Feltmatters – September 2015
• Sussex Life – March 2017
• Felt Magazine December 2020

Exhibitions

• Prism Mall Galleries, London 2008 – 2014
• Prism Hoxton Arches Gallery, London 2015 – 2019
• Prism Hiscox Centre, London 2016
• Society of Designer Craftsmen, Mall Galleries London 2009 – 2013
• Pure Arts 2013
• Crowborough Arts Open Studios 2014 – 2017

Galleries

• Tunbridge Wells Artisans – 2018
• T Wells Gallery. Tunbridge Wells – 2018