I am currently an Embroidery Design Graduate at Burberry where I hand and machine-stitch embroideries to a high quality. Occasionally design swatch proposals for Pre-collection, Runway and VIP Womenswear and Menswear based on the brief of the season or project. Alongside this, I create digital artworks to engineer onto patterns for shows and production. Throughout my time at Burberry I have developed great understanding of the design process in a professional studio space, the pressures of deadlines and obtained the ability to adapt design handwriting the the brand. As an individual designer within textiles, I really enjoy fabric manipulation and embellishment in organic ways. Experimenting with how different embroidery techniques change/enhance the quality of a fabric or can even create a fabric on its own is what really inspires me within embroidery.
I have also undertaken further work experience at Anna Valentine, a couture atelier, where I worked closely with the design team creating hand embroideries, placement ideas and maintenance on couture and ready-to-wear garments.
Awards - Won a live team competition brief with the interiors brand Romo, Black Edition.