Projects
2021
State of Underdress
Textile Designs for Underwear Garments
2017
Papyrus
Commissioned for Aveline Collection
Range of products including gift-wrap, cards, homewares, and stationery
2012 (August) – 2013
Knit One Design Studio
Course Leader – Print Design
Planned modules and structured learning for print design course from initial concept to finished garment. Tutored international and national students in different aspects of design. This included teaching a variety of different techniques for printing onto fashion fabrics: Heat transfer, principles of dyeing, devore, acid and basic dyes.
Freelance Print Designer for Knit-One Studio
Producing printed textile designs for the fashion industry.
2006 – 2008
Bay & Brown Textiles
Textile Designer
Designing women’s wear prints for fashion textile market for different fashion outlets e.g. Zara, Vera Wang, Marks and Spencers. Working to tight deadlines with a fast turnover.
2002 – present
Illustrator
Editions International
Illustrations for home wares, gift market greeting cards, magazines and interiors
1990 – present
Self Employed Textile Designer and Illustrator
Textile Designer & Illustrator
Worked on various illustration jobs including food packaging, magazine illustrations, and posters for Royal Opera House Covent Garden, children’s educational books.
Clients included: Waitrose, Sainsbury’s, M&S, Boots.
Textile designs for fashion markets – H&M, Gap, Marks and Spencer’s, Fenn Wright and Manson, Boots Baby
1990-2004
Northbrook College of Arts & Technology, West Sussex
Visiting Lecturer
Part-time lecturer teaching on various courses: BA Textile Degree; HND, BTEC, GNVQ Graphics, Foundation, Fashion. Involved with teaching design work and printing, drawing, painting and organising field trips.
1992
Davisons School, Worthing
1998-1999
Hastings College of Arts & Technology
Artist in Residence
Five Week art residency, teaching primary drawing, painting and multi-media skills, textiles and printing
1996
Cornwall School, Dusseldorf, Germany
One Week art residency, teaching primary drawing, painting and multi-media skills.
1996-1997
Camden Graphics
Part-time in house designer. Producing various ranges of greeting cards and gift wraps.
1994, 1995 & 1997
Seaford Primary
Still life drawing with Year 1 pupils.
Set a project for the year 5 pupils to create some printed textiles over five weeks. Drawing block. Teaching drawing and textile design over three weeks
1990-2008
Keith Robson Studios
Textile Designs for menswear, women’s wear and children’s wear. Clients included Monsoon, Totes, Mothercare, John Lewis, H&M, Fenn Wright and Manson, Macys
Exhibitions
2024
Royal Academy of Arts, London UK
Summer Exhibition