BA (Hons) Textile Design

Emma is a textile designer who has developed a successful interior textiles brand which is sold online and in retail outlets all over the UK. She has worked with globally renowned agencies designing printed textiles for the fashion and interior design markets. She regularly produces one-off commissions and has exhibited work all over the UK and in Europe. In her role at Arts University Plymouth, Emma shares her extensive technical knowledge and passion for printed textile design. She is constantly striving to learn more, innovate her ideas and loves to work with tomorrow's designers. Emma is the course leader for BA (hons) Textile Design, managing the course team and responsible for the shape and focus of the course content. She teaches across all levels of the programme, module leading Textile specific units as well as cross course delivery.

With a passion for art, and interiors, Becky Dodman Wainwright is a multi-disciplinary textile designer and artist with a colourful and bold style. Having worked for over a decade in the textile industry and as a lecturer at Arts University Plymouth, the Devon born designer is creating from a diverse heritage of Chinese and Colombian influence. Her work explores traditional crafts to produce textile collections. She lives and works in the South West of England. Her recent project, Tasseography Textiles, aims to poke fun at the mundanity of tea in our everyday rituals, and how we use tea as a sensory activity to bring our selves together to talk, share experiences and plan for the future. Like her British great grandmother (in rural South Devon) she uses tea leaf readings to subvert the act of tea drinking, exploring spirit, shape and colour with the people around her. Becky has created, a generative participatory design approach that works with people (designers and non-designers alike) to explore their own internal landscapes, and ‘otherness’ as amorphic future Us. This participatory process creates design plans for textile art works. Dodman’s adventurous approach to her methods, incorporate a personable and collaborative style at her core. Taking traditional methods of tapestry, tufting and knit, Dodman transforms these methods which result in her instantly recognisable, fun and vibrant contemporary artworks. Sharing joyfulness is central to her work. Becky is creative with an advanced understanding of technical knit developments (for the domestic knitting machine), tapestry weaving, crochet for 3D forms, and tufting (gun) for rug outputs. Becky works part time at Arts University Plymouth lecturing in on our textiles related courses. Previously she lectured on the BA (Hons) Fashion course. Her Linkedin profile can be seen here. You can see highlights of Becky's work here. Becky’s current project Tasseography Textiles (2021), has been featured in New York’s Talking Textile Magazine, and she was shortlisted and exhibited at the prestigious Making It Exhibition (2021) in the Jubilee Gallery, Devon Guild of Craftsmen at Bovey Tracey, Devon. In addition her Arts Council England funded solo show presented this project and celebrated the 40 participants, taking place at Ocean Studios, Plymouth from Sept - Oct 2021 (UK).

Jenny Evans is an award-winning entrepreneur and artist with a global clientele for her nature-inspired artwork. She earned a First Class Honours degree in Textiles from Cardiff Metropolitan University, where she also won Santander's University Entrepreneur's national competition in 2017, securing £25k in prize money. Shortly after, Jenny raised a seed round of £350k to launch her investor-backed business, specialising in luxury homeware and fashion accessories made in the UK. While managing a team across two offices, Jenny also served as the UK Policy Chair for Young Entrepreneurs at the FSB, advocating for legislative changes to support young business leaders. She has mentored hundreds of Plymouth-based startups through her work at Outset and serves as a Trustee for Plymouth Culture, influencing the city's creative and cultural future. Now a Lecturer on BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Marketing and BA (Hons) Textile Design at Arts University Plymouth, Jenny is committed to spotlighting the next wave of creative talent.