About me

A multi-media textile designer, striving to support a circular economy and challenge Western societies 'throw-away' culture. Looking for work within design + education. I would love to collaborate or take on commissions!

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• Hi everyone, I am a recent ‘Textile Design’ graduate looking for portfolio/cv feedback! https://erinrhode.myportfolio.com

Projects

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  TRANSFORMTransform is an A/W textile collection for women's clothing and accessories. The textiles gain visual inspiration from distorted natural forms through glass, originally chosen to reflect how our natural human ways have been distorted by consumerism and technology. The collection adopts the concept of transformable clothing, in order to encourage consumers to treasure their clothing instead of adopting the common 'throw-away' approach. This change in behaviour reduces chemical, water and material
• Decoded Nature'Decoded Nature' is a Spring/ Summer textile collection intended for women's clothing and accessories. The textiles are inspired by the aesthetic and scientific aspects of insect's alien anatomies, combined with the compositions, colours and textures found within environments that insects dominate worldwide. The collection tries to highlight the contrast between natural and manmade materials.
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  ADAPTAdapt is a seasonless textile collection inspired by decorative antiques found within the cobbled streets of Berlin. The muse for ‘Adapt’ is a 40-60 year-old woman with increasing environmental values and whom therefore strives to consume less. She still wants to self-express her continually developing personality and meet her ever-changing social and practical needs through her clothing. Slow hand processes are adopted, such as couching, Sashiko stitch, fraying and hand-painting to promote 'sl

Work history

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Interior Design AssistantJAM Interiors
May 2019 - Jul 0201Topsham, UKInternship
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Pattern- Cutting AssistantSophie Darling
Apr 2019 - May 2019Brighton, United KingdomInternship

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Skills

• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Indesign
• Painting
• Laser Cutting
• Sewing
• Hand Sewing
• Fabric Manipulation
• Printed Textiles
• Drawing

Education

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BA (Hons) Textiles: Innovation and DesignLoughborough University
Aug 2016 - May 2020Loughborough, United Kingdom
Specialised in Multi-Media Textiles : Achieved First-Class Degree
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Foundation Diploma in Art and DesignExeter College of Art & Design
Aug 2015 - May 2016Exeter, United Kingdom
Achieved Distinction Grade

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Awards

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M&S Friend-to-Friend Sends Competition WinnerHallmark Cards
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ExhibitorCharnwood Arts, Loughborough