Gillian Lake-Thompson
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Gillian Lake-Thompson

Textile DesignerWinchester, United Kingdom
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Gillian Lake-Thompson
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Gillian Lake-Thompson

Textile DesignerWinchester, United Kingdom
About me
Creative & hard-working designer based in Winchester, UK with a varied background in product development and textile + stationery design. Founder and handwoven textile designer at Helde | Handweaving Studio
Projects
  • Founder & Handwoven Textile Designer at Helde Handweaving Studio
    Founder & Handwoven Textile Designer at Helde Handweaving StudioFounded in 2024, Helde is a handweaving studio producing limited edition, modern handwoven heirlooms for the home and body. Based in Winchester, UK, as pieces are one-of-a-kind and carefully designed and woven using natural fibres like wool, linen, and organic cotton. Please follow on Instagram, Pinterest, Threads and Facebook @studiohelde or visit our website at www.studiohelde.co.uk
Work history
    O What A Feeling: Textile & Paper Goods Co. logo
    O What A Feeling: Textile & Paper Goods Co. logo
    Founder & DesignerO What A Feeling: Textile & Paper Goods Co.
    Winchester, United KingdomFull Time
    I founded O What A Feeling in 2015 after completing my MA in Textile Design and desiring a return to professional creative practice. Based at Yard Studios in Winchester, O What A Feeling is a design studio specialising in stationery, giftware and surface pattern design, retailing both directly to consumers (Etsy and Thortful) as well as wholesaling to various retailers worldwide and selling surface patterns online through Patternbank. As founder and designer, my duties include: product design using both traditional and digital artmaking techniques; product photography; trend research; maintaining & organising a tidy studio space; keeping accurate records of inventory and supplies; accounting & bookkeeping; liaising with suppliers; updating website and social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, monthly MailChimp newsletters and competitions); customer service; packing & posting orders; working under pressure to design, manufacture and ship orders within tight deadlines; updating line sheets and designing seasonal wholesale catalogues; continuously upgrading my skills to incorporate innovative new techniques and technologies, with respect to both product design and marketing; and participating in annual Hampshire Open Studios weekends at The Yard.
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    Sessional Lecturer in Printmaking, Textiles & CADBasingstoke College of Technology
     - Basingstoke, United KingdomFull Time
    As a sessional printed textiles & CAD lecturer on the BA Fashion for Textiles course at BCoT (validated by the University of Winchester) from 02/2016 to 07/2017 my duties included: teaching learning and assessment, developing lesson plans and schemes of learning; designing handouts relevant to the curriculum (dyeing & printing techniques, and Photoshop/Illustrator skills relevant to fashion & textiles, digital embroidery, laser cutting, trend forecasting and mood/presentation board design); maintaining accurate and timely electronic registers of student attendance; continuously upgrading my skillset (especially concerning digital technology and marketing) to enhance the curriculum; organising the annual end-of-year fashion show and exhibition; promoting and marketing the course on social media and open days; ensuring a high quality student experience in line with departmental and university-level framework; actively participating in departmental meetings as well as meetings with our awarding body and external moderators. During this time I also completed all mandatory training including Safeguarding, Prevent, and general health & safety training as well as completing a Level 3 Award in Education & Training (PTLLS). In my role as sessional printmaking lecturer for our 10-week evening courses (04/2018 - 12/2019) my responsibilities included: teaching a variety of printmaking techniques (screen-printing, drypoint, metal etching, lino & block-printing, collagraphy, monoprinting, heat press printing); preparation of lesson plans and schemes of learning and continuously updating and tailoring them to student needs and differences in learning styles; designing hand-outs for the various techniques covered; maintaining accurate and timely electronic registers of student attendance; marketing the course and showcasing student work on social media; and preparing and mounting student work for the end of year exhibition as an opportunity to promote our short courses to the public.
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Skills
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Printmaking
  • Illustration
  • Screen Printing
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamworking
  • Social Media
Education
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    Master of ArtsWinchester School of Art, University of Southampton
     - Winchester, United Kingdom
    MA (with distinction) in Textile Design
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    BFA Fashion and TextilesNova Scotia College of Art and Design University
     - Halifax, Canada
    Graduated with 3.85 GPA (Equivalent to UK First Class degree)