I am a designer and maker driven by the interaction of colour and pattern. Combining an intuitive yet analytical approach to textile design, I play with fabric to explore a balance of material experimentation and technical skill. My background in embroidery and textile design is central to the work I make and the methods I use. I want to draw attention to forgotten or sidelined craft techniques, rekindling a relationship with handcrafted skills, fabric, and our relationship to them.

 

A research-centered approach to textiles is something that I am passionate about, having taught both in Further and Higher art and design education for the past 7 years. The conversations and projects that I have developed as a lecturer highlight the importance I place on research, testing and play, something I strive to bring through into my own practice, thoroughly believing in specialist art and design schools and the creative environment they offer.  

 

I graduated from Embroidery BA (hons) at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2012, completing a PGDipE at University of Huddersfield in 2016. I have taught at Leeds Arts University (formally Leeds College of Art) between 2012 and 2019 as a lecturer on the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, specialising in Textiles, Fashion and Costume. During this time, I also taught at Manchester Metropolitan University on the Foundation Diploma in Art and Design and have had positions teaching BA Surface Pattern and Printed Textile Design, and as a Textile Tutor on the Access to HE courses at Leeds Arts University. I am currently undertaking an MA in Textile Design: Mixed Media at the Royal College of Art and continuing to teach at the Open College of the Arts on the Textile BA program.

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Get in touch to discuss collaboration and commissions. 

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amy.tidmarsh@network.rca.ac.uk

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@tidmarsh.studio