About

I have always loved making things with fabric, from the construction of neat little lavender bags as a child to the avocado dyed roman blinds I recently made for my own home.

My interest in textiles stems partly from my grandfather’s company Hull Traders, which operated in London in the bohemian days of the late 1950s through to the 1970s. My grandfather, like myself, appreciated artistic integrity and traditional craft methods. He employed esteemed artists such as Shirley Craven and John Drummond to design prints for furnishing fabrics, using traditional screen printing methods. I am also aesthetically influenced by the artisan tastes of my mother’s literary family who, in 1911, commissioned Arts and Crafts additions to their rural estate in West Sussex which, to this day, remains in the family with all of its understated charm.

I take great pleasure in precision and the manipulation of fabrics, with every stitch and fold as important as the next and having its place in the whole. When I make curtains, I feel as if am sculpting - turning flat lengths of fabric into a full bodied piece, with shape and movement, that perfectly fits the window and complements the room it will live in. I believe quality textiles can transform the experience of life in the built environment. Drawing heavily lined velvet curtains against a dreary day, filtering glaring sunlight through soft antique linen or reclining on a sumptuously upholstered sofa at the end of a long day.