“I tend to lean towards nature for my inspiration and try to express it’s fragile delicate beauty using various techniques such as hand-drawing, photography, mono-print and screenprint to combine subtle colours and different surface textures, with a touch of the abstract”
Vivienne is an exciting and innovative freelance artist and designer based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK. She has a BA (Hons) degree in ‘Contemporary Surface Design & Textiles’ and has a studio at The Artworks, an art school and gallery based in an old Textile Mill. She is also a member of The Bradford Textile Society.
Primarily she likes to hand-draw her designs, but she also uses digital processing to create her unique pieces.
Her work incorporates the use of screen printing, digital printing, hand stitched embroidery, hand knitted techniques. She also likes to introduce three-dimensional constructed textiles into much of her work giving it a feeling of movement, adding texture and breathing life into inanimate objects.
She specialises in bespoke art work and contemporary costume jewellery products. She has created a beautiful range of hand crafted brooches, bracelets, necklaces, hand printed luxury silk scarves.
Her framed artwork is made to order and she invites both commercial and private commissions tailored to the clients specific requirements.
Any pieces from her portfolio can be made to order. If you have any comments or questions about her work please feel free to contact her. Or get in touch through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Etsy.
Awards /
'Outstanding Creative Ability' / Bradford College / May 2012
First Prize / Clothworkers' Foundation Award for a Knitted Fabric in any Fibre or Blend / 2010
Bradford Textile Society Committee / Invitation to Join / Sep 2010
Winner of Bradford Textile Society National Design Competition / 2010
Winner of Premiere Vision / Paris Design Award / Selected by Sabien La Chatelier - Fashion Director / 2010
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