Textiles workshops
Karen's work on display at our Degree Show 2008
Karen has real drive and is a great role model. She has shown that an enterprising student can hit the ground running if they combine their own creative talents with a strong business idea.
”John Angus, Director of Textile Studies
Karen Taylor, a graduate from the BA (Hons) Textile Design, has just opened up her second textiles workshop education centre in Nottingham, which gives people the opportunity to come in and make their own clothes, jewellery and other crafts which is proving popular in the current financial squeeze.
Karen's shops offer crafts workshops for adults and children and allow people to get creative. "My sessions are fun-based, aimed at helping people enjoy their artistic talents and have the freedom to explore different creative ideas in a relaxed setting."
For her final year degree project Karen's work was inspired by large-scale shapes of bacteria for her designs, taken from her son's science books! Her work developed into a colourful and eye-catching theme.
"I enjoyed working on my final year project and we had a recent Degree Show at the University which gave me the opportunity to show examples of my work to hundreds of people visiting the event."
