Ms Rowena Hamilton
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Job title: Chief Technician Engineering and Fabrication
Email: r.hamilton@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 593174
Room: MS207
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Abbots Bromley Horn Dance Staffordshire
Designed and wove fabric to replace costumes worn in this ancient custom. The outfits were originally supplied in 1948 by Lord and Lady Bagot of Blithfield Hall.
Altar Cloth for Derby Cathedral to celebrate the new Millennium
Worked with Pauline Wrigley on design of frontal cloth. Developed design and wove final fabric on Jacquard loom.
Five copes and mantles for Derby Cathedral
Designed and wove fabric for five copes and mantles to replace those lost in a fire. These are a special white set of cloaks which were dedicated in a Guild of King Edmund service at the Cathedral in May 2004. Other work for the Cathedral Embroidery Group including reproducing designs from existing old fragments.
Civic Robes for Derby Mayor Pauline Latham 2008
Jacquard woven silk fabric designed and produced for Derby Mayoral Robes. The fabric incorporates significant emblems from the City Coat of Arms: the Derby Ram and the Buck in the Park. Derby is the only city in the Uk to have a bespoke fabric for it's mayoral robes
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Art and Design
Subject Area: Art and Design
Chief Technician: Arts Design and Technology
Teaching responsibilities
None at present
Professional interests
- Jacquard designing and weaving
- Narrow Fabrics
- Embroidery
Research interests
- Weave construction development
- Heritage and Ecclesiastical fabric and garment development
Additional Interests and Activities
- Drawing
- Watercolour painting
Media experience
Interviews and photographs with Derby Evening Telegraph
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) Fashion and Textiles specialising in Woven textiles, Middlesex Polytechnic, London
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Embroidery, Goldsmiths College, London
