Rachel Powell

Female

Middlesbrough

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

Profession / role:
Specialist Ethical Textile Designer
Company / organisation:
Rachel Powell
Website (if you have one):
www.rachel-powell.com
My primary role in relation to fashion is:
Designer, Supplier, Manufacturer
I am looking to discover or buy
Fashion Designers interested in collaboration, inspiration and new ideas
About me / About business or organisation:
My work explores the endless possibilities between colour, shape and texture on the human form.

I create unique pieces of “wearable” textile art that incorporate ethical and innovative fibres, materials and processes.

I am passionate about keeping our rich textile heritage alive with a focus on natural dyes and hand spun yarns, incorporating these skills into modern design.

I love to push the boundaries with my materials, combining textures that should not normally appear together and processing dyes with experimental techniques that have never been used before.
Career history / Company history:
Fashion Graduate that realised I am actually a textile designer/artist and highly specialised in the use of natural dyes and hand spun yarns, with a passion for creating unique and precious materials for retail to fashion designers.

* Source and supply specialist ethical materials
* Work with both ethical and "want-to-be" fashion designers to inspire new ideas for materials - interest from hand bag designers in New York to lingerie designers in Paris
*Design and supply unique materials to fashion designers, using traditional techniques but within modern design
* Exhibitor/Demonstrator for ICHF travelling UK throughout 2011
* Work used by international natural dye company to promote the possibilities for this dye source
*Work with existing ethical fashion designers to trouble shoot problems with natural dyes

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  • N.J.Bond

     

       Hi Rachel ,

     

       I have attached here certain pictures of  Old world structures  our ancients used to remove poisons in human body through extraction of natural plant  Indigo . In recent time Mr. Philips was exploring them all in our part of country side . Here are some .  

    Apr 4, 2011

  • N.J.Bond

    Hello Powel, 

     

             I can use wool yarn 30count equall to cotton count to make 160 GSM single jersey for men T-shirts . I am looking for yarn from .If natural dyed  any colour it is okay.

     

             Do you have yarns and possible to supply .

             My E.mail:-

             bond@transindaexports.net  The above one was yarn Natural Indigo  ethnic methods dyed with out chemical  on 100% tannin natural binder dyed on organic certified cotton ; and knitted in ring frame loom  for mens shirts .

    Jul 14, 2011

  • VISHAL TRIVEDI

    hello

    Jun 13, 2013