Profession / role:

MA Design student

Website (if you have one):

www.rowenaardern.com

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Designer, Student

I am looking to discover or buy

A more planet friendly way of producing my work.

About me / About business or organisation:

My main methods of working are dye , print and stitch .My work is aimed more at Interiors rather than fashion . I source my designs through direct experience with nature spending time drawing and taking photographs most recently in the gardens and countryside of Cornwall. My themes are using my designs to reconnect people with the natural world.

Career history / Company history:

I graduated from the Embroidery Degree at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2004 spending the following two years on the Arts Council funded Setting Up Scheme in Manchester . I am now coming to the end of a 2 year MA Design Textiles at University College Falmouth in Cornwall.