Gillian Arnold

For the actress born Gillian Nessie Arnold, see Polly Perkins.
Gillian Arnold
Residence County Durham, UK
Nationality Northern Irish
Education Masters' degree
Alma mater Chelsea College of Art
Occupation Artist/designer
Home town Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Website www.gillianarnold.com

Gillian Arnold is a Northern Irish born textile and print artist, now living in County Durham, England. Although she began and continues her own artistry with paintings made using her secret monotype technique, which she has developed over the past 20 years, to print pressed flowers onto her textile canvasses,[1] she has expanded her design range to use this same technique to produce lampshades, jewellery, ceramics and glass ware.

She moved from her home town of Carrickfergus, to Liverpool to study at John Moores University,[2] where she studied for a degree in textiles. After which she moved to London in 1996 to Masters Degree, again, in textiles at Chelsea College of Art. She then stayed in London until 2012, working as a resident artist in a number of south-London schools,[3] and as a freelance artist working on community projects.[4] She also worked on a fare-trade initiative in Pirang, Gambia.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Makerhood Article". Makerhood. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  2. ↑ "Official Website - Biography". Gillian Arnold Design Ltd. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  3. ↑ "Moo Squeak Quack". Cuming Museum/Southwark Council. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  4. ↑ Bernadette Stiell & Ning Tang. "Ethnic Minority Women and Access to the Labour Market in Southwark" (PDF). Sheffield Hallam University & Southwark Council. p. 5. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Southwark Arts Forum". Southwark Arts Forum. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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