Textile artists

Textile artist who makes machine embroidered wall hangings and framed works for public and private interiors. Working directly onto painters canvas with a variety of threads, and sometimes embedding other materials and fibres, the artist exploits the distortion of heavy stitching on the base fabric. With a painterly approach to textile art, she is

Specialises in traditional artistic embroidery using modern techniques. An example includes pleats secured with stitching and beadwork. Charlenes work centres on collaboration, and she likes to work closely with clients seeing an idea from conception through to completion

Fine art tapestry studio where weavers work in collaboration with artists, designers and architects to produce one-off commissions for private residences, universities and commercial and religious buildings. Materials include wool, silks, cottons and linens, which are combined to create colourful contemporary designs. Also produces hand-tufted

Produces rugs and wall hangings to commission and also offers standard products. Using thick industrial felt, the company has developed techniques of printing, stitching and dyeing to achieve a textile capable of rigid hanging. Also offers needlepoint and hand-tufted wall hangings. Works are held in collections at the Victoria & Albert Museum

Textile artist who produces wall hangings on a commission basis. Previous projects include a series of three panels (300x120cm), based on the themes of sea, earth and air, commissioned for a staircase in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The artists love of colour, texture, flora, fauna and landscape leads to richly coloured combinations of

Batik artist producing modern batik paintings - wildlife, environmental and cultural themes. Colourful graphic, decorative and semi-abstract batik framed behind glass, Robin Pariss work is suitable for home, office, and public settings. Robin is currently researching and addressing environmental and sustainability issues within batik

Produces batik pictures and hangings on cotton lawn, silk and certain Chinese and handmade papers using mainly cold water reactive dyes. Cantings are sometimes used, but the artist prefers to work with brushes and uses other, simpler techniques to apply the wax. Dyes can be hand-painted, although dip-dyeing in a bath is preferred as it allows the