Charlotte graduated from Winchester School of Art with a BA in Textile Design, having specialised in printed textiles. After graduating, she worked for a London-based accessories company as an in-house designer producing prints for its own brand, in addition to well known high street names. Following this Charlotte has worked as a specialist print and dye technician in both further and higher education. She has also written and delivered an evening class and taught on textile International summer schools and widening participation workshops.
Most recently Charlotte has completed her Masters degree, in which she explored the cross over between the disciplines of illustration and textiles, that she realised through the coupling of traditional and digital design. This employment of different approaches and methods has enabled her to broaden both her own knowledge and to also widen the potential of her creative outcomes, which in turn feeds back into her teaching.
She is currently a lecturer on the BA (Hons) Textiles degree working predominantly with Level 4 students. Here, she is involved in various aspects of student support and delivery including; creative workshops, design development, digital design, tutorials, reviews, critiques, seminars and assessments.
Previously taught on the following courses at AUB:
Charlotte's current research interests include combining traditional analogue processes and digital print. Within her own practice, an area of focus has been experimenting with the capabilities of digital print and how we can embrace various digital technologies, whilst still maintaining traditional methods and aesthetic. She currently experiments with dying and printing onto different substrates using a variety of finishes and effects.
She intends to move this forward further by focusing on the relationship between sustainability and innovative technologies. In line with this, she has recently attended an FTC (association of Fashion and Textiles) talk on Applying Bio and Regenerative Materials Innovation into Pedagogy, as well as attending an FTC conference on Material Innovations in Textiles and Fashion, which focused on how designers can facilitate bio design and advancements in technologies in order to become more sustainable.