home_town nationality residence article_title education name occupation alma_mater
carrickfergus , northern ireland northern irish county durham , uk gillian arnold
 masters ' degree gillian arnold artist/designer chelsea college of art
gillian arnold

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 , 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 , 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 , and as a freelance artist working on community projects .
she also worked on a fare-trade initiative in pirang , gambia .
