My professional and personal world has always been focused on textiles, and while I come from Scotland where there is a deep history and tradition of weaving, my work and personal life have led me to establishing myself in India. I first came to India in 2005, to work as an intern in a jacquard mill in Bangalore, designing exquisite silk interior fabrics. The six-month contract became one year and one year became seven as I got deeper into the digital textile design in my job, and deeper into Indian handweaving in my free time.

During this period in Bangalore, I came across a piece of fabric ...

 

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