Jayne Childs
Senior Tecnician
Garment Construction
Alongside part-time work in the Fashion Studio, I’m the Research Assistant in the Nottingham Trent University Lace Archive. Outside of NTU, my creative practice is as a textile artist working in embroidered lace. Careful study takes my work beyond nostalgia to highlight technical detail and hidden marks. Past work incorporated technical drafts from a now demolished lace curtain factory. They are covered in words, marks and codes which would have been translated by factory hands to make the lace. I have used laser cutting and digital embroidery to bring these marks back into focus. Various embroidery styles highlight the craftwork within the 'machine-made'; my lace is drawn, digitised, finished- all in my Nottinghamshire studio.
Recently I've been exploring local folklore and children’s tales using embroidery and laser cutting, a new creative departure. I started with the ‘Nine O’clock Horses’ and have just completed works around ‘Bel the Giant’. These pieces are inspired by that research.
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Most of my other work is carried out alone, so I love working with students when I can. They are so creative and make me see the world in a new way!