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Education
2016 - 2018
Royal College of Art
MA Textiles - Knitted Textiles
2013 - 2016
Chelsea College of Arts and Design
BA (Hons) Textiles Design- First class Hons
2012 - 2013
Central Saint Martin’s College of Arts and Design
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Major in Textiles design. Overall grade - Merit
Exhibitions
2018
Craft Tech: Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Craft Tech: Hong Kong Medical Museum, Hong Kong
2017-2018
Work in Progress Show, Royal College of Art, London
2017
Royal College of Art Show
2017- 2018
Bradford Textiles Awards exhibition, Dye House Gallery, UK
2016
Talent 2016, London
Named as one of the top 22 best graduate designer-makers of 2016 from across the UK by Craft Central (The London Design Festival)
Unpacked Show, Hong Kong
Chelsea College of Art Degree Show, London
Pitti Filati, Florence, Italy
2015
Premier Vision, Paris
2014
When Arts Meet, Hong Kong
The Moving Gallery, London
Professional Experience
2017
Julien Macdonald knitwear internship
2015- 2016
Yat Sing Leather Goods Manufacturing Company Limited
Commissioned work
Research and design for the trend colour palette and design of AW17/18 and AW 16/17 collections
2015
Knitwear assistant at Helen Lawrence internship
Tomoko Yamanaka Knitwear internship
Freelance Knitwear swatch design for Julia Pines
Helen Lawrence knitwear internship (production)
2014
Julia Pines Knitwear internship
Freelance Hong Kong Baptist University music booklet design
2013
Summer course art and design teacher
Collaborations
2018
Collaboration with Carley Mullally
Make an Optical fiber Jumper
Exhibited at Hong Kong Medical Museum and Edinburgh ArcInTex Conference.
2017
Collaboration with Product designers, Katrine Hesseldahl, Victor Strimfors and Marianne Bauer
Design and produce innovative upholstered furniture.
Received Helen Hamlyn Award 2017 and The Robin and Lucienne Day Prize 2017.
2015
Collaboration with Qiying Fang (CSM Menswear)
Assisting with knitwear design and collaborating with other designers
2014
Collaboration with Megan Doyle
Make costumes for waiters and table decorations for a fundraising dinner for 200 people at Temple Place on 20 Nov 2014
Awards
2018
The British Wool Award, Bradford Textile Awards,1st Prize
The Clothworkers’ Company Award (New technologies), Bradford Textile Awards. Commendation
2017
The Clothworkers' Foundation Award, Bradford Textile Awards. 1st Prize
The Woolmark Company Award, Bradford Textile Awards. 2nd Prize
2016
The Lane Crawford Scholarship 2016 – shortlisted
Skills
Working with domestic and industrial knitting machines, hand knitting and crochet.
Fabric and yarn research and sourcing.
Basic sewing machine, hand stitching, weaving, screen printing, digital printing and dyeing.
Good communication and presentation skills in English, Chinese and Cantonese