Rachel Reynolds graduated from Loughborough University, with a BA (Hons) in Printed Textiles. After receiving an award from the Southern Arts Board and becoming a Prince's Trust supported business, Rachel was able to develop her work and continues to work as a freelance textile designer / artist and tutor.
In 2012 Rachel completed an MA in textile design (Distinction) at Winchester School of Art. This has broadened and extended her skills, predominantly bringing her hand drawn elements to the forefront of her designs. Rachel continues to implement her knowledge of traditional screen printing with new technology by combining hand drawn and collaged details with digitally printed aspects into her designs. The result is a fresh range of designs for fabrics, wall coverings and Perspex.
Rachel has experience of working to commission and has extended her product line to include; room dividers, upholstered furniture and site-specific Perspex artworks. Previous commissions have included: large scale contemporary backdrops within churches and building atria, alongside smaller wall hangings and textile pieces for the domestic interior.
EXHIBITIONS / OUTLETS
2013 Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne
2011 Beetroot Tree Gallery, Derbyshire
2010 Online Gallery, Bedford Place, Southampton
2009 ‘Spice Routes’ Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne, Dorset
2008 Spice Art Studios, Southampton
2007-2009 Gallery on the Square, St Ives, Cornwall
2008 ‘Primavera’ Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Romsey, Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
2007-2011 Hampshire Artists Open Studios
2007 Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street, Salisbury
2007 ‘Sweet Dreams’ Walford Mill Crafts, Wimborne, Dorset
2005 Solo Exhibition - Rachel Reynolds at Furzey Gardens, Minstead, Lyndhurst
2005 ‘Christmas Present’, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead
2005 & 2006 ‘Create’, The Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Devon
2005 ‘Creation’, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester
2004 ‘Hands On’, The Exhibition Centre, Henley on Thames, Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
2004 Made Contemporary Crafts and Interiors, Bristol
2003 ‘Burst of Colour’, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, craft shop exhibition
2003 ‘Our friends from the South’, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff. Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
2002 ‘Winter Exhibition’, Southampton City Art Gallery Craft Shop, Southampton, Hampshire
2001 Solo Exhibition - Celebrating Texture and Colour, The Prince’s Trust HQ, London
2001 ‘The British Landscape’, Mall Galleries, London, The Prince’s Trust
2000 ‘Wind and Wave’, Beatrice Royal Gallery, Hampshire
CONTEMPORARY CRAFT AND TRADE FAIRS
2010 Odiham, Cross Barn, Hampshire & Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen
2008 & 2009 Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington
2005 & 2006 Crafts at Bovey Tracey, Bovey Tracey, Devon
2002 Top Drawer, Autumn, Earls Court, London
2001 Battersea Contemporary Art Fair, Battersea, London