Molly Richardson I

 

Molly Richardson had missed out on puppetry in first year joining the ECA Performance Costume course in 2nd year, so she used her final year as an opportunity to catch up on what she had missed creating a puppet for the Scottish folk tale, 'The Boy From The Wolf People and Four Eyes'. Four eyes is the dog puppet, maned by the boy whose costume was created from woven tartan. 

Jack Rocks I

 

Above photography by Mihaela Bodlovic

Jack Rocks's design for Vicar Amelia a prequel to 2015 video game 'Bloodborne' set as an opera in 1850's Edinburgh. following a team of researchers who gain religious power from a mysterious healing blood. this costume has a capillary of piping through which blood is pumped through the chest piece. 

I love the spinal pleating on the back!

The Red Dress

 

The Red Dress project, conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod (above), provides an artistic platform for individuals, particularly women, and communities around the world, many of whom are vulnerable and/or live in poverty, to tell their stories through embroidery.

From 2009 to 2023, pieces of The Red Dress and later the completed garment travelled the globe being embroidered onto. Constructed out of 87 panels of burgundy silk dupion, the dress has been worked on by 367 women/girls, 11 men/boys and two non-binary artists from 51 countries, earning it a place in the Guinness World Records 2025 for the largest collaborative embroidery project. 

Sister Stitch

Sister Stitch are a group of women refugees of war now returned to their home town of Podujëve, Kosovo, following the brutal war carried out by Serbia 1998-99.

The women have created hundreds of beautiful, unique and poignant embroidered birds, each with varying words about their experience of the war, a historical artefact and emblem of peace and recovery.

Alexandria Masse

 

Alexandria Masse is an incredible Canadian crochet textile artist, who decided to crochet her birth control information word for word. 

This is of course a massive undertaking, which she has been poetically carrying out whilst on her period. 

Bakus Oraya

Bakus Oraya uses traditional batik techniques hand-dyeing every garment using methods passed down through generations to create authentic but incredibly modern clothing, retaining its Benin roots.

Liberty's Patchwork Collective

 

A cathedral to the beauty of fabric with over 1500 patches sent in by contributors from all across the world, this is Liberties Patchwork Collective Installation celebrating 150 years of Liberty fabrics. 

From the 9th May – 24th July, you can see the collaborative artwork in store at Liberty. 

This supersized patchwork house comprises over 1,000 patchwork squares – a physical manifestation of the creativity, community, values and talent.