‘Forage and Felt’ with Caroline Hyde-Brown

Caroline originally trained in Fashion Design at Solent University and designed clothes and scarves for an international textile agent. In 1992 she decided to return to her first love of painting, and studied Textile Design B.A. (Hons) at Nottingham & Trent University.
In 1995 she started my own business designing and producing embroidered fabrics for Liberty, including pictures, cushions, lighting, and wall hangings. She also produced three one off collections for John Lewis, a Valentines Story and a Spring Summer Collection of framed pieces.
She has always maintained a strong sense of global responsibility – and only uses natural fabrics and colours that are extracted from flowers, herbs and vegetables grown in her garden. She invests a substantial amount of time and research into sourcing materials and many of the papers are from the developing world, where rural communities rely solely on this as a source of income.