Nicole Rabbett

Biography

Rabbett was born in 1973 in Devon, England and has been practising as a decorative artist & designer since 1994 when she achieved a degree in printed textiles from Winchester School of Art. Studying there has greatly influenced the way in which Nicola works today. Among many other things, she has learnt to incorporate many different styles and mediums within her designs, enabling her to create an interesting and varied portfolio of work. Nicola often likes to work in mixed media, incorporating many different textured surfaces and combining them with the hand drawn or painted image. The experimentation of new mediums, paint effects and different techniques is of the utmost importance in her work, to ensure the creation of new and exciting designs, which have an element of surprise. Embroidery also features in her work, sometimes on paper, but primarily in the embroidered & beaded cushions she produces, creating texture and dimension, with metallic thread adding richness and reflected light. Travel experiences have also influenced her work; the many photographs, postcards and sketches Nicola has collected, have acted as a journal of the places to which she has travelled. In addition to her design work, she has undertaken a number of commissions for craft work. These range from silkscreen printed wall hangings and embroidered cushions to paintings and hand crafted clocks.