West Country based fashion and textile designer Jan Knibbs creates a variety of wearable art, all of which is embellished with her ‘distinctive signature style of rich hand-worked embroidery, inspired by nature and the changing seasons, incorporating delicate floral designs in appliqué, ribbon embroidery and beadwork, especially Swarovski crystals’. In 2008, she was awarded the Swarovski Prize, her work has been featured in ‘Brides’ magazine and the Western Daily Press magazine and she is currently exhibiting with the Society of Designer Craftsmen at the Mall Galleries in London.
In our interview with Jan, she discusses how her work crosses the boundaries between art, fashion and craft, and how being a hoarder has aided her process.