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Isabella Whitworth : Index page
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I was born near Macclesfield, UK, but brought up in the New Forest on the banks of the Beaulieu River. The love for the landscape of my childhood home and the concept of connection to landscape has been a potent influence in my creative life. I studied at Southampton and Canterbury colleges of art and trained as a graphic designer specialising in illustration. After graduating I spent several years in publishing as an editor, copywriter and designer before joining the toy industry. Working in the R&D department of a major American company, I was based in London but also travelled in Europe.
In the mid 1980s I left industry and took the hippie trail to India, Indonesia and Australia some time after most hippies had gone home and were sensibly devising new technology worldwide - I did it all the wrong way round.
After spending several months in Indonesia I became directly engaged in the idea of making textiles. As I had no interest in becoming a weaver, I started to think about painting, or perhaps printing, textiles. On my return to the UK I moved to Scotland and lived on Skye for a few years. I began to paint on silk while a patient at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness - whiling away the time before the birth of twins. The Hospital Laundry is probably still in shock.
