Hannah Sabapathy

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• MA Degree

  School

  School of Design

  Programme

  MA Textiles, 2011

  Specialism

  Printed Textiles

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• Hannah Sabapathy’s collection explores the relationship between natural and man-made materials by creating ‘fictional versions of the natural’. Surface designs incorporate a number of processes in their making, from the industrial 

  

  to the hands-on. Hybrid surfaces begin to emerge.


  Imagery draws on minerals, fossils and other naturally occurring patterns, mixed in with accidental patterns and unlikely starting points: a fragment of a coagulated coffee cup; some fake fish-tank seaweed; a ceramic jelly mould; a piece of scrunched up tinfoil. Together they build up a loose taxonomy of bits and pieces, process and pattern that offers an alternative hierarchy of materials.


• Degrees

• BA (Hons), Textile Design, Chelsea College of Art & Design, 2005; MA, English Literature, University of Edinburgh, 2000

• Experience

• Studio assistant, Richard Woods, London, 2010-present; Senior print designer/ project manager, M Lab, London, 2006-9; Freelance designer, Banana Republic, Limited Brands, GAP, Marks and Spencer, London, 2005-9; Textile design internship, Jonathan Saunders, London, 2005

• Exhibitions

• Cut To Fit (London Design Week), Royal College of Art, 2010; 8 Fingers No Thumbs, Smithfield Gallery, London, 2010; Oberon Books Illustration Awards, Royal College of Art, 2010; Man Group Drawing Prize, Royal College of Art, 2010

• Awards

• Second prize, Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ Award, 2010