Based in her London studio since 1986, Kate Blee is an artist and designer working in diverse media and materials, including wood, paper, clay and cloth. She has become renowned for the robust, domestic qualities of her work and her passionate exploration of colour relationships. Blee was made ‘Royal Designer for Industry’ by the Royal Society of Arts in 2015, the highest accolade for designers in the UK with only 200 designers holding the title. Her designs have been translated into rugs and tapestries, print and wallpaper, and can be found in the public collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Crafts Council and the Contemporary Arts Society. Textile designers Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher lived and worked together for 30 years, achieving fame for their custom- designed fabrics, use of natural dyes and pioneering hand-block printing workshops in Hampstead and Painswick. Pairing Barron’s geometry-dominated designs with Larcher’s more organic aesthetic, the partnership won numerous high-profile commissions, including from Girton College, Cambridge, and Winchester Cathedral. Many of Barron and Larcher’s printing blocks are now in the collection of the Crafts Study Centre, University for the Creative Arts, which has collaborated with Christopher Farr Cloth to revive a selection of their influential designs.