Klaus Meier-Pauken
Klaus Meier-Pauken was born in 1952. He studied architecture and worked as an architect and urban planner from 1983 until 1992. He has worked at Cologne University...
Akemi Shibata
Akemi Shibata is one of Japan’s leading quilt designers. Known for her unique “Elegant de Kawaii,” or “Elegant and Lovely” style, she...
Sanae Kono
Sanae Kono is a Japanese quilter and fabric designer. She owns the quilt studio Paindepices and is the author of several books in Japan.
Jessica Alexandrakis
Jessica Alexandrakis learned to quilt while living in Hokkaido, Japan, in 2002. She loves scrap quilts, one-patch quilts and quilting in public. She started blogging...
Wool and the Gang
Wool and the Gang is a DIY fashion brand offering a range of yarns along with knitting, crochet, macrame and embroidery kits via their online shop. They pioneer...
Amanda Perkins
Amanda Perkins designs and crochets her own blankets, shawls and scarves, and her patterns can be found on Etsy and Ravelry. She has her own blog: amandascrochetblog.blogspot.co.uk,...
Ray Campbell Smith
Ray Campbell Smith was a prolific and versatile professional painter who specialised in the watercolour medium. He contributed regularly to leading art magazines,...
Ann Mortimer
Ann Mortimer is a professional artist and watercolour tutor and is a member of the Society of Floral Painters with whom she exhibits regularly. She has written several...
Dave Woolass
Dave Woolass is one of the UK’s leading artists with a strong art background spanning more than forty years. Born and raised in Yorkshire, UK, he began his...
Lesley Linley
Lesley Linley has a background in Graphic Design but she learned about watercolour techniques entirely from books. Having discovered a love for the medium, she found...
Grahame Booth
Grahame Booth tutors workshops and holiday courses around the world. He is a popular demonstrator for art clubs and his paintings have been awarded many national...
Julie Nash
Julie Nash is a professional artist and qualified art teacher specialising in animal and human portraiture, pets, wildlife, equestrian, landscape and still life...
Dermot Cavanagh
Dermot Cavanagh inspired millions of viewers by teaching a host of celebrities to paint the Irish landscape in the BBC TV series Awash With Colour. A prolific painter...
Wendy Tait
Wendy Tait gave demonstrations and taught classes to art clubs and societies. Although she no longer teaches, she remains as busy as ever, enjoying writing and illustrating...
Michaela Learner
Michaela Learner has worked as a freelance embroiderer, needlecrafter and designer for many years. A practitioner of surface stitching, she uses a range of decorative...
Kees Van Aalst
Kees van Aalst is a visual artist who lives and works in the Netherlands. He runs workshops and courses, for example in watercolour painting and oriental painting...
Shelley Cox
Shelley Cox teaches at the RSN on Day Classes and the Certificate & Diploma Course, both in the UK and internationally. Originally from New Zealand, Shelley...
Becky Hogg
Becky Hogg studied on the RSN Apprenticeship after achieving a first class honours degree in Textiles. She now teaches Day Classes for the RSN as well as on the...
Rachel Doyle
Rachel Doyle gained a degree in Textiles at Nottingham Trent University and then completed the RSN Apprenticeship in 2009. Rachel teaches RSN Day Classes as well...
Jacqui McDonald
Jacqui McDonald's background lies in the conservation and restoration of antiquities and she spent seven years caring for the contents of some of the most beautiful...
Sarah Homfray
Sarah Homfray came to silk shading relatively late in life, after careers led as a mechanical engineer and a croupier. After enrolling on a textile home study course...
Kate Sinton
After graduating from the Royal School of Needlework in 2002, Kate worked as a freelance embroiderer and artist. As well as continuing to teach a variety of classes...
Kate Cross
Kate is an accomplished hand-embroider, artist and teacher who found embroidery at the age of 7. After completing an art degree, she trained on the Apprenticeship...