Amy Davidson fibre artist and art tutor
Amy Davidson was born and raised in East Lothian where much of her influences come from . The natural wildlife found in east Lothian is of birds and local beach landscapes.
She graduated in 2015 with a degree in ‘Design for textiles’ from Heriot Watt university . The course involved drawing to influence knit, weave and print designs. Amy then specialised in knit design and was really interested in creating different textures. She came across felting near the end of her degree and loved experimenting with felt and knit together. After taking many classes to progress in this medium she then found needle felting. Amy likes how sensory felting is and how versatile the material wool roving is. Wool roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber that is used in most felt techniques and is a main component of it . Needle felting can be described as ‘painting with wool’and this has allowed Amy to combine her love of painting and felting.
Amy has also found that needle felting in particular is a great way to help with anxiety and stress. When felting you need to completely concentrate on it and it allows you some quiet time to relax. She has also taught workshops for work days out/team building days and hopes to continue teaching to many different organisations.
Amy has also recently grown her business as alongside her workshops she has started selling her felt creations online and at markets. Her business is named Fluff as she uses wool roving which is a very ‘fluffy’ , soft material and she now teaches felting workshops to different organisations.
Amy has previous experience working in both the art education sector and museum and gallery sector.
Education
2011-2015
BA HONS design for textiles- Heriot watt University
Contact Me
07951210355