Miss Patricia Belford
Research Fellow
Background
Born in Northern Ireland, but trained in London before setting up her own Business in London Docklands - 1986. After a successful growth the Business relocated from London to Macclesfield Cheshire in 1990.The Business was unique in the Textile Industry concentrating on the development of new print techniques. Clients included - Vivienne Westwood,Jasper Conran,Donna Karan,Zandra Rhodes,Neisha Crosland,Designers Guild.
Moved back to Northern Ireland in March 2004 to take up the post as Senior Research fellow in INTERFACE, in The School of Art and Design.
Education
- 1978 - Diploma Distinction from North East London Polytechnic
- 1986 - Awarded Honorary Fellow at The Royal College of Art.
Research Fields
Her main area of research is the investigation of traditional methodologies with contemporary technology. This is being investigated in a variety of ways.
Girli Concrete - The challenges are to combine textiles with hard surfaces- traditional / low technologies (concrete wet casting) with high technologies (laser cutting/etching/flocking/digital printing.
Reinventing The Archive - Working with Watts of Westminster's archive(founded in 1874) translating the original designs in a contemporary way but keeping the development within the capabilities of a working print Company. This theme runs through a lot of Patricia's work as she works with other established designers - Georgina Von Etzdorf & Neisha Crosland.
Where Art meets Science - Patricia is once again working with designer Helen Storey (previously worked on Primitive Streak) in a ground breaking project in collaboration with The Helen Storey Foundation and The Polymer centre at Sheffield University. The INTERFACE Fabric Forward team lead by Patricia will be developing fabrics that disappear during a three week exhibition. The work is an EPSRC funded project to provoke a debate into the ephemeral nature of packaging materials through an internationally acclaimed art installation.
Main Publications / Other Public Output
Peer reviewed article:
Prints in fashion by Marnie Fogg,published by Batsford 2006
Links
- Academic Enterprise Returns Form
- App lication for Funding Support for Research
- Application for Funding Support for Research - Teaching Relief
- Internal Research Funding Report Form
- Form for Return to University Publication Database
- Form for Returning non-text based Publications
- Peer Esteem Form; 2001 to date
- Personal Research Plan 2006/2007
- Research Institute Membership Criteria for 2006/2007