Hannah Maughan
Senior Lecturer, Textile Design
Hannah studied at Birmingham Institute of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art, specialising in embroidery and mixed media textile design. As a freelance designer, Hannah worked on bespoke commissions ranging from couture to commercial, producing designs for leading international fashion and interior companies including Christian Lacroix, United Arrows, Wallpaper* and English Eccentrics. Represented by View Studio in London, Hannah produced seasonal collections for clients such as Michael Kors, Vera Wang, Gap and Calvin Klein.
Since joining Falmouth in 2003 Hannah has worked as Senior Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Textile Design course, establishing and leading the mixed media discipline. This focuses on the traditions and values of hand and machine embroidery, fabric manipulation, and surface embellishment, along with the latest developments in digital stitch technologies. Hannah’s teaching and research approach emphasises designing for longevity through creative thinking combined with technical acumen, encouraging a personal and innovative response to sustain and contemporize the discipline.
Hannah has been recognised for making an outstanding contribution to embroidery education, winning the 2016 Embroiderers’ Guild Beryl Dean Award for Teaching Excellence, and is acknowledged by Wilcom, the leading global digital embroidery software company, to be pioneering in her creative and boundary pushing teaching of digital embroidery, with the discipline winning significant awards in this area at New Designers (2023, 2018, 2015) and Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery (2018, 2015).
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Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | FHEA | Fellow Higher Education Academy |
| 1998 | MA Constructed Textiles | Royal College of Art |
| 1996 | BA (Hons) Textile Design | Birmingham Institute of Art &Design, UCE |
| 1993 | Foundation Diploma | Portsmouth College of Art & Design |
Honors and awards
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Shortlisted ’Inspiring Students’ category, Staff Excellence Awards, Falmouth University |
| 2016 | Winner of the 2016 Embroiderers' Guild Beryl Dean Teaching Excellence Award |
| 2013 | Most Supportive Member of Staff - Falmouth Mentor Scheme Awards |
| 2011 | Recipient of Falmouth's inaugural Teaching Excellence Award |
Research Interests
Research interests and expertise
Hannah’s research interest within mixed media derives from her curiosity into textile materials and processes, fusing the traditional with the contemporary, analogue and digital, to open up new ways of making and thinking. Archives, storytelling, commemoration and ethnography inspire visual narratives, underpinned by the historical, cultural and social contexts of embroidery. Femininity and gender issues inform the conceptual and aesthetic response to her practise.
Hannah is particularly interested in future focused embroidery. Working with Wilcom the leading digital embroidery software provider, Hannah's research and teaching seeks to push the boundaries of the technology and machines, whilst challenging the current perceptions and aesthetics of digital embroidery.
Research Outputs
Publications and research outputs
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(2023), Making: Archives/Making: Impact - The Creative use of Archives within Textile Design Education and Practice., In: Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, Post Conference Publication, Figshare, UK -
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Jane, Sarah, (2020), Making: Archives - a case study of creative collaboration, In: The Journal of Archives and Records Association, Taylor and Francis, UK, 41 (2), pp. 148-169, ISSN: 2325-7962 -
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McNulty.P & O’Rourke.M, (2018), Guide to Collaboration for archives and HE, National Archives and History UK, Case study 7, section 4.3, pp. 47, parts 2-3 -
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Hackney, F. et al, (2016), The Power of Quiet: Re-Making Affective Amateur and Professional Textiles Agencies, Intersecting Identities, In: Journal of Textile Design Research & Practice, Vol 4: Issue 1, pp. 33-62
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Hackney, F, (2016), Stitched together: Community Learning, Collaborative Making, FTC Futurescan 3, In: Intersecting Identities Conference Proceedings, pp. 195-206 -
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Loveday-Edwards, M., (2014), “Community Making & Making Communities: Crafting non/digital interactions”, In: All Makers Now? Conference, Conference Journal, pp. 79-84
Events
Cornwall, an embroidery desert? - Stitching and Community: The Hazel Sims Archive Hand Embroidery workshop, Dress Devolution conference, FTI, Falmouth
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Making Archive conference presentation, FTC Futurescan 5, Leeds
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Beryl Dean award conference presentation FTC Futurescan 4, Bolton
Research Students
Current research students
Vicki Aimers, full-time PhD awarded studentship, proposal title: Subversive Stitching: Cornish Samplers, Female Education and Storytelling, 1815-1915, co-supervisor on PhD supervising team, Hannah Maughan.
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- Textile design knowledge and practice
- Sustainability
- Design Development
- Research Methods
- Colour development
- Archival pedagogy & object based research
Courses taught
- Textile Design
Policy engagement within Cornwall
Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwall
Founder Member of the Hidden Art Cornwall Advisory Board, 2005-2009
Hannah was a key player in establishing Hidden Art Cornwall at Falmouth, the first and only social franchise of the award winning designer-maker membership organisation, Hidden Art, which connected the Cornish creative design community to each other and the international design community and ran until 2009.
Professional Engagement
Engagement with professional associations and societies
Hannah is an experienced External Examiner:
BA (Hons) Hand Embroidery, Royal School of Needlework, UCA (2017-ongoing)
BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Embroidery, Knit, Print, London College of Fashion, UCA, (2016-2021)
Hannah has contributed as External Academic Advisor on course revalidation panels for Swansea, Hereford, Cardiff and Colchester
Associations and societies
Hannah is affiliated to The Embroiderers' Guild and Beryl Dean Educational Trust.
Academic consultant and panel member, Embroiderers’ Guild Beryl Dean Award for Teaching Excellence (2017 - ongoing)
