A reflective look at how design learning becomes ongoing practice, shaping creative confidence, decision-making and sustainable ways of working.

An overview of Artybird’s approach to design learning, exploring how colour, shape, line, texture and form work together over time.

Explore how form brings structure, presence and confidence to textile design. Discover Artybird Carnforth’s approach to form in DesignPlus.

A gentle exploration of confidence in colour after a creative break. Learn how restraint, repetition and curiosity help colour feel easier again.

Explore how texture adds depth, contrast and emotion to textile design. Discover Artybird Carnforth’s approach to texture in DesignPlus.

How the Snowbirds creative community at Artybird Carnforth stays connected across vast distances, sharing ideas, friendship and creative momentum through DesignPlus.

Explore how the design principle of Line brings movement, rhythm and flow to textile art. Learn how Artybird Carnforth’s DesignPlus groups study and use line creatively.

How the Artybird Snowbirds build creative confidence through small layers of practice, reflection and shared learning across distance. A story of growth in community.

Discover how the design principle of shape creates structure, rhythm and balance in textile art. Learn how Artybird Carnforth explores shape in DesignPlus.

How artists keep creativity alive through movement, seasons, and shared online learning with Artybird Carnforth’s DesignPlus programme.

Discover how Artybird Carnforth’s DesignPlus programme uses limited colour palettes to build creative confidence and clear design thinking.

Discover how textile artists across continents built a creative community through Artybird Carnforth’s DesignPlus online courses.

I want to be that person who has ‘tremendous spirit’ and who is willing to put creative effort into their life. I am an artist because I want to be one.

Art is ENTWINED into my life. It represents where I live. It is made from where I live. It is part of my belief in how I live.

Creating is not about racing to the end to see the end result. Creating is engagement with your work in all its stages because every part deserves love, attention, appreciation and a freedom from judgement.

Textiles are versatile in form and meaning. They can evoke memories of generations of women working with cloth to create practical, serviceable and beautiful items.

Adding embroidery to the surface of my felt is often the final touch. I find it very relaxing and an almost meditative activity.

I decided to take the Creative Computing course at Artybird alongside the final year of my Fellowship course. I discovered that the computer, when used creatively, is a versatile 'tool', which can provide endless ways to generate new design material or to edit an existing design.

I believe it is important to give credit to a person who has shared their own ways of working and ideas and respect others who do not wish their methods to be passed on without their permission.

A single mark, whether produced by pencil, pen, brush or needle can be meaningful and effective, but the combination of marks, layered in complexity was a challenge.

I realised that I needed to consider not only the marks I want to produce, but how the choice of fibres, the order of working, the effects of scale and shrinkage, the migration of colour through the layers all play their part and affect the finished result.