Jacqueline Morris

BA (Hons) Textiles

I am a self-taught multifaceted hand embroiderer based in South Wales. All aspects of nature inspire me, especially the intricacies of plant life and animals, more so the strange and unusual. Incorporating sustainable products such as recycled pieces within my work is integral to maintain an ethical element to my practice. Alongside looking at sustainability by using solely repurposed and recycled materials, this highlights the need to respect nature and only use what is required to ensure the longevity of all species within nature.

Entitled ‘Protected Nature’, this design is a representation of how nature protects itself, through the exploration of 3-dimensional hand embroidery. The idea came from exploring highly magnified images of seed pods which act as the protective layer for the seed. This concept has inspired this design by encapsulating nature under this protective layer. The main chosen elements are oversized to express their fragility and include fungi, acorns, rosehips, and moss which adapt and evolve to survive. By ensuring nature can adapt within different environments this could help reduce humanity’s impact on the planet.

Viewing nature and its imperfections through the sections of the protective layer, these show unique snapshots of the multiple different perspectives of how nature is seen. The protective layer helps humans to understand that nature is fragile and that fungi and seeds are highly important to the planet’s development of new and existing ecosystems.


Rwy’n frodiwr llaw amlweddog hunan-ddysgedig sy’n byw yn Ne Cymru. Mae pob agwedd ar fyd natur yn fy ysbrydoli, yn enwedig cymhlethdodau bywyd planhigion ac anifeiliaid, yn arbennig felly’r rhai rhyfedd ac anarferol. Mae ymgorffori cynhyrchion cynaliadwy fel darnau wedi’u hailgylchu yn fy ngwaith yn rhan annatod o gynnal elfen foesegol yn fy ymarfer. Law yn llaw ag edrych ar gynaliadwyedd drwy ddefnyddio deunyddiau wedi’u hailbwrpasu a’u hailgylchu’n unig, mae hyn yn amlygu’r angen i barchu natur a defnyddio’r hyn sy’n ofynnol yn unig i sicrhau hirhoedledd pob rhywogaeth ym myd natur.

Teitl y gwaith yw ‘Protected Nature’, ac mae’r dyluniad yn cynrychioli sut mae natur yn amddiffyn ei hun, drwy archwilio brodwaith llaw tri dimensiwn. Daeth y syniad o archwilio delweddau wedi’u chwyddo’n fawr o godennau hadau sy’n gweithredu fel haen amddiffynnol ar gyfer yr hadau. Mae’r cysyniad hwn wedi ysbrydoli’r dyluniad drwy amgáu natur o dan yr haen amddiffynnol hon. Mae’r prif elfennau a ddewiswyd yn anarferol o fawr i fynegi eu breuder ac yn cynnwys ffyngau, mes, egroes, a mwsogl sy’n addasu ac yn esblygu i oroesi. Drwy sicrhau y gall natur addasu mewn amgylcheddau gwahanol gallai hyn helpu i leihau effaith dynoliaeth ar y blaned.

Mae gweld natur a’i amherffeithrwydd drwy rannau o’r haen amddiffynnol, yn rhoi cipolwg unigryw o’r holl ffyrdd gwahanol y gwelir natur. Mae’r haen amddiffynnol yn helpu pobl i ddeall bod natur yn fregus a bod ffyngau a hadau’n bwysig iawn i ddatblygiad ecosystemau newydd a phresennol ar y blaned.


• https://www.instagram.com/jacquelinetextiles

Other Exhibitors:

Rebecca Stuart

Rebecca Stuart

I am a textiles practitioner specialising in sustainable innovation and raising awareness through design. Contributing to positive change within the textile industry, my work demonstrates that eco-friendly practices can be used commercially and sit within on-trend...

Imogen Lee

Imogen Lee

I am a surface pattern designer with a passion for colour and digital design. I find inspiration from my love for botanicals, nature, colour, and travel. I aim to use colour and pattern to boost mood and happiness, improve wellbeing and brighten people’s lives. I am...

Martyna Kaczmarek

Martyna Kaczmarek

I am a Polish textile artist with a passion for hand and free-machine embroidery, 3D maquettes and period accurate fashion. Historical garments are a big inspiration for me and finding sources and stories behind them fuel my passion for textiles further. My projects...

Shauna Myers

Shauna Myers

I am a Welsh surface pattern designer and enjoy working with vivid and bold colours. I am inspired by various aspects in my day-to-day life. A lot of my inspiration comes from the environment around me, whether that’s the architecture, patterns or simply people I...

Isabelle Sigournay

Isabelle Sigournay

I am a textile designer with a love of print, colour, and the fusion of hand painted and digital design elements. I believe that textiles can impact our everyday lives to enhance spaces in a positive way. This surface pattern collection titled ‘Tropic Impressions’ has...

Georgia-Mai Ruby Stubbs

Georgia-Mai Ruby Stubbs

I am a mixed media textile artist with an engrained curiosity of the human form. My practice sets out to push boundaries and challenge the perception of conventional beauty. My enjoyment of my practice comes from exploring the human form as well as my visualisation of...