Angela Hope M.A. B.A. Hons. (Atelier Hope)

After completing her Fashion/Textile degree, award winning designer Angela Hope worked as a lingerie designer for many leading brands and taught in Bristol, Manchester and Nigeria before moving to Ireland to establish handbag brand Hope & Benson. Later living in Italy & France she now splits her time between her Cornish studio cabin and French atelier.

Specialising in ‘altered textiles’ and slow stitching, Angela uses antique French ‘tattered’ items and textile fragments to create unique pieces.