Jan Dowson

Award-winning textile art tutor and artist Jan Dowson has over 20 years of teaching experience. She won the prestigious Beryl Dean National Teaching Award in 2015, and was the 2014/15 winner of the UK's City & Guilds Gold Medal of Excellence. She loves to help beginners to start on their own creative journeys, and so regularly delivers absorbing, fun workshops as well as offering talks and taking part in the Embroiderers' Guild's summer schools around the UK. Jan exhibits her work frequently...See more

Award-winning textile art tutor and artist Jan Dowson has over 20 years of teaching experience. She won the prestigious Beryl Dean National Teaching Award in 2015, and was the 2014/15 winner of the UK's City & Guilds Gold Medal of Excellence. She loves to help beginners to start on their own creative journeys, and so regularly delivers absorbing, fun workshops as well as offering talks and taking part in the Embroiderers' Guild's summer schools around the UK. Jan exhibits her work frequently and has experienced great success over the years. She loves embroidery - and never feels fully satisfied unless the surfaces she works on are completely covered in stitch. Her finished pieces include machine and hand embroidery, appliqué and mixed media. She works intuitively and strongly believes that there are no rules for creativity, focusing on the freedom of working naturally and organically, with a view to developing ideas that will produce unique and exciting results. Jan lives in north-east Lincolnshire, UK, with her husband Derek and dog Bertie. Find Jan on Facebook @Jan Dowson - Textile Artist/Teacher. See less