Emma McGilloway
BA (Hons) Fashion
Emma is a sustainable knitwear designer who works with biomaterials. She enjoys using unconventional materials such as second-hand leather and plastic bags to knit and crochet with.
Her concept is based on her Irish heritage where she has taken inspiration from her grandmother who was passionate about knitting and sewing, and from traditional clothing like Galway shawls and fishermen’s ganseys.
The work takes influence from clubbing outfits and combines traditional knitting techniques to create modern, innovative pieces. It combines crochet, hand knitting and machine knitting to make different textures and layers.