Emily Mackey is a textile designer, illustrator and weaver who specialises in using native breed English wools and traditional & modern embroidery techniques.

Watch this short film about her here...https://vimeo.com/52888493

From a piece written by Samantha Allan, The Shop Floor Project...

There is something intangibly romantic about Emily’s work. Her use of ancient materials, traditional crafts and imagery of bare trees seem to evoke a sense of place and heritage that speaks to our rural ancestry. The Herdwick Geometric cushion, for example, uses the wool from a breed of sheep that have been in Cumbria for over 1,000 years and which are vital to maintaining the landscape. Sadly, farmers are often forced to burn the fleece as the wool is sold for less than the price it costs to pay someone to shear the sheep. By promoting this wool through Emily’s beautiful weaving we are helping to show how useful this fleece is and what a crime it is to destroy it.