Katie Essam's passion for textiles began when she graduated from the University of Hertfordshire with a BA Hons in Contemporary Applied Art. She combines freehand machine embroidery, applique and other textile techniques to make original mixed media textile art pieces, inspired by the beauty in everyday objects and scenes. She especially loves turning personal photographs of family, pets or houses, into original, tailor-made pieces of textile art. Katie runs a variety of workshops around the UK teaching the techniques she uses to make her textile art. Katie lives in Bexhill, UK.