Carmen Leher
Textile Design
Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Printmaking / Textiles for Fashion
My location: London, United Kingdom
Carmen Leher
First Name: Carmen
Last Name: Leher
University / College: Chelsea College of Arts UAL
Course / Program: Textile Design
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Textiles / Printmaking / Textiles for Fashion
My Location: London, United Kingdom
About
I am a Textile Designer with a specialism in print. My core interest as a designer is colour, texture, story telling and community. I have a background in Fashion Design. Studying three years at Glasgow Clyde College in Fashion Design and Manufacturing. My key interests in garment design are conceptual garments, audacious silhouettes and creating a feeling.
‘Hermit’ is a tale of a young women’s silent battle with post-traumatic stress disorder that has been neglected by the medical system. The title Hermit refers to her living in solitude as religious discipline; immersed in suffering, in order to be reborn. The making has become a meditation, a nurse caring for her. The imperfections and subtleties of the dyeing process of the blue palette with the daylight shining through, convey a feeling of hope that exists within a time of melancholy. The fabric is infused with her presence. Erratic and fragmented prints of the body and lace, the texture is scarred into the material. A chair in disrepair, where the owner has frantically tried to patch up the damage. She is inviting you into her sanctuary, the diary extracts in the book aiding you to feel and experience with the young protagonist.