Nawal Gebreel



Nawal Gebreel is an amazing textile artist who is motivated by manipulating materials to create new and unique techniques and looks. She works with a range of colourful fabrics and creates sculptural pieces some wearable such as neckwear.

 

 

 

Nawal Gebreel is an innovative textile designer specializing in fabric manipulation and print.
She uses a variety of techniques to produce pieces of great originality and visual appeal. Nawal employs sumptuous fabrics and colours to luxurious effect. Nawal's work is made individually with a variety of techniques, including screen-printing, hand pleating and fabric manipulation.
 
Nawal draws inspiration from geometric forms, Japanese "shibori" and paper-folding. Her work incorporates her own original creative interpretations of the arts and is always looking to innovate new techniques in fabrics and textiles. Being lucky enough to travel to Afghanistan and many other exotic places Nawal was able to put her experiences and extensive training  to use as an innovative textile designer specialising in fabric manipulation and print.

 Indeed Nawal said fabric manipulation is her passion, and given any fabric or table napkin she is often tempted to see what effects she can produce. Nawal makes a prototype by folding, stitching and steaming the fabric and then the individually named designs evolve by being tried out in front of mirrors and friends until it feels right.