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STEWART RUSSELL(Textile Designer/Artist)

Born in Scotland. Stewart Russell's textiles include a multiplicity ofoverlaid imagery on hand-printed silk screens culminating in an exquisite and creative art.His art has a unique composition, as does his own life background, thatspeaks to us emotionally.

Stewart Russell started his career in England as an artist andexperimental contemporary art museum's curator.In London, Stewart created a new style of fashion textiles; he worked with famous designers (including Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen,Hussian Chalayan, Beauty:Beast...) and established an internationalcareer.

Stewart Russell moved from London to Melbourne in 2000, and set-up [SPACECRAFT ] - a design and art studio where he produces print collections for fashion, interior and home-wares that is appreciated fashionably. At the studio, which was once a big and old market place,images are developed over months, where one textile design is overlaid repeatedly.

Whilst never compromising his aesthetic; collaborating with various of contemporary artists; embracing sometimes random expressions - the culmination is of an extraordinary textile formation.

In November 2005, SPACECRAFT opened a shop in central Melbourne city. The shop proposes a total lifestyle experience through textile art which is popular with fashionable Melbourne people.