My story…

My name is Selina and I have been a lecturer at LCF for three years now. I am the main second year tutor and am part of the final year teaching team on Ba Bags and Accessories. My background, which has led me to this point, started at CSM and graduating in 2005. From there I worked as a textile designer for a year which really wasn’t for me, I enjoy feeling materials and being hands on with the making which I always felt helped me develop my designs. Whist working, I did an evening course at LCF and learnt how to make bags professionally. I was lucky enough to have a tutor who took me under his wing and I worked in his studio whenever possible. It is from there I started getting paid work, building up my client list until I was working for the likes of Sophie Hulme, Harris Tweed, Topshop Unique, Johnathan Saunders etc. I was consulting, making samples for press, catwalk and pre production samples. I then joined forces with a good friend and colleague and we created Studio168 where we pooled our clients together and set up on our own. Alongside the work I taught at smaller schools about bag making and at LCF Artscom. It was from there a colleague asked me to cover her maternity leave and I’m still there now!