About
Aimee Betts designs and makes textile-led furniture and homeware from her studio in Berkshire, England.
Aimee’s work explores the parallels and crossovers between traditional knotting, braiding and hand-embroidery techniques to create contemporary designs. Deeply rooted in historical textiles, Aimee’s work takes inspiration from textiles and leather craft found in museums, galleries and a variety of books, from sailor’s knots to the A-Z of embroidery.
Applying textiles to a wide range of surfaces, Aimee skilfully adapts them to sit comfortably on 3D forms and interior fabrics. These well-honed techniques, combined with Aimee’s perceptive eye for colour and materials, result in a distinctive collection of cabinetry, mirrors, lighting, handles and soft furnishings.
Each piece is made to order, using high quality materials carefully sourced in the UK and can be fully customised.
Exhibitions
2023
Decorex Making Spaces, Olympia London
Mother Goddess of the Three Realms, Centre 151, London Design Festival
Crafted Collections, The New Craftsmen, Artefact, London Craft Week
Grown In Britain, The New Craftsmen, Collect Art Fair
2020
Ways of Seeing, The New Craftsmen, London
2019
Botanic, The New Craftsmen, London
2018
The Home of Craftsmanship, curated by Hole & Corner, Alfred Dunhill's Bourdon House, London Craft Week
2017
South East Makers Club, Material Gallery, London Design Festival
A Home For All, Selfridges Ultra Lounge and The New Craftsmen, London Craft Week
2016
Makers House, Burberry and The New Craftsmen, London Fashion Week
Makers Station, Burberry Thomas' Cafe, London
Craft House, The New Craftsmen, Decorex International, London Design Festival
Potentiale: Art Design Feldkirch, Austria
Form and Seek, Milan Design Week
2015
Capsu-Wool, A Wool Week Pop-Up, London
An Anthology of British Craft, The New Craftsmen VIP Lounge, Decorex International, London Design Festival
Made of Mayfair, The New Craftsmen, London Craft Week
2014
The Staircase to Somewhere, The New Craftsmen, London Design Week
The Geometrics, Slow Textiles Group, London
2013
Growing: Celebrating Our Past, Exploring Our Future, The National Centre for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire
Make It Slow, Touring Exhibition, Part of Art Unpacked, Lancashire & Yorkshire
2012
Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair, Manchester
World Event Young Artists (WEYA), Nottingham
Daks Spring Summer 2013, London Fashion Week
Stories in Stitch
The women from Aimee’s family have all worked in textiles at some point in their lives. Locking, linking and repairing jumpers ready to be sold to the nation’s favourite high street stores.
As a young woman, Aimee’s Nana worked as a Warper in a Leicestershire mill, which specialised in making webbing for the armed forces. The job of a Warper was to take cones of thread by the hundred and organise them to make a warp ready for weaving. This was a physically demanding job, which involved tying on hundreds of knots at a fast pace.
Looking into her heritage, Aimee discovered she comes from a long line of textile makers from the East Midlands, tracing her ancestors back to framework knitters and stocking makers during the 19th century. Textile manufacture in the Midlands is part of the rich tapestry of British craft.
