Miss Jo Horton

• Novel applications of metallised embellishment for high value textiles
• Electro-deposition
• Textiles for Fashion
• Mixed Media Textiles

Fashion and Textiles Research Group (joint chair of with Professor Jinsong Shen)

Textile Engineering and Materials (TEAM)

Mixed Media Textiles

Medeci Enterprise Training Programme (University of Birmingham) 

MA in Fashion and Textiles (University of Central England in Birmingham)

PGCE in Art and Design (Brighton Polytechnic)

BA (Hons) in Three Dimensional Design; Ceramics with Glass (Birmingham Polytechnic)

BA (Hons) Textile Design and BA(Hons) Fashion Textiles and Accessories

University Research Leave Award 2014-2015

The Society of Dyers and Colourists International Bursary Award (2014) PhD

The Society of Dyers and Colourists International Bursary Award (2013) PhD

The Textiles Society Professional Development Award (2013) PhD

British Interior Textiles Association Emerging Talent Award (2001) MA

Presenting at The Costume Society annual conference ‘The Power of Gold’ at the V&A July 2015.

Exhibiting at The Society of Dyers and Colourists ‘Annual Day of Celebration’ April 2015. 

Horton. J. (2010) The Textiles Institute World Conference proceedings  ‘A Designer-makers journey towards technology and beyond’ Manchester, UK. ISBN 978-0-9566419-1-5

Horton. J. And Kane. F. (2009) IFFTI World Conference proceedings ‘Encouraging a ConsciousApproach to Design within Textiles and Fashion’ LCF, London, UK.ISBN 978-0-9560382-2-7

Horton. J. And Kane. F. IFFTI (2008) World Conference proceedings ‘Planning for an ethical future in Fashion Fabrics and Accessories’ RMIT, Australia. ISBN 978-1-921426-18-6

Electro-chemical Textile Design

Digital electroplating for textiles and electro-chemical textile design. Principal Investigator in HEIF funded research projects 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 (Industry partners).