Rachel Drake

Rachel lives in Glasgow. She studied Embroidered & Woven Textiles at Glasgow School of Art. She became a freelance textile designer before returning to Glasgow to teach in the School of Art textiles department. She left in 2007 to pursue a career as an artist. She often combines her love of textiles with painting.

In 2000 she was commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland to collaborate on the reproduction Margaret MacDonald textile panels in the Hill House, Helensburgh. She has also exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and had a watercolour exhibited at the Scottish Portrait Awards.