Interview with Patricia Dixon, textile designer and lecturer Age 32. Comes from London.

Has your career followed a set plan?
Not really! I did a degree in textile design at Loughborough University School of Art & Design and then studied for a Masters degree in Art & Design at the Birmingham Institute of Art. While I was at college I decided I wanted to work for myself and when I left it was the middle of the recession so the timing seemed right.
So you set up your own company?
How did you get involved in education?
What did you talk to the students about?
And gradually, the teaching became more important?
How do you manage to teach and to do your own work?
What do you like most about your working life?
Any advice for young people on the brink of their careers?
Lastly, do you look forward to going to work every day?

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