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

Has your career followed a set plan?
So you set up your own company?
Yes, Patricia Dixon Associates, a small textile print business supplying department stores, galleries and shops with things like hand-printed silk scarves, ties and waistcoats as well working on one-off commissions. We - I used a team of outworkers - also designed and produced corporate giftware for companies and then we did some TV production work on things like banners and props.
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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