Esther Draycott is an SGSAH funded PhD candidate working within GSA’s School of Design. She recently completed an MLitt in Art Writing at GSA, after graduating from University College London with a BA in History. She is interested in creative and critical forms of historical narrative.

Mhari McMullan is a textile designer, researcher and consultant whose work stems from a preoccupation with pattern. She works across exhibitions, retail and education in craft and design. Mhari graduated from Central St Martins in 2003 and relocated to Glasgow in 2007, where she opened Welcome Home in 2009. She is co-curator of Early Learning and she was also a founding director of Collect Scotland.