"Working with museum collections, I am dedicated to untapping authentic and overlooked stories from objects and improving their accessibility to wider audiences.
Trained as a Design Historian, I indulge diverse research interests which span from the material culture of folk practices, magic and textiles".
Hattie was raised in numinous Wiltshire, where the landscape is interrupted by ancient mystery and history everywhere. In 2018 she attended the foundation course in Art and Design at Kingston School of Art. Specialising in Fashion Design, she developed a profound and insatiable interest in visual research and narrative, and received a distinction grade.
In 2021 she graduated with a first class honours Bachelor's degree in Costume for Performance from London College of Fashion with specialist skills in design and technical making skills. She developed innovative design outcomes, made up of augmented reality and bespoke craftsmanship, critically commenting on the historical persecution of women as witches. Her work sought to bridge the past to the future with a hybrid of shoddy, decaying and digital textures.
Turning to academia, Hattie developed skills in critical thinking and multidisciplinary research at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum studying History of Design. She gained a distinction for her thesis, 'Myth, Mystery and Modernity: Ritual Deposition and Displacement at Sancreed Holy Well' .
She is now embarking upon a career in museums. Her career aim is to reshape historical narratives to wide audiences using objects to uncover public histories as well as shine new perspectives on traditional and conventional historical accounts.