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Ms Emma Peters

Ms Emma Peters

Lecturer

Master of Design (Hons)

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Art & Design

Emma Peters is an Education Focussed  Lecturer and PhD candidate at Art and Design, ADA, 91É«ÇéƬ, exploring circular design pathways for textiles.

Emma’s research operates at the nexus of industry and academia where practice-led, ’research through design’ methods generate new opportunities for discarded interior textiles and also aims to progress the economic benefits of circular economy systems for the bedlinen industry of Australia.

Since working as a commercial textile designer with several of Australia’s leading homeware brands, Emma has been awarded a Master of Design, published research, exhibited as a solo artist and is a founding member of the DesignForCE, a 91É«ÇéƬ research group.
E-mail
emma.peters@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2021
    Peters E, 2021, 'A Light Touch: Small-scale sourcing of ethical and sustainable wool for designer-makers', Raw Assembly Textile Sourcing Magazine, 4, pp. 132 - 134,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Peters E, 2021, 'Sleeping Soundly: Slow and Circular Bedlinen', Raw Assembly, pp. 58 - 59,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Peters EC, 2014, 'The mnemonic qualities of textiles: Sustaining lifelong attachment', craft + design enquiry, pp. 75 - 93,
  • Conference Papers | 2025
    Peters E, 2025, 'Reviving Bedlinen: User Expectations, Use-Life, and Repair Practices in Australia', in Laursen LN; Hansen AK (ed.), No. 6 (2025): Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, presented at 6th PLATE 2025 Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 02 July 2025 - 04 July 2025,
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2025
    Peters E, 2025, Resampler One, Second Look - Legacy, Australian Design Centre, 27 November 2025 - 28 February 2026, medium: Recovered bedlinen and wadding, (poly-cotton blends), polyester embroidery thread., at: https://australiandesigncentre.com/past-exhibitions-and-events/second-look-legacy/
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2024
    Peters E; Hawkins K; Hutch C; Lees C; Lockhart C; Valenti T; Wieckowski B, 2024, Collective Quilt, Threads that connect us, Gallery 76, 02 August 2024 - 27 August 2024, medium: Reused cotton bedsheets, silk organza, cotton muslin, cotton thread, titanium thread, polyester thread, synthetic ribbon, acrylic paint, at: https://embroiderersguildnsw.org.au/Gallery76past
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Peters E; Green R; Crea T; Mills E; Loo S, 2023, '!Do Something: Provoking sustainable behaviour change through collective design initiatives', in WDO Research and Education Forum Tokyo 2023 Proceedings, World Design Organization, Tokyo, pp. 142 - 148, presented at World Design Organization Research & Education Forum, Tokyo, 27 October 2023 - 29 October 2023,
    Curatorial Outputs | 2022
    Crea T; Loo S; Mills E; Peters E, 2022, !Do Something, exhibited at: 91É«ÇéƬ Library, Sydney, 12 September 2022 - 18 November 2022,
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2022
    Peters E, 2022, Segue, Second Look: Remade and reimagined textiles, Tamworth Regional Gallery, 03 December 2022 - 29 January 2023, medium: Repurposed cotton and wool
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2021
    Peters E, 2021, Above & Below, Second Look: Handmade textiles, Barometer Gallery, Paddington, 06 October 2021 - 24 October 2021, medium: Silk, copper filament, at: http://barometer.net.au/exhibitions/second-look-handmade-textiles/
    Conference Posters | 2021
    Thiele K; Wardrop J; Birzniece V; Campbell P; Crea T; Gooi C; Gribble L; Honson V; Helme-Guizon L; Kim J; Maloney C; Peters E; Mills E; Costello E, 2021, 'Connecting Threads – Enriching the EF Community', Sydney, Australia, presented at 91É«ÇéƬ Office of the PVC Education 2020 Learning and Teaching Forum, Sydney, Australia, 21 November 2021 - 21 November 2020,
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2020
    Peters E, 2020, O. scribula I & II, The Sound of Blue, Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, 11 December 2020 - 07 February 2021, medium: Silk & Wool, at: https://www.sturt.nsw.edu.au/exhibitions/special-displays
    Creative Written Works | 2015
    Peters EC; Mitchell L; Hanrahan B; Bell R, 2015, Topography of Memory, Labours of Love: Australian Quilts 1845 - 2015, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre
    Creative Works (non-textual) | 2015
    Peters EC, 2015, Topology of Memory, Labour of Love: Australian Quilts 1845 - 2015, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 08 August 2015 - 05 October 2015, medium: Wool, Silk, at: http://www.sutherlandshire.nsw.gov.au/Community/Hazelhurst/Exhibitions/Labours-of-Love-Australian-Quilts-1845-2015