Amber Lily is a contemporary textile artist from Greater Manchester whose practice centres on colour, texture, and mark-making, creating abstract works rooted in everyday experience. She draws inspiration from often-overlooked details such as litter, graffiti, scuffed surfaces, and urban plant life, translating these observations into layered textile compositions.
Sustainability is central to her practice. She works primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, including discarded clothing, domestic textiles, offcuts, and salvaged materials such as car airbags. These materials carry traces of previous use that become integral to each piece, connecting material, process, and environment.
Her approach is experimental and intuitive, combining dyeing, printmaking, collage, and free-motion embroidery. Techniques such as screen printing, gelli plate printing, and quilting are layered through a process guided by colour, rhythm, and proportion.
Amber creates wall hangings, framed works, and sculptural textiles that reinterpret quilting through a contemporary lens. Alongside her practice, she runs workshops that encourage creative confidence and accessibility.
Her work invites closer attention to the everyday, offering material-led pieces that reflect place, process, and lived experience
