Deborah White is Lecturer in Woven and Printed Textiles and an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) doctoral researcher at the Belfast School of Art. A hand-loom damask weaver and designer of twenty-nine years. She has woven for dignitaries and institutions across the globe, including Presidents Nelson Mandela and Mary Mc Aleese, Royalty and Herteford House, home of the famous Wallace Collection. Her work has been recognised by The Heritage Crafts Association, The Theo Moorman Trust for Weavers and The Textile Society, while her PhD research has won awards from the Thomas Dammann Memorial Trust and The Irish Georgian Society's Desmond Guinness Scholarship. She has published in 'History Ireland', TEXT and The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers and has a paper due in Ocober in the 'Riggisberg Berichte', the journal of the world-leading textile museum, the Abegg-Stiftung. She is to give a paper on Irish linen damask at Kensington Palace's conference on the Georgian Court, which is designed to compliment their exhibition 'Crown to Couture'.

The Thomas Damman Jr Memorial Trust Award

Irish Georgian Society Desmond Guinness Scholarship

IAA-AHRC_WP5-2_Research Festivals 2022-23

HEA Associate Fellowship