ROCWORX®️

Rachel O’Connell is a multi-media marbling artist and an educator, with over 30 years marbling experience. She trained in leatherwork for upholstery and began marbling on leather over 15 years ago.

Rachel marbles on paper, wood and natural textiles, combining heritage skills with a contemporary design aesthetic, to create marbled textile art for home decor, stationery and wearable art.  Made in small batches, with larger items made to order, she also has a sustainable circular design range of jewellery and accessories, created from repurposed theatrical textiles received from the Royal Ballet and Opera.

Rachel launched her sustainable brand, ROCWORX® in 2021 and has exhibited and sold work in Manchester Art Gallery, Dulwich Picture Gallery, The British Museum, Weald and Downland Living Museum, Brantwood Museum and MAKE Southwest.

She exhibits regularly. In 2024 Rachel exhibited a Suminagashi ink double marbled lined silk kimono in John Ruskin’s Studio in Brantwood Museum, Coniston, Cumbria.  In the Autumn, she will have a guest maker’s showcase at MAKE Southwest, Devon.

Rachel tutors marbling and leatherwork across the UK in schools, community groups, museums and galleries.  She is a tutor with West Dean College, for Arts Council’s National Saturday Club and with the charity, The Creative Dimension Trust. She also demonstrates with Heritage Crafts, at Craft Festival and at Weald and Downland Living Museum.

Rachel is a proud member of:
ACID ・Blue Patch・Crafts Council ・Devon Artist Network・Find-a-Maker, Craft Festival・Heritage Crafts ・MAKE Southwest ・Leather UK ・Society of Bookbinders