Lesley MillarLesley Millar is Professor of Textile Culture and Director of The International Textile Research Centre at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She has been responsible for many international touring textile exhibitions, particularly featring artists from Japan and the UK. She has contributed to many publications most recently Surface Tensions (2013) and Outside: Activating Cloth to enhance the way we live (2014). In 2008 she received the Japan Society Award for significant contribution to Anglo-Japanese relationships and in 2011 was appointed MBE for her contribution to Higher Education. Read More Read Less