Victoria Makin, a British textile designer and illustrator with a background in high‑street fashion, recently moved to Gibraltar and brought her richly layered silk paintings, luxury cushions, and interior artwork. With a degree in fashion textile design, her signature motif is the dahlia, a flower rooted in childhood memories on a Yorkshire farm. “Growing up, I lived on a farm, but my uncle won awards in the Yorkshire show for dahlias,” she recalled. Her career began with a strong start when her work was highlighted at London Graduate Fashion Week. Her current pieces are all hand‑illustrated, then built up in “many, many layers” on silk, with some incorporating vintage sequins sourced from London.