Gemma Burgess was selected as one of the young Graduate Designers of Texprint 2002, which aims to identify, select and launch to industry internationally the most innovative textile design graduates from British colleges. Burgess is interested in exploring new relationships and arrangements of overlaying pattern; translating paperwork onto fabric and experimenting with several different processes. These include screen printing, devore, the use of digital technology and the diverse special effects that are possible using techniques like flocking, bonding, embossing, and what happens when these techniques are combined, producing diverse tactile surface qualities.