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Isabelle "Issi" Jane Foulkes (née Craven, 1970–31 October 2001) was an Anglo-Welsh artist, textile designer and disability campaigner. She designed the Welsh fingerspelling alphabet and worked with charities including Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, and the Conwy Deaf Society.
Biography
Foulkes was born in 1970 in Worcester to Welsh parents. She was born with cystic fibrosis and became deaf as a result of medication administered for a chest infection. As a child she learnt British Sign Language (BSL).
Foulkes was educated at Bretton Hall Art College, affiliated to Leeds University, before studying a BA (Hons) degree in Art and Design and a Masters (MA) in Textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University.
She designed the Welsh fingerspelling alphabet and a colourful poster that was distributed to all schools across the six counties of north Wales. She worked with charities including Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, and the Conwy Deaf Society, and created designs for the British Deaf Association (BDA) and the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) which helped raise awareness of deaf culture. Her artwork and textiles were exhibited in Cardiff, Liverpool, London and Manchester.
Foulkes died on 31 October 2001 in Colwyn Bay, Conwy.
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