Rachel Stowe began her training at Herefordshire Art College and completed a HND in Textiles and Fashion. In 1997 she started her own business where she produces unique hand painted and printed silk and velvet accessories, experimenting with various techniques including devore, dye reduction, wax resist, screen printing and hand painting. She gained an MA in 2001 at Birmingham University in Textiles and followed that with a Cert Ed in 2006.

Rachel Stowe is constantly developing her work which is widely exhibited through galleries and the Guild of Gloucestershire Craftsman, The Worcestershire Guild of Designer Craftsmen and more recently the Cornwall Craft association.