We Make London: illustrations

Nov 26, 2010

All Cats Are Grey Prints Designer Feature:

About All Cats Are Grey Prints:

All Cats are Grey Prints is Delphine Parot & Ovannak You.

Delphine graduated from London College of Communication in 2008 where she studied Surface

Design.

Ovannak also graduated from LCC. She studied Interior Design but realized she had more interest in printmaking & completed a certificate in Digital Surface Design after her BA.

The idea of working together came straight after graduating but it took them 2 years to make All Cats are Grey become a reality.

They are now using their printmaking skills to print for other designers. They worked on various

projects such as t-shirts for Secousse/Puma or tables cloths for Amandine Alessandra /Selfridges.

They also print and design their own products, which include posters, cards and many other things...

Inspirations:

Ovannak likes hand drawn illustrations, vintage & washed looks where Delphine likes geometric

shapes, collages and bold designs.

Charley Harper, Miró, Sanna Annukka, Geoff McFetridge, Russian Constructivism and Vienna

Secession mainly inspire them.

Best Sellers:

Poster “Aux Yeux du Monde” ( To the eyes of the world )

Poster “ Sami fishing girl”

Those our best sellers so far, we sold them as posters & cards

We Make Christmas:

At the Christmas fair, they will be selling posters, seasonal greeting cards and 2011 calendars.

They will also sell hand dyed and printed silk scarves, snoods and tote bags.

Everything will be screen-printed and gift-wrapped.

They may have a surprise lucky dip box filled with posters, cards, t-shirts, bags …

Websites:

www.allcatsaregreyprints.com

http://allcatsaregreyprints.blogspot.com/

Find Us on Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/All-Cats-Are-Grey-Prints/108070795895646?ref=ts

Nov 12, 2010

Emma Lewis Designer Feature:

About Emma Lewis:

I am an illustrator/cat lover living and working in East London. I studied Illustration at Camberwell College of Art and University College Falmouth down in lovely Cornwall. As well as drawing I like retro picture books (especially ones from France, Scandinavia or Eastern Europe), old bicycles, bears, cats, walks along the coast and knitwear….some of these things have been known to feature in my work. My illustrations are quite colourful and playful. I really love using a variety of mark making in inks, pastels, pencils and print to create my characters and patterns.

Inspirations:

I am inspired by a whole host of imagery from the likes of Hundertwasser and Frida Kahlo to Marc Boutavant and Beatrice Alemagna, but often my ideas come from silly everyday things you don’t even think about like the shape of a cloud or just a colour combination that sticks in your head. I love anything where you can see the craftsmanship is visible.

Best Sellers:

Since I have only just graduated, We Make Christmas is my first opportunity I’ve had to sell my work, which I am excited about, so no ‘best sellers’ yet. But I put these oranges on my business cards this summer and everyone seemed to like them.

We Make Christmas:

I will of course be selling Christmas cards and wrapping paper, along digital and original prints, tote bags, post and note cards, hand bound zines and maybe some handmade bunting.