I’ve been adoring being able to decorate our flat and I felt that my desk space was becoming too cramped - so it was time for a makeover!
Its been over a year since we were able to see my partner’s parents who relocated to Portugal. In September we were finally able to see them. I took some clips and made it into a video to capture the beauty of Algarve.
A vlog style video of just a nice day out exploring London & finishing off with an illustration I attempt to animate
A travel diary of my holiday away sailing in Greece (my first time!) around the Ionian Islands. 2 weeks, 10 people & 1 boat. We hired the ship with a local Greek charterer and thanks to the planning and immense skill of my boyfriend, Justus, with sailing experience and a skipper's lincense, this trip was made possible.
Crossing over my love of illustration and design, I decided to make a little project of completely customising my new phone - the Samsung Galaxy S21 in pink. This is my first phone upgrade in around 5 years and I wanted to do something creative with my new piece of tech and really make it my own. I discovered the glorious customization possibilites of Android phones and this is what I ended up doing.
I put together a video on the process for designing the packaging elements for my t-shirt release. I love the branding component of design and as a small business, I wanted to make sure my customers received something that felt special to them.
I finally pursued my goal of producing my own t-shirts with a front embroidery & back graphic print. This design was based off of my best-selling Appa print on my Etsy store.
I was contacted by a food company Taster, asking if I was available for commission to design a flyer for their Vietnamese takeout branch. This flyer would be included with every order and would encourage the buyer to leave a Google review. These flyers would be distributed across London and Paris.
In January, a friend and I firmly vowed to one another that we would do our own mini weekend getaway together. We had quite a lot of flexibility on when we could travel so the big question was: where? I’d had Norway on my travel list for a while and, despite having grown up partially in Copenhagen which is only a short distance away, I’d never managed to visit the country. I was initially deterred because of how much Scandinanvia usually costs as a tourist, but after looking at both hotels and flights for off-peak March, we were sold.
A last minute drive to Germany for the weekend led us to Bruges. I love how easy it is for us to be able to jump into the car and drive to a completely different country with a completely culture, all in a matter of hours. We arrived in the city on Friday evening, as the sun was setting, to then grab a delicious dinner of fondue and red wine and squeeze in a wander of the streets by night. We got up fairly early on Saturday morning in order to make the most of the little time we had left in the city before having to leave it at 11:30am! We were greeted to morning sunlight casting warm hues across the picturesque buildings.
Our four day getaway to Malta was fairly unexpected as visiting the country had never been in my sights until recently. We happened to be flying to and from Munich airport because of a family wedding in Austria, so we decided to pick a place that the airport flew to, to tag on a little holiday onto our trip.
Situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea and inhabited since prehistoric times, the rock-cut ‘rose city’ was the capital of the Nabatean Empire from around the 1st Century BC. During the Roman times it became a major trade centre for the incense of Arabia, the silks of China and the spices of India, a crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria. Petra is half-built, half-carved into this vibrant red sandstone and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges.
A little behind the scenes looks at the photo shoot behind my t-shirt campaign
Amsterdam is one of the most popular cities in Europe and has been on my list of travel destinations for a while. With a short 50 minute flight from London Gatwick, it seemed like a perfect mini break to squeeze into a weekend.
Spending a lot of time finding and admiring artwork online, inspiration from digital artists plays a massive role in my own work. As a creative trying to navigate through my own artistic journey and finding a 'style' which I feel best transports the messages I want to communicate, I take influence from artists whose techniques tell the stories I also want to convey.
I’ve wanted to go to Japan ever since I was a little girl. This year, that dream was finally fulfilled. Cherry blossom season starts from the end of March to early April and there is only a short period where you can find the flowers in full bloom. It was always my wish of visiting the country at the height of the season and I’m thankful to say that I definitely hit the mark; as my wonderfully pastel pink photos show. For two whole weeks, I was able to immerse myself in Japanese culture and spend time relaxing on the other side of the world – a much needed escape from reality, where I could go off grid for a little and be present in my surroundings.
My first ever Christmas away from home was spent in a country shrouded in white. The snow covered mountainous land of Tirol, West Austria, had views made for fairy tales. What’s even more enchanting is the home I stayed in, situated in a tiny rural town where my boyfriend’s family has grown up for several generations. A place full of tradition and history, its a home filled with so much love; not only by the people that occupied it but by the detail put into the decor.
It feels like Summer flew by in the blink of an eye. The adventures that felt like only a month ago are now just a collection of memories, captured by hazy photos. With a couple of suitcases and a car, me and my boyfriend went on our own little expedition through his home country of Austria. We started in the lush and mountainous Tirol, where he is native, and traveled all the way through to Vienna until we went North up to Berlin, where his family lives.
As an artist, I think its important to reflect on just have far you’ve come. I can’t count the number of days where I have sat in front of my computer, questioning my own talent as I scroll through vast amounts of beautiful works by other, perceptively better, artists. Its so easy to fall into a limbo of self-doubt and insecurity when putting yourself against people you find online – a problem for anyone, not just artists.