Hello!
My name is Jessica,
I am an Illustrator, Textile Designer and colour obsessed. I graduated from Heriot-Watt University with a first-class Honours Degree in Design for Textiles, specialising in printing. I also studied Children’s Book Illustration at Leith School of Art. I am at my best when surrounded by mess, bits of cut out papers and colour tests. I love what I do, I am a dreamer, and I think people of all ages should play more and dream more.
Awards
Leith School of Art Children’s Book Illustration Prize - 2023
Silver Award - The Cameron Smail Library Heriot-Wat University - 2019
My final designs were used for the cushions at the library at Heriot-Watt University in the Edinburgh Campus.The Worshipful Company of Dyers of the City of London Award - 2018
Most promising use of colour across printed and constructed collection.
Clients
Patisserie Valerie
Super Power Agency - Creative writing for children in Scotland
Some curious things about me…
What I love about design
Colour, drawing, playing with scale and problem-solving. I know my life is going well if I have a project to dissect and solve.
Things that make me a better person
Mindfulness meditation, yoga, sketching outdoors, playing with colour.
(eating crisps!)
Things I wished I discovered earlier
South Korean dramas.
Things I am learning about life
Life is too short, you need to go for it! And being kind is not a weakness.