2024 Archive

Alice is an Illustrator who works in the digital medium. Her works focuses on character creation. Alice’s goal is to create funny and unique characters that people can relate too. In her current project she is focusing on concepting characters for a Fantasy, post-apocalyptic dating simulator (Type of game).  

Faith Stacey is an illustrator who explores Wabi-Sabi, and ideas associated with imperfection in her practice. The focus for this body of work is on flowers and how, through drawing their beauty and transience is captured. Through the process of making these drawings, she has embraced material imperfections .

Grace Rowley-Evans is a traditional illustrator who’s interest in the ‘mundane’ fuels her work. Primarily, Grace works in acrylic paint but has expanded the materials she works in now building her ‘mundane’ responses in fabric and clay too. Still, her work keeps her distinctive painterly style at the forefront.

Kiah Sinnott is an artist and photographer who lives and works in North-east England. She is interested primarily in landscapes and works across digital and film. Her current project documents her hometown and the stereotypes associated with it. Other areas of interest are portraiture and she seeks to work within a marketing environment.

Igor Fajnicki is an illustrator who mostly works traditionally.

His distinct style is distinguished by creating characters, narratives and self-portraits which reflect on his own self-identity and emotions that are simultaneously chaotic and cohesive.

Recently he has been working on creating collages, featuring a blend of vintage and modern elements.

Kayleigh Wood is an Illustrator; her practice consists of creating work through a perception to show a comforting illusion of cosiness of local cafés. Balancing a mixed combination of documentation and reportage drawing. She explores the representation of people and café culture using colouring pencils.

Max Lennon is an Illustrator whose work explores the absurdity of life through offbeat satire. This work follows God in the form of a Cat/Radio host, answering the question: What if God also had no answers? As they interview a mix of characters, each more bizarre than the last.

Megan Freeman is an illustrator who prefers to work traditionally using mediums such as pen and ink, watercolour. Her current practice is rooted in folktale stories about animals and other creatures. The macabre illustrations she creates are intended for a collection of products encompassing the collectable and wearable.

Rachel Davies is a documentary style photographer, interested in capturing people in the moment. She has gained her experience through photographing weddings, christenings, and various social events. This project follows a documentary style and captures her Grandad’s everyday life through a series of images. 

Natalie Smith is an aspiring children’s book illustrator from Cheshire, with a flair for creating whimsical characters and stories. ‘Quincy’s Big Adventure’ integrates Natalie’s love of the countryside and British wildlife into her work, particularly her fondness of horses.