About me

✸ Manchester-based artist + designer with a focus on food, community and environments ✸ Content and Resource Developer at Royal Horticultural Society (Communities) ✸ Contributing writer for MOLD Magazine ✸ Founder, editor and designer of FILLER, a self-published food and mental health magazine, now on its sixth issue.

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Projects

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  Wholegood newspaper zineNewspaper zine designed for organic food wholesaler Wholegood, to promote their focus on seasonal, organic produce and independent brands. Featuring an interview conducted by myself with Lillie O'Brien of London Borough of Jam.
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  Salute to PukeBook design for Salute to Puke, published by Bompas & Parr Editions. A5 soft back book with spot UV cover. Featuring words and photography by Sam Bompas.
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  Common FieldsThe title of this project takes its name from arable land used for crop growing, as well as research into brownfield or ex-industrial sites around Manchester, and how they can be re-purposed for community use. A common is also defined as a piece of open land for public use, or a similarity shared by several groups, people or things. The similarity in this case, is a need (a right) to open green space, engagement with nature, and to fix the broken systems that determine how we source, consume and
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  Eight out of TenEight out of Ten is a risograph printed art book to document my late grandfather’s recipes and handwriting, collected from his cookbooks used when he was in the Army Catering Corps. Edition of 10 with hand-embossed cover and coil-bound.
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  Cooking for Christmas32 page A5 recipe zine designed for food writer Bre Graham, featuring festive classics and contemporary favourites. All proceeds go to Refuge, supporting women and children affected by domestic violence.
• SALT OF THE EARTHCollaborative zine project launched to raise funds for Trussell Trust food banks during the COVID-19 pandemic. ​ In March 2020 an open call was put out across social media asking for artistic and written submissions based around the theme of "food and care" - four days later I had a 24-page zine full of work from 15 contributors, including low-cost recipes, poetry and prose, illustration and design. ​ The second volume of SALT OF THE EARTH was released a month later, with 14 new contributions.

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Work history

Content and Resource DeveloperRoyal Horticultural Society
Dec 2022Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
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Contributing WriterMOLD
Feb 2021New York, United StatesFreelance
http://thisismold.com/author/hollyelizatemple

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Skills

• Design
• Visual Communication
• Writing
• Art Direction
• Branding
• Print Publications
• Book Arts
• Typesetting

Education

MA Design: Graphic Design and Art DirectionManchester School of Art
Sep 2019 - Aug 2021Manchester, United Kingdom
Distinction
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Ba (Hons) Fashion Communication with Business StudiesUniversity of Brighton
Sep 2015 - Jul 2018Brighton, United Kingdom
Second Class Honours (Upper Division), specialising in imaging and graphic design.

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Awards

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Santander Start-up GrantUniversity of Brighton
Recipient of Santander Start-up Grant for FILLER, in partnership with University of Brighton.