About me

Hi, I'm a director at Paper Rhino, a creative co-op specialising in illustration, animation, typography, design and arts-based learning, based in Peterborough UK.

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Projects

• Living newspaperPowerful, community produced zine, bringing the vision of Hull's HU3 community to life. Every feature within the paper is the result of, or the starting point for action, empowering local people to see, imagine and act.
• Risograph artwork
• Watercolour brandingWe loved putting together this watercolour branding for Landmark Theatres. Especially since two of their theatres are right here in our home city, Peterborough. Here’s a look at how the brand progressed from paper to final guidelines.
• Illustratated map wall graphicsLarge illustrated map with accompanying wildlife for the entrance to the main visitor centre at Nene Park Peterborough. The map helps people find their way around and features interesting facts about wildlife that can be spotted in the park.
• Community Farm brandingWe created distinctive artwork, branding and assets so that The Kindling Trust could raise over £100,000 to transform a 77-acre farm into a large-scale community-owned agroforestry project, using sustainable farm practices to produce healthy and organic food for all.
• Festival brandingHand painted map and promotional graphics for Peterborough Presents Millfield Festival. Loads of fun events including workshops, exhibitions and so much more!

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  City College MuralMy Co-Op partners and I worked together to create this mural for a local college. We started by holding a workshop with the students to get them inspired to create art in response to their experience during lockdown. The next step was to digitise their illustrations and create repeating patterns to fill the bespoke typography that we created. The type was modified to be interlocked and better represent the theme.

Work history

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DirectorPaper Rhino
Jan 2011Peterborough, United KingdomPart Time
I am an artist and highly skilled creative illustrator. My years as a magazine art editor have made me a swift, meticulous and much sought-after designer. I am passionate about social change and co-founded Peterborough’s only workers’ co-op Paper Rhino so that I could use my skills to promote ethical ways of working. Through my own practice I strive to gain creative opportunities for women and other marginalised genders, making their work more visible.
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Senior DesignerThe Royal Horticultural Society
Mar 2006 - Jan 2011Peterborough, United KingdomFull Time
As Senior Designer at the RHS, I managed RHS design output including posters, banners and leaflets but my main role was creating The Garden, the monthly magazine for members of the RHS. I was privileged to work with a first-class editorial team, art-directing photography, crafting content and managing deadlines. Before leaving I completed a successful redesign of The Garden, creating a more practical, inspirational and feminine magazine which is easier to navigate and encourages an interactive relationship between the RHS and it’s members.

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Skills

• Illustration
• Art
• Design
• Editorial Design
• Mural Art
• Risograph Printing
• Branding
• Branding Design
• Promotional Design
• Typography

Education

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BA (Hons) Visual Arts and CultureUniversity of Salford
Sep 1997Salford, United Kingdom
A distinctive, contemporary, fine art course promoting an informed approach where theory integrates with practice.