Emily Reader

Emily Reader

IllustratorUnited Kingdom
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Emily Reader

Emily Reader

IllustratorUnited Kingdom
About me
Freelance creative, jewelry maker, fabric designer and illustrator. Graduate of Brighton University studying Textiles for Fashion with Business Studies. Recently returned to UK after 6 years designing & working in children's art education sector in Tokyo. Strong affinity for sustainability and veganism. Currently seeking exciting collaborations with likeminded individuals and for new freelance opportunities!
Work history
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    Creative Pre School TeacherZoo Phonics
     - Tokyo, JapanFull Time
    Worked in a Japanese run pre school faced me with a wide range of challenges - both adapting to the vastly different working conditions & high expectations of the Japanese system - and fully throwing myself into learning so many skills to allow me to be super competent looking after children of a very young age (2-4). Every week creativity was needed to incorporate valuable skills into activities and create crafts ensure every child's individual needs were catered for. I learnt crucial skills needed to work successfully with co workers from very different outlooks and backgrounds in life & gained a high level of endurance to deal with emotional issues from some children.
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    Illustrator / Visual Brander / Work Shop Creator / Art TeacherClarence Education
     - Tokyo, JapanFull Time
    Created all content for new arts school in central Tokyo designing all in house teaching materials, wall decorations, school bus, fabric for school bags, advertisements, posters and games. I also led art classes and a number of arts workshops with Farrow & Ball & various other creatives. I assisted with school tours and training. I remain working for them Freelance from UK.
Skills
  • Print Design
  • Design
  • Textile Design
  • Photoshop
  • Illustration
  • Sewing
Education
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    Art FoundationStourbridge College of Art
     - Stourbridge, United Kingdom
    A year long course, testing out the many fields of art and design before I specialised in Textiles. I was required to use maximum creativity and created so many exciting things throughout the course, and learnt so many skills! From creating a hat out of an old lampshade while trying out Sculpture through to drawing using a sewing machine and gaining a strong grasp of colour while doing the painting rotation, this year allowed me to develop my creative skills as something much more rounded and open, it was so easy to see the crossovers between every field of design.
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    Textiles for Fashion with Business StudiesThe University of Brighton
     - Brighton, United Kingdom
    A four year course including a year in industry during which I acquired a number of internships with small individual designers which gave great insight into the diversity of the creative scene. I specialised in Print Design, and my work was very centred on strong attention to detail. The central focus of my final collection was on a sugar coated fairytale `kawaii` world of strange creatures and dolls, and I did this through a series of incredibly intricate drawings which formed my own fairytale storybook, and then a series of both digital and screen prints. Many designs were then intricately beaded and embroidered into. Throughout this course I had initial weeks of training in both knit & weave and then once in print learnt all aspects from dyeing, to various print techniques (discharge/heat press etc), and how to create exact colours. All aspects of screen printing and dyeing were covered and explored to a high level. I really developed my Photoshop skills through digital works as well, and feel I have a very strong grounding CAD and creation of things such as repeat patterns, layouts and a strong grasp of visualising prints as garments and accessories. I also made a collection of garments and collars and self created everything from the branding, to organising a model and photographing my final collection. In the final stages I was also involved in the building and presenting of my collection in the form of two exhibitions, one in London and one in Brighton.