About me

Artist / Designer living in the East Midlands running my own business - Rach Appleby Art. Specialising in landscape paintings, lino prints and greetings card design.

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Projects

• RACH APPLEBY ARTI officially started my own business in November 2020 but had been building up towards it since summer 2020. Rach Appleby Art is the embodiment of everything I love to do! I create landscape paintings and lino prints often inspired by the Norfolk coast where I grew up. I also do commission pieces as well as cards and gifts too and I am always expanding the range of products I offer. I feel completely lucky to be able to try and make a career from selling my artwork and I am always up for a cha
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  PORTFOLIO - Rachel ApplebyA selection of work from designs produced at University, my print design internship at Prominent Europe and also some recent artworks showing my versatility as a designer/artist.
• Cool Earth T-shirt Illustration CompetitionIn August I entered Cool Earths Illustration competition with this simple single colour design. The brief was to create a design with a clear message that would be sold to raise funds to protect rainforests. I was shortlisted out of 600 entries and eventually gained the most public votes becoming 1 of 5 winners!! My design will now be featured on a sustainable range of T-shirts, tote bags and prints! 75% of profits will go towards Cool Earths rainforest conservation work helping their mission

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Work history

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ArtistRach Appleby Art
Apr 2020Nottingham, United KingdomFreelance
Founder of Rach Appleby Art - Open to freelance work - Open to commissions
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Junior DesignerClintons
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020Corby, United KingdomFull Time
- Developing existing concepts (cards, stationary, giftwrap) and coming up with new ideas - Trend research and own developmental work - Working across different design styles (modern, traditional, character etc.) And creating physical mock ups - Understanding use of embellishments/finishes to products (value for money)

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Skills

• Hand Drawing
• Lino Printing
• Painting
• Screen Printing
• Adobe Photoshop
• Basic Indesign
• Microsoft Office
• Printmaking

Education

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BA (Hons) Textile Design Nottingham Trent University
Sep 2015Nottingham, United Kingdom
Final year at Nottingham Trent studying Textile Design specialising in printed textiles
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A-LevelPaston College
Sep 2013 - Jun 2015North Walsham, UK
A Levels in: Art (A) Textiles (B) Photography (B) AS Level in History

Awards

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Cool Earth Illustration Competition WinnerCool Earth
Winner of Cool Earths T-shirt Illustration competition 2020. Design raising awareness about climate change and deforestation.
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Live Project Group CommendationRomo Fabrics and Black Edition
Commendation from the Company Romo for our group project work

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