TORI HIGA
Occupation: Artist Website: www.torihiga.com and www.torihiga.blogspot.com Biography: Tori Higa started her own handmade greeting card company in 2004. Her cards have been sold to over 300 stores and boutiques including Anthropologie, Kate’s Paperie, and Urban Outfitters Europe. Her work has also been seen in the pages of InStyle, Country Home, Jane, and the “O List” of O Magazine. In addition to her handmade line, she has recently started illustrating stationery for Cardstore.com and has an exciting design collaboration in the works with a non-profit organization called International Sanctuary (where her handmade card designs will directly help survivors of human trafficking in India). She lives a happy and creative life in Southern California with her...
LORENA SIMINOVICH
Occupation: Artist Website: Lorena Siminovich & Petit Collage Biography: Lorena Siminovich (born in Buenos Aires) is a San Francisco based artist, and illustrator. She owns Petit Collage, a company offering affordable modern art for children. With a background in graphic design, and an extensive career as an art director, she became interested in design for children five years ago when she moved from Buenos Aires to New York. She then became responsible for art direction and product development for mudpuppy, an award winning company that designs toys for kids, whose products can be found in museum stores across the country. It was also in NY that she began her illustration career. Her illustrations clients include Citibank, Anthropologie, Pottery Barn,...
HOPE WALLACE
Occupation: Owner, Artist and Designer Website: Paper Relics Biography:Hope Wallace is a collage artist and designer who works out of her home studio in the outskirts of Baltimore. Hope’s designs are sold throughout the country in boutiques and on her website. Her work has been featured in several major magazines including Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion Magazine and Somerset Studio’s Legacy Magazine. She also has written articles and provided artwork for other national publications. She loves working with antique papers and images that evoke a bygone era. What do you do and how did you start? I am a collage artist and designer who runs my own online shop. I sell my own greeting card line, collage prints, ephemera and design services. I first got...
JILL BLISS
Occupation: Artist and Designer Website: portfolio and shopping Biography: jill bliss draws, sews and makes things in her studio everyday. her studio is nestled in between two majestic redwood trees and an ancient cherry tree, one hour north of san francisco. jill’s small company, blissen, collaborates with others to make beautiful, useful and thoughtful items in limited editions from reused materials. What do you do and how did you start? i draw with colored pens, and sew with various sewing machines! my favorite materials are paper and fabric, though occassionally other types of materials sneak their way into the limited edition stationery and fabric accessories i make. How old were you when you realised you wanted to do and how old were you when you...
TERA LEIGH
Occupation: Designer and Author Website: Tera Leigh Biography: Tera Leigh is the author of The Complete Book of Decorative Painting (North Light Books). She is spokesperson (and co-developer) of the Paintability line of painting products, and the Robert Simmons Sapphire brush line. She also writes columns for four painting magazines, and has had her designs published in many craft and home decor magazines. What do you do and how did you start? My first book, The Complete Book of Decorative Painting, was released in October 2001. I currently write columns for PaintWorks and Decorative Artist’s Workbook, and will be adding columns in Quick and Easy Painting and Tole World magazines. I also freelance for many other magazines. I committed myself to becoming an...
SARAH LUGG
Occupation: Artist Website: Sarah Lugg Biography: Sarah is an English artist who works in mixed media. She was brought up in the beautiful countryside in the south of England, spending her weekends and most of her holidays with her Grandparents on the Isle of Wight. These formative years of beach combing have greatly influenced Sarah’s work today. How did you begin? After graduating in graphic design she spent her early twenties working as a designer for Sir Terence Conran, then moved onto freelance work which enabled Sarah to spend more time working on her collages and paintings. It wasn’t until 1995 that Sarah became a full time artist exhibiting twice a year in New York at the Gift Fair and having gallery shows back in England. The demand for...
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