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...
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...
ANNA MARIA HORNER
Occupation: Artist and Designer Website: Anna Maria Horner and Anna Maria Horner Blog Biography: I am a mother of five, wife to one and designer of many many things! My career in design started as a clothing designer and has slowly worked itself into designing just about everything else. I’ve had many interesting stops along the way in my artistic path which include gallery shows of paintings, a line of handbags, a line of handpainted bowls and then theres the mothering, which is truly an art form. I currently work with many companies to form related collections of product all based on my artwork. What do you do and how did you start? I am an artist and designer working in the gift, home and textile industries. My first line of work was for my own clothing...
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...
PAMELA BARSKY
Occupation: Designer Website: Pamela Barsky Biography: pamela barsky is designer known mostly for her creative take on journals and photo albums. a big believer in letting ADD work for her, she tried her hand at many endeavors before settling on manufacturing products of her own design. in her 20′s, she flirted briefly with life as a ski bum, but gave it up for the glamour of writing cereal box side copy. her time spent owning a gift shop that catered to Hollywood’s most creative led her to start designing and she hasn’t looked back. After stints in Chicago, New York, Detroit, and Evansville, Indiana, Pamela now calls los angeles home. she lives in a tiny spanish turned modern house with her husband, steve and her dog, radish. What do you do and...
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