About

Hello! I am Erica. I trained and worked as a Product Designer and I have a lifelong passion for creating and making stuff.

I mostly create prints using lino but also do screen printing and collographs. As well as this, I draw designs, usually using pen and ink which I then scan in to Photoshop to create a range of gifts and homewares.

I am lucky enough to have grown up on and still live in, the Isles of Scilly, a beautiful group of islands off the Cornish coast. Everything is inspiring for an artist here, from the abundant plants and wildlife of the summer months to the dramatic storms we have in winter. Everywhere we go we can see the sea, and life revolves around the tides, the wind and the weather. 

Its remoteness is not for everyone but I love living in Scilly and feel very privileged to call this wonderful place home.

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