My Sliding Doors Moment

A few years ago, after years in creative marketing jobs, I was finding it harder to juggle life around work and my young family. I was also struggling to find time to spend on my passion and at that point hobby of graphic design. How cool would it be to have a little biz of my own selling art prints I thought?

Around the same time, I received an email from Print Club London with a call for submissions for their upcoming annual show BLISTERS. I decided the universe was talking to me - this was my sliding doors moment - and I submitted a print. 

I was so chuffed - my design was selected for the show. 

The brief & my design process

The brief was "'Way back when' - a show based on looking back and remembering the past. Grab inspiration from a past decade, iconic moment, a personal memory or a moment in time that you wish you were there."

I decided to create a typographic design that was uplifting in it's colour, form and content. I chose the memory of when my hubbie proposed (ahhh!). When he asked me I remember feeling all colours of emotions, but also it was always YES! Whilst this is obvs super personal to me, I also felt that this could be a design that others could relate to in their own lives - we've all had that YES! moment. Or maybe it could give viewers that boost of good vibes to uplift them in the morning! 

I believe that simple design can be the most impactful, so chose this simple, elegant font. I knew I wanted to show a rainbow of feelings in the colours - I started with coral as I was loving that colour (still do!) and went from there. 

 Blisters is a fully screen printed show - here are a few shots of the process:

The print was created in an edition of 50, all hand pulled and printed on 230gsm art paper. Dimensions are 500mm x 700mm. It was on sale at the show and also now is exclusively available from Print Club London. You can visit their website here.