Introducing...Lorna Scobie

Lorna is a London based illustrator, fresh out of university with a head bulging full of cheeky characters and obscure stories. Her work often features animals, and she creates them using gestural marks and more often than not, various printmaking methods. Lorna has been selected by London Print Studio for their Graduate Award, and she is very excited about sinking her teeth into it –There are definitely a lot more creatures still scratching to get out, and she can't wait to get them on to paper!

We just adore Lorna's fresh and vibrant animal characters and can't wait to set our eyes on the new screen print she's created especially for The Call of the Wild.
http://www.lornascobie.com
http://lornascobieillustration.blogspot.co.uk

Introducing...Laura Hughes

Originally from Bath Laura now lives in East London with her cat. Since graduating from Kingston University in 2005 she has worked for a variety of UK and international clients and her work has been featured in books and on cards, advent calendars, gift wrap, stationery, soft furnishings and packaging. She is currently working on her 4th children's book.

http://laurahughes-illustrator.blogspot.co.uk/

New addition...Jemma Bell

Jemma is a textile designer/graphic designer who likes to dabble in a little illustration and arty business too. 

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, she now lives and works in London as a freelance designer. 

Jemma loves geometric shapes, bright watercolour and stringy cheese. 

We love Jemma's clean geometric shapes and delicate patterns and think she'll bring something new and unique to the show.  

http://shelovestodraw.blogspot.co.uk/

Introducing...Katriona Chapman

Katriona is a London-based illustrator who loves to create illustrations that tell stories. She has 6 years’ experience working with clients around the world including Oxford University Press, Compass Media, HarperCollins Big Cat and Hinkler Books. She works with both traditional media and digital techniques, and especially loves drawing in pencil. She enjoys illustrating both human and animal characters, and almost all of her work is inspired in some way by the natural world. 

In her spare time Katriona also publishes her own illustrated small-press books, under the name of 'Tomatito Press.' She specialises in handmade editions that she binds herself, and her books have been stocked in many independent book shops around the UK including Bookartbookshop, John Sandoe Books and Gosh Comics. More information can be found at www.katrionachapman.com/TomatitoPress. 
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We are madly in love with Katriona's foxes and so we're really pleased that she'll have copies of her beautiful handmade book 'Brockley Foxtrot' avaliable to buy at the show.

See more of Katriona's work here:
http://katrionachapman.com/

Introducing...Jill Tytherleigh

I graduated from Kingston University in 2005 with a degree in Illustration. Since graduating as well as commercial editorial commissions, I have explored other avenues for exposure of my work one of which is through my Designer/Maker name Jilltydrawings. Here I have developed a range of British vintage inspired goods that have been screenprinted by hand. I make prints and homewares which I sell online and at various festivals and designer/maker craft markets. I am featured designer in the book ‘Inspired:London’ a guide to the hidden treasure trove of British design talent in London. Recent fairs have been at the annual Mayor London’s Thames festival, Lollibop children’s festival and the official Thames Jubilee Pageant festival.

Much of my work is realistic and decorative with handrawn typographic influences. As well as translating my designs onto products, I have been lucky enough to extend into surface pattern design and have worked on prestigious commissions with Arerchitects Studio Weave. Their design for a floating cinema canal boat introduced illustration as a means of surface design on a ‘puff’ roof structure that was a prominent feature of the boat. Furthermore, I was also invited to illustrate the windows on a kebab shop as part of a regeneration project of Willesden High street. The windows are still in use by the owners today.

http://jilltytherleigh.com/index.htm
http://www.etsy.com/shop/jilltydrawings

Introducing...Ekaterina Trukhan

Ekaterina Trukhan is an illustrator based in London, UK. Originally from Russia, she moved to the UK to study Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts. After graduation she works on a broad range of projects, from children's books to editorial illustration and greeting cards. Her debut picture book ME AND MY CAT was published by Macmillan last year and her second book PATRICK WANTS A DOG! is coming out in April. 

Ekaterina is inspired by mid-century children's books, films, scenes of everyday life and long walks in the parks.

http://www.ekaterinatrukhan.com/

http://www.ekaterinatrukhan.blogspot.co.uk/

Introducing...Jenni Desmond

Jenni is an illustrator, artist and picture book maker, working from a rattling railway arch studio in South London. Her first picture book 'Red Cat Blue Cat' was published in September 2012. She is now working on more books, as well as cards, textile designs, and other things that sometimes fall out of her head. She has previously exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and the Affordable Arts Fair, London.  

See more of Jenni's fantastic, quirky work on her website http://jennidesmond.com/