BLUEPRINT cal illustrations), cookie tins (WalMart), rubber stamps to photo albums/boxes (Target), gift bags and more. In addition to licensing/selling her art, she has several product lines, including Doornaments, a line of wall decals, Dog Art T-Shirts, handmade wood necklaces, signs, art prints and more which can be found on Etsy, Amazon and at www.mariannixon.com. . Liz O’Brien is an experienced product designer and watercolor artist working under the studio name of Margaux & Izzy. Her stunning collections are created for multiple markets and carry a unique signature style that combines fresh color palettes with a proven salable watercolor hand. Her art styles can range from whimsical to sophisticated and traditional to modern and sometimes a nice balance in between. Her motifs have been licensed in home decor, housewares, baby products, textiles, gift and stationery. Commissions are welcome. . Marsha Rollinger, aka Equinox Art & Design, a Renton, Washington based studio founded by designer and illustrator Marsha Rollinger, is excited to be exhibiting at Blue Print again in 2019!
orchards, open fields and woodlands surrounding her home. She is excited to bring a fresh portfolio of designs to Blueprint New York this year, suitable for Holiday products, stationery, home decor and textiles. Melissa Hyatt is a Long Island NY based watercolor artist and surface pattern designer with over 25 years’ experience in textiles and design. She loves to create and paint in her sunlit and her art can be found on products including greeting cards, wall art, apparel and textiles. She will debut her Down East Buoy Collection this year at Blueprint. The design features primary colored buoys, hand painted in watercolor. A mini blue anchor design creates a crisp nautical coordinate.
Finding inspiration everywhere, Marsha’s designs range from sophisticated and textural to playful and whimsical. Many new designs will be debuted at Blue Print this year, with artwork available for licensing or purchase. Melissa Hill works as an exhibiting artist and graphic designer in her studio nestled in the rural heart of England. After over a decade in product and fashion accessory design working with French and Italian companies, she has concentrated since 2017 on producing commercial illustration, hand lettering, and pattern design for license. Her work draws inspiration from the seasonal change in the foliage and flowers as well as the abundance of birds she sees in the
This year Melissa has included some of her hand painted original designs in her portfolio. There will be Holiday and Christmas designs inspired by her love of nature featuring Cardinals, and a Winter Woodland theme. Michele Norris is a professional artist and designer working from her studio in Northern Virginia. Michele’s 20 years of experience as a fine artist complements her graphic design and art
direction background. She uses both hand-painted and digital techniques to create her colorful holiday, floral and everyday patterns and illustrations. Her portfolio showcases a wide range of fresh imagery suitable for greeting cards, stationery, textiles, paper goods and home decor. Founded in 2016 by Marta Cortese and Anna D’Andrea, nerodiseppia is a creative studio based in Turin, Italy. Specialised in surface design, the studio creates and develops a great variety of art projects. Nerodiseppia’s designs are characterised by a unique style inspired by Italian art,
history and craftsman culture and embody the personal expression of the artists. All the designs originate from a handmade drawing, involving the exploration of different techniques and conferring to each design an individual character. Creative imagination and aesthetic awareness merge into each other, giving rise to unique, inspirational artworks. Never Forget Yvette is based in the UK and represents 30 designers each with a unique hand and the work is separated into folders that are easy to view for the customer. The studio is run by Yvette Tinworth who has been in the
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