ABOUT ME
Hello! I’m Nicola Rowe, a surface pattern designer based in Shropshire, UK. I’m so glad you’re here!
I have always had a deep love of nature and the surrounding countryside where I spent many days as a child climbing trees, studying wild flowers or collecting leaves and this informs many of my pattern designs now. I love to infuse fresh, bright colours into my designs as this reminds me of the happiness I felt of being a child free to explore.
You’ll often find me walking through my nearby countryside taking copious amounts of photographs of interesting fauna and colours as inspiration for later creations.
My Path to Surface Pattern Design
My path to surface pattern design is long and winding. I’ve always been creative and dabbled in many hobbies in my 20’s such as fine art, jewellery making, greeting cards and decoupage. It wasn’t until after having my son in 2014, that I found the world of pattern design. I studied many online courses and didn’t even know pattern design was a ‘thing’ that you could do as a job. That’s how little I knew at the time!
I learned all about surface pattern design during Covid and now license many of my designs on print on demand sites like Spoonflower, Redbubble and Woven Monkey. I have a past career as a Hairstylist so my knowledge of colour gained here has helped me enormously in creating colour palettes now. Who’d have thought?!
A few things I like: cups of tea, walking in nature, buying notebooks (I’m a stationery addict!), taking photographs, cooking a delicious gluten free meal (I’m non-coeliac gluten sensitive) and gardening.
Get in touch below if you’d like to work together. I warmly welcome new collaborations and I’d love to help you find some beautiful art for your company products.
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