Weekly Blog 15: Artists and the Bluecoat Building
posted 02 Jul 2020
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Siobhan Harrison
Siobhan is an Artist, Illustrator and Publisher. Siobhan works as a publisher for Greeting Cards and Stationery. Products ranges are developed from Siobhan's original watercolour artwork under siobhanataprilrose.com. British Craft Award winner 2015 for illustration work Licensed with the Immediate Media magazine Group.
Artwork was commissioned for World City Day in Shanghai and exhibited at Shanghai Expo 2018 a project celebrating twenty years of Shanghai and Liverpool as twin Cities. Siobhan collaborated with Dadafest and Gina Czarnecki for Koffin in 2018 an art project celebrating Day of the Dead which was exhibited at Liverpool Cathedral Oratory. Siobhan has also worked with DadaFest and Blue Room Bluecoats inclusive arts programme, mentoring young artists.
Products have been exhibited at a leading department store in Osaka Japan and featured on Japanese T.V. and are designed and made in the U.K. Siobhan at April Rose Papercraft ranges have been featured on Create and Craft T.V in the U.K.
Siobhan has worked as an illustrator for children's books having Illustrated around thirty titles. Siobhan worked as an in-house illustrator for Marks and Spencer in London for their Greeting Card and Stationery ranges as well as working in-house for Greeting Card suppliers to Next and W.H.Smith amongst others. Prior to working as an Illustrator Siobhan worked as a Textile Designer for the Fashion Industry both in London and New York. Siobhan has been shortlisted for Gift of the Year 2020 in two product categories including Fashion Accessory and Design and Craft category for Bespoke Stationery products.
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Clients : Partnered with Immediate Media Magazine Group, Karto Finland and Trimcraft Papercraft company in a Licensing capacity. Companies Siobhan has collaborated with in an Illustration and Design capacity include Marks & Spencer, W.H.Smiths, Next, Hallmark, Magi Design,Grass Roots International, Cancer Research.
Illustration for Childrens Books, Lion Hudson, Scholastic U.S., Ladybird Books, Parragon, Harcourt, Cowley Robinson, Treehouse Children's Books.
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