I can tell you the moment I fell in love with Sophie Wilson, it was at an exhibition a couple of years ago, trying on moustaches in her 'know before you grow' exhibit - I went for a classic black curly (no 74). I picked up her card, and I think I tried to persuade her to get involved with reetsweet via email - she did, and at christmas last year we hosted her design + print stall and she has had great success.
What people love about Sophie - who is only 20 and still has a year of studying to go, is that all her work has a profound humour to it, and is uplifting without being cheesy. She wasn't initially drawn to art - she had a penchant for drama, and it was only late on in her school career, she decided to apply for Art &
Design at College and was chuffed when she received a place and found that illustration and design was what she really loved and went on to
study BA (Hons) Graphic Design at Leeds College of Art.
Musically she loves Fleetwood Mac, Simon & Garfunkel, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, The Smiths, Beirut and Regina Spektor, and enjoys the accordion - Yann Tiersen is a big love of hers as her boyfriend actually plays the accordion himself. Blessed with some hilarious friends, Sophie says that it is through them that she channels a lot of my inspiration and energy
for her work.
'I like design to
be quite clean, but sometimes a little decorative and quite pretty too.
Some of my favourite designers and illustrators include Olly Moss,
Robbie Porter, Gemma Correll and so many more (I could genuinely go on
for hours).'
She will be finishing Uni soon, then she hopes to go into freelance design, specialising in print and illustration, and hopefully
still making people smile. Aside from design, she is hoping to get a
tortoise, and she will call him Winston...we like this girl's style and priorities!
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