This week it is my great pleasure to introduce a new Friday Friend and Australian Etsy Artist - the incredibly talented artist Amanda Whitelaw of Hungry Designs.
Amanda creates truly beautiful things, tiny pieces of wearable art, jewellery, home wares with artistic distinction...I feel that you may fall in love with these pieces just like I did...I want to share a few faves with you now.
I really really heart this amazing Rainbow Girl Wall Clock
and as a bit of a hobbyist shutterbug, was so thrilled to win this cool Polaroid Camera Brooch in a giveaway by Jess of Epheriell and *bespoke* zine
and for those who love Retro Pin-Up Girl Fashion, the perfect accessory can be found in this Rocket Girl Pin-Up Pocket Mirror.
Dear readers, I will now let you drool over The Delicious Hungry Designs Menu, I hope you enjoy this virtual feast of colour and design that Amanda has prepared for you - see you all this evening for Day 7 in the Maddabling 14 Day Blogtoberfest Photo Challenge!
Who is Hungry Designs ?
Hungry Designs is a small business based in the Greater Brisbane area that
specialises in wearable art and accessories. Every Hungry Designs product is
handmade by myself and is hand drawn and digitally coloured by me.
How
and When did your handmade/artistic journey begin ?
Hungry Designs began when I was studying Illustration + Printmaking at Art School in Scotland. During my 4th year project I opted to focus on injustice and starvation, which lead to me screen print a set of tees under the fake fashion label "Hungry Designs".
Once completing my Honours Degree, I carried on using the name Hungry Designs and about 3 years ago started introducing my own illustrations into my designs. Now every Hungry Designs piece is entirely designed by myself and cannot be found anywhere else.
Hungry Designs began when I was studying Illustration + Printmaking at Art School in Scotland. During my 4th year project I opted to focus on injustice and starvation, which lead to me screen print a set of tees under the fake fashion label "Hungry Designs".
What inspires you ?
I
am a massive comic book nerd and so it's safe to say that I am constantly
inspired by comic books - especially modern American comics. I am also inspired
by fairy tales and children's stories. Mostly, I think I am inspired by people
who follow Hungry Designs and by my husband, Colin. I encourage their feedback
and thoughts and feel that this makes Hungry Designs a stronger business and
allows me to create not just what I want but what my customers want also. I
know that without both Colin and customers, Hungry Designs wouldn't be what it
is today. 
I work primarily with pencil and paper. These are then scanned in and digitally coloured on Photoshop. I love my Wacom and know that I wouldn't be as efficient if it wasn't for this fancy piece of kit. I'm very lucky to have Colin introduce me to digital colouring. I was so apprehensive at first and actually refused to use a Wacom but now I cannot imagine working without it.
I make and create anything that can incorporate my illustrations. I want
Hungry Designs to expand into as many things as it can and I love the fact that
my illustrations and designs can be transferred onto so many surfaces and made
into so many different products. I would say that primarily my illustrations
are created and made into brooches but then we have tea sets, cushions, cake
stands, clocks...the list really does just go on and on!
Do
you have a favourite piece that you have made/created ?
I will always have a soft spot for my Little Umbrella Red design. This was
the first design that I completely sold out of. She was actually just created
on a whim and I wasn't very happy with the design. Colin loved it, however, and
this is why she was made into a brooch. I will always love the Red Balloon Girl
2 Part Brooch though because she was the first brooch in the 2 Part Brooch set
and thanks to the response she received I now have 6 designs in this collection
with a further 2 on their way!
What
are your future plans/dreams/aspirations ?
Lovely readers : here is where you can find more about Hungry Designs
become a follower of the hungry designs blog here: blog.hungrydesigns.com
become a fan on facebook here: www.facebook.com/hungrydesigns
and catch sweet tweets on twitter here: @hungrydesigns
At the moment I am busying
myself with preparation for some massive markets and events that I am attending
in November. I have 8 new designs ready to be cut and they should be available
soon. I hope that in the near future I can release another 3D cameo design and
that there will be even more designs to come. I am working on a steam punk
collection and after that there will be a jewel and crystal collection which I
am VERY excited about.
become a follower of the hungry designs blog here: blog.hungrydesigns.com
become a fan on facebook here: www.facebook.com/hungrydesigns
and catch sweet tweets on twitter here: @hungrydesigns
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