Clare Shields is a freelance surface print designer working on projects for the fashion, giftware, interiors and stationery industries. After a brief period working in luxury fashion marketing and also Artworking, last year she returned to her passion for illustration and print design and started creating visual ideas for various international studios. Using a mixture of pencil and ink drawing, painting and digital manipulation, Clare likes to tell a visual story.

My work experience in Artworking for marketing materials allowed me to improve my adobe software skills in photography retouching and manipulation, desk top publishing, and print design. I also had the opportunity to assist stylists and co-ordinate real and still life photography shoots.

Clare studied Art and Design at London College of Fashion and then a BA in Textile design at Heriot Watt University in the Scottish Borders. During and after her studies she completed internships with Alexander Mcqueen, Alice Kettle, Tatler, Eskandar and Scott Ramsey Kyle.

Her design work has been published in International Textiles and Images 32, she has exhibited at the DegreeArt gallery in east London, with the Association of Illustrators and a solo exhibition sponsored by east London networking site Designers Are Wankers.

Alongside her design work, Clare also sells limited edition giclee prints via art galleries and online shops. A recent artwork, which was released on the 23rd March, donates 50% of the proceeds to the Japanese Tsunami Appeal. The print is currently for sale at [Link Removed], [Link Removed], [Link Removed] and [Link Removed].

Areas covered: London