Katy Alfassa - BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
I am a multi-disciplinary designer and illustrator. My creative process is intuitive and emotion-led, drawing inspiration from my surroundings, feelings and the stories that I obvserve. I create illustrated designs digitally and by hand, using mixed media techniques.
Both my projects, 'The Moon and her Blossoms' and my project for Hotel Chocolat, have a strong focus on visual storytelling, which is my creative speciality. The Moon and Her Blossoms explores a narrative based on a wild fanciful garden, inspired by a walk in Kew Gardens. During this project I created a collection of multifuncional prints, exploring the enchantment of nature and blending visual narrative with expressive mark-making and illustration. Being the winner of Hotel Chocolat's creative design competition, I was given the opportunity to illustrate a design, working from a brief, to communicate the production of chocolate from Saint Lucia to Hotel Chocolat's new Manchester store.
