I am the publisher, editor and art director of Amelia’s Magazine.

I first thought of producing my own magazine about five years ago – I talked about it with my friend who was also a fashion stylist at the time, and we used to laugh about how we could do so much better than what was out there already. In the end my friend jumped ship (saying it would be too much work… oh how right she was!) and I decided to just get on with it on my own, because I had told so many people that I was going to do it that it was really a case of now or never.

Born in Dundee, Scotland 1977.
Allan showed a flare for all things creative, even as a kid.
With a passion for drawing and an overactive imagination he would spend hours designing & creating characters to live in his own fictional worlds.

After graduating in 1999 with degree in Illustration & printmaking, fate took Allan to London where he worked as a freelance graphic designer in the fashion industry specialising in apparel graphics - particularly T-shirt prints.

Having worked for many well known high street retailers and brands
such as GAP, Topman, Firetrap, Bench & Pepe Jeans - Allan is no stranger to the world of commercial design.

He has recently returned to his passion for illustration & is currently focusing on this side of his career, working on both commissions and personal projects.

With a slightly retro style, Allan’s work is mostly character based with a bold graphic look based on strong line drawing. His quirky illustrations often include an element of humour and fun.

Allan has recently contributed to several books such as GRAFUCK 2 & 3, Eye Candy for Strangers, The Big Book of Illustration Ideas 2 and Images 32. His work has also appeared in such group exhibitions as Power in Numbers and GRAFUCK at Gallery Nucleus in LA and Dazed Digital/Wrangler’s Wanted exhibition in Milan & Stockholm.

Allan currently lives and works in East London with his overactive imagination!

Hello! My name is Amy Brown and I am an illustrator. In 2007 I graduated from Kingston University with a first in illustration and have since been doing what I love doing best –drawing lots and lots of things for lovely people. So far I’ve been fortunate enough to work for publishers such as JK Books, Penguin and Random House, and of course the amazing Amelia’s Magazine! My illustrations are mainly character based and are drawn using a combination of inks, felt-tips, pencils and paint. At the moment I’m really enjoying paint because I can give my characters proper globby little teeth like badly taxidermically prepared animals. As for myself I have a kitten called Millie-Rad and a boyfriend called Tim. I hope things will stay like that for a long time (If I keep Millie-Rad in that small jam jar every night then I think I could make my plan work).

Amy Gwatkin is a photographer. After graduating from Brighton she went out dancing for while before getting stuck into fashion and portrait photography, taking the odd time out to pursue her own projects. She has contributed work to Sleazenation, Good for Nothing, The Independent, SHOWstudio, Attitude, pagesonline, and now Amelia's!

Her hobbies include charity shops and writing about herself in the third person.

www.spadgerdisco.blogspot.com

I was born in 1981, in a small town named Chorleywood, just North West of London.

At the age of 11 I was in my first death metal band, with my best friends Rich & Rob. We were called Discharge (little did we know there was a REAL band called Discharge). By 13 I had picked up my first skateboard, and proceeded to destroy my body on this wooden toy until the age of 20 when I ended up in hospital with a ruined knee. This is when I focused more on the punk band I was in, with whom I toured the UK several times, playing every toilet bowl possible.

I picked up my first camera shortly after my brother bought me a book by Larry Clark for my 18th birthday. I started to take pictures of what was around me; skateboarders, bands, friends and general youth related activities that one's time is occupied with in the suburbs of London.

I currently live in Brooklyn, New York. I have a bicycle, a skateboard, and an acoustic guitar. Oh, and a camera.

Andrew uses his drawing skills and love of detail to create bizarrely intricate collections of creatures; from rabbits made of tanks to dinosaurs mobilized by 'lots of stuff'. His work has huge visual impact and draws the viewer closer in to a bright and distorted world.

He was trained in the traditional techniques of animation and drawing, becoming influenced by Miyazaki and Geoff Darrow amongst others.

He taught himself digital techniques and now uses a combination of graphics, line drawing, ink and paint pen. Not content with screen or paper, Andy is now assaulting windows of Bristol with his unique menagerie.

Born in Hull, I've been drawing from an early age and can't remember a time when I haven't drawn something. I studied Animation in Hull, this ended with me animating a story by comedian Andy Kaufman for my degree. Since then I've made a nice living working in London as a graphic designer.

Having just gone freelance has freed up more time to pursue illustration as a career. My old illustration website featured in a book by Taschen called Web Design Portfolios. My submission for Amelia's Magazine is the first time my work has been published and I'm very excited!

Last year I married a lovely lass from Taiwan called Rabbit. Together we like to bake a lot of different breads and drink High Mountain Taiwan Tea all the time. Our dream is to open a bakery and Taiwan tea shop with a piano somewhere in there for me to play.

My dad is a Luther (guitar builder) and traditional folk musician. My mother is a good swimmer and life long cyclist. I often get mistaken for someone else, because I have a twin brother called Graham. I hope through my art I express an integral and humble impression of life.

Andrews' prolific output of paintings, drawings and low budget self published photocopy books are gaining him an ever increasing global following, clashing together many diferent elements into his work to create a truly unique and disturbingly dark, humorous vision.

"Andrew James Jones is a scary idiot criminal madman. The pictures he makes make me feel frightened and ill. I am unused to seeing such bizarre and revolting things. The world is a much worse place for having this kind of thing in it. The fact that this work is very amusing makes it even worse. It is terrible to laugh at something that you know is so deeply wrong and evil. Andrew James Jones should be put in jail."
David Shrigley

“Combining social satire of our puerile desires with a surreal demonological transfiguration of reality, Jones’ illustrative vision transports us to an obscene adult variant of where the wild things are.”
William Alderwick, Varoom Magazine

Andy is a self confessed man of the wild with a soft spot for the hilarity of Mother Natures creatures. Both he and his illustration are evolving like a rabid virus. He’s got his fingers in many pies and is always working on new projects. He loves the dynamic crossover between 2D and 3D and is always on the look out for people to collaborate with.

You can see some more of his work on Debutart.com

Angelica likes the intersection between visual and verbal communication. The harsh contrast between black and white fascinates her, only because in her delirium she thinks it a personal challenge to find the shades of grey in between: she likes to contradict and explore. Angelica studied archaeology and anthropology at Oxford, and now finds herself sailing along the unexpected tides of life and trying to decide on a specific direction amidst endless possibility. In the process, she loves watching people, writing narratives, taking photographs and spending time with her friends. She is happily addicted to films.

Annie Collinge was born in London in 1980. She studied photography at Central Saint Martin’s and then Brighton University. Her clients include; Tank, Sleaze, Sleazenation, Guardian Weekend, Observer Magazine,Icon Magazine, Kickers, Lee Jeans, Border’s Books, Kilimanjaro, Sunday Time Magazine and Good For Nothing Magazine . She does the “Style Notes” page with stylist Eliisa Makin which appears every week in the Independent on Saturday Magazine. Her work in a mix of still life, portraits and fashion.

Ben Newman was born in 1982. His childhood was heavily influenced by superheroes, the Beano, cats and rope swings. In 2003, he graduated from the University of the West of England, Bristol. He has exhibited in both the UK and Germany. He received the "People's Choice Award" at the Bristol Art Show in 2006. His debut solo show opened September 2007 at the Soma gallery in Clifton. He has also been selected to showcase in issue 9 of 3x3 magazine. Ben owns one desk, two pens, three pencils and a letter opener. He currently
resides in Bristol, UK.

Bernie McGovern paints and lives in Chicago where he is surrounded by people he loves. He is a regular participant in things theatrical, illustrative, and spectacular.
Current projects include the graphic novel "An Army of Lovers will be Beaten," puppetry design for avant garde theater company The Neo-Futurists, and co-directing the greatly ambitious animation piece "Thundering Through the Dawn" with Patrick Tianen under the kind, mysterious guidance of Demon House Productions. He has a great love for collaborators, juniper, hazelnut infused chocolate, and his parents.

My name is Brie Harrison and I am a Printed Textile Designer.

I have always loved anything decorated with a pattern- be it the outside of a food tin in the supermarket or the insides of envelopes.

I graduated from Brighton Univeristy in 2003 where I studied a BA(hons) Fashion Textiles. After leaving college I went to work out in NYC for print studio, Design Works International before I came back to London to work for Accessorize designing prints for anything from bags, scarves and underwear to stationary and gifting.

I am now working freelance and living in London and have the time to work on a variety of different projects - which is very inspiring as I am constantly challenging myself.

I adore llustration as it is so parallel to what I do as a Print Designer and I would love to push my love of patterns and decoration into this new world to create something that tells a story.. so this is where it starts...

Camilla likes to do a bit of everything. After graduating from Glasgow University with a French degree, she abandoned languages to become a full-time freelance journalist and now writes features and reviews about music and books for various magazines and websites, along with working in audio and music content development at the BBC and DJing, promoting and booking bands for successful Hoxton-based club night Ghost School.

Over the past ten years she has had work published in Dazed and Confused, Mojo, Q, Kerrang!, The Sunday Times, Jockey Slut, 6 Music online, musicomh.com, Disorder and The Fly, and has even dabbled a little in news broadcasting for radio at 6 Music and most bizarrely children's television.

Records are a passion, with some of Camilla's favourite acts ranging from Britney to Black Kids and Beethoven, and when she is not sitting hunched over a laptop smoking menthols she is out interviewing bands, going to gigs, reading comics, watching Nigella and The Golden Girls, drinking tea and wheat beer or spending ridiculous amounts of money on big accessories and designer toys.

Maybe one day she'll settle down and focus on one thing, but it's not looking too likely...

Catherine was born and raised in Belfast, and decided a penchant for irn-bru and vampire novels was enough of an incentive to move to Scotland to study English Literature. After four years, the University of Glasgow gave her a nice shiny degree and she decided that if London was good enough for Puss in Boots, it was good enough for her. She tricked her way onto a Masters at London College of Fashion by wearing a shirt Marc Bolan would have died for and having a vast knowledge of trashy Victorian novels. Catherine likes pow-wows, Russell Brand and wearing entire outfits from American Apparel (it’s an art). She does not like Excel spreadsheets. But she is highly susceptible to hype and these likes/dislikes will probably change by tomorrow.

Newly renamed and recently graduated Charlotte studied Graphic Design and Advertising at Bucks Uni, a diverse course that guided her into her true passion of illustration. She feels she has become quite the little London journalist since joining team Amelia’s Magazine, which involves the daily Brighton to London commute. “Commuting is great, I love standing up on a train for an hour, walking up broken escalators and most of all getting a good urban armpit in my face on the tube!” It is only a matter of time before Charlotte turns into one of those zombie like commuters; shamelessly talking to herself and picking her nose whilst on tin sardine-esque public transport. In her spare time Charlotte freelances here and there and has several greeting card collections due to hit an M&S near you soon.

Photographer Chiara Romagnoli, moved to London from Italy in 1997 to study Graphic Media Design at the London College of Printing. Initially a mixed media art photography, her work has since become concerned with reportage and fashion. Her credits includes Italian Glamour, D Della Repubblica Exit magazine, Nylon, Amelia's Magazine, Crash magazine, Mood magazine, Prime, Tank magazine. Chiara is currently based in London.

Now living and faffing about in the UK, former Sydney-sider Christel got thrown into the mix after a cross continental trek ended abruptly in London where she is now based, after only intending to stay for four days.

Christel likes hot air balloons, eggs, foxes, turbans, chong heads, mango apple and peach Rubicon, the swings, colouring in people’s faces and wandering out and about in her pajamas. She likes singing to herself and watching other people sing to themselves when they think no one is looking or listening. She also has a penchant for making terribly inappropriate comments at the most inopportune moments, much to her own snortling amusement.

Christel began to write after a brief rumble with the fashion industry, when she found herself turning to the pen, which she discovered was mightier than the clothes hanger as a weapon of choice. Amongst others, she has worked and/or has written for Wonderland Magazine, Frankie Magazine, Nylon Aus/NZ, Kripy.com, 'Sup Magazine and Dumbo feather Pass It On. Now she joins in the fracas from the front line with all weapons in hand that she still doesn’t know quite what the hell she’s doing with.

Hi I’m Dani and I sure like to draw! Since graduating from London College Of Communication in 2005 I’ve been working as a freelance illustrator and designer. At the moment I’m living and working in both London and Stockholm, my hometown. People I’ve done drawings for include the Victoria & Albert museum, design company Radley Yeldar, Super Magazine, Lowlife and Headway East London. When I’m not drawing I enjoy looking for old photographs and porcelain reindeers in lil vintage shops, eating blueberry pancakes and singing karaoke with old ladies!

Ellie is quite short, and quite nice. Her illustration work bursts forth from between the seams of your visual pleasure - once you have tasted her bitter sweet organic typographical joy daydream wonder picture love you will never want any other candy!

Born in a biscuit barrel somewhere exciting with death and scandal, she spent most of her youth drawing secret crayon notes and stuffing them into the holes of trees as messages for the squirrels. When her parents realised her amazing creative gifts they kept her fed on a constant supply of cakes and waffles, and tied her to an easel where she wept angry tears of love into the paint of her early works, imbuing them with magical properties. When they ran out of waffle mix, her parents were forced to allow her to attend the local school where she learned how to tie her shoelaces and tell analogue time. Her academic progression was a glittering one, but it is not very interesting.

These days Ellie dwells in a sticky tree knot Bristol and works for The Man in a big blue and yellow tin. She would be lost without her ever-growing collection of felt pens. Her most favourite things to draw are deers, bicycles, tears, things that are extremely kitsch, lettering, a million colours, anchors, diamonds, teeth, tiles, televisions and sometimes shoes. In the not too distant future she would like to draw a jerboa and a calculator. She has an accidental collection of bouncy balls. One day she would really very much like to own a big golden harp and some roller boots and live in San Francisco, where bouncy balls abound.

Hannah likes umbrellas and was born in wisbech. Her earliest memory is washing windows in a pair of blue and white pyjamas with her grandpa, she was three. The rest of her life is recalled to her in a series of moments and feelings wrapped in what she was wearing. This is one of the reasons why hannah has fallen to her plimsolled feet, creating stories styling others.
She grew up in london spending every summer amongst an endless tree of relatives and vineyards in Italy. After an untiring childhood making and creating, she finished with a degree in graphic design from Lcc specialising in moving image, with a love of super 8 and all things old. Freelance graphics led her to design many publications from antiques to amelias mag. After a few more years tinkering on a computer, she decided she needed something more hands on..lending her untrained eye for dressing, to the world of styling. Here she is currently building a portfolio of fashion editorials and music videos, having styled for numerous photographers, publications, and bands such as !!!, Maximo Park among many others.

James is a freelance Designer, and Illustrator. He lives in Hove near Brighton, he loves being so near to the sea. He likes baking cakes and drinking earl grey tea! James collects vintage objects and 50's memorabilia at car boot sales and charity shops he is always looking for cool things especially vintage and vinyl toys. James studied illustration and animation at Kingston University, where he made a stop motion animation called Ice City. This has been shown at the ICA and Animated Encounters. James likes to make models these include miniature shoes made from dried pears. He also likes to draw this can be seen more evident in his recent work. To see more images visit his blog.

James Daw is an artist and Illustrator who lives and works in London. He has completed 6 years in art and design study, including a degree at Camberwell, London Institute. Exhibitions include showing at The Royal Academy and The Royal College of Art, and illustration work includes publication in The Daily Telegraph and recently The Illustrated Ape. Consisting mainly of a "Fashion" theme, his illustrations are geared more towards the music and magazine cultures, using color for immediate impact. Their surroundings then slip into a slightly twisted nightmare of an everyday fairytale.
All illustration should contain at least a little dark magic.

I use a range of techniques to create images - drawing & mark-making,
painting, sculpture, collage, photography, digital manipulation, etc -
whichever is most appropriate for the project I'm working on. Please
visit my website - www.jshedden.com - and feel free to contact me at
the address provided there.

I was born in 1979 in Trier, Germany. After visiting the Specialized Secondary School of Fine Arts in Trier, I started the Visual Communication-Studies at the department of Fine Arts at University of Applied Sciences in Trier. During my entire education I focused on Fine Arts and Illustration. In February 2007 I graduated with a diploma in Visual Communication. A scholarship at Lucerne School of Art and Design/CH in 2006/07 was really inspiring for me and important for the development of my work.
Since 2003 I' ve been working on various independent projects, exhibitions and also commissioned work including artworks and illustrations for several magazines, posters or cd- and lp-layouts.
Currently I'm working as an artist and freelance-illustrator.

My name is Jasmine. I am a collector and creator of anything decorative and visually interesting. I have been studying Illustration at University College Falmouth (tucked away in Cornwall) for the past few years. I like to base my images primarily on narrative material, the end result usually taking the form of images within a picture book or artworks for book covers and occasionally editorial work. I don’t like to confine myself to working for just one type of audience or age range, so I tend to adapt my way of working to suit. I start artwork using detailed pencil drawing, which I play up using inks and watercolours or digital colour, whichever is most appropriate.
I find inspiration in travelling, old fairytales, patterns, dreaming, music, writing, my illustrating friends, French children’s books, fashion, everyday situations and people watching.

I have a forever growing collection of lanterns, umbrellas, tiny sketchbooks, decorative paper, letters, dresses, ribbons, old train tickets, curious notes found on the street, paper butterflies and a whole host of other fairly useless objects, all of which influence my work in some way. I would hope that this collection will one day include old birdcages, roller-skates, musical instruments, chandeliers and unicorns, old radios and wallpaper.

Jayne Helliwell is a little gem to work with. The first time I saw her, she came pacing across the paving stones towards me, wearing a checked shirt to her knees and pushing a Raleigh Cameo speed bike. Jayne later informed me that it was the same bicycle her mum carried her around on when she was just a miniature girl. My initial, judgemental impression of her was that she was ever-so-cool, and ever-so-small. I wasn’t sure she would want to be my friend, but now we spend our days making each other chamomile teas in Amelia’s kitchen and laughing about elephants in the room. I suppose you have to be there. When she grows up, Jayne fancies being a draw-er, or perhaps an Olympic athlete? For now though, she works at Amelia’s Magazine, looking important on her Apple Mac Power Book. Her likes include cake, and eating cake, but only if it is vegan. Today she sampled Amelia’s mushy pea dahl, and decided that should be on her list of likes also. Jayne has great taste in music, which comes in handy when reviewing albums for the magazine, and when I feel like hearing a new band. She has so far introduced me to everything from Serge Gainsbourg to Tilly and the Wall. We’re ever so trendy here at Amelia's. One more thing you might need to know about Jayne is that she has the most infectious laugh in the world.

By Jessica Watkins

Born into a life of quiet austerity, Jennifer has a tendency to communicate in small squeaks and nervous hand gestures. Unless of course she is very cross and then many a vile obscenity will be uttered alongside great sighs and other such dramatics. This is a girl of strict contradiction.

Since graduating from Camberwell College of Arts with a degree in Illustration, she has taken to revealing herself in the form of gentle drawings and rude photography, observing her surroundings with obsessive detail. She is still waiting to find the right medium that can harbour such conflicting interests. Aside from working at Amelia's she is also a regular illustrator for Notes from the Underground.

She is currently looking forward to exploring what the USA has to offer her creative career with former Amelia's intern James Foreman (though he doesn't know he's paying yet).

j.pitchers@gmail.com

I work as a portrait photographer in East London and have loved working for Amelias for the last few issues. It’s been a great introduction to music that is now amongst some of my favorites.

Jessica Myers was born in July of 1978. She lives in Ambler, a small town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jessica resides with her boyfriend and two tuxedo cats. She is an artist and professional gardener who creates books, ink and enamel drawings, worktables and wooden sculptures. If not an artist, she would be a private investigator as her great loves are scrutiny, secrecy, discovery and practicing the skill of soundless movement. She enjoys scenes of great activity and physical exertion.

Currently, she is working on a series of books, much like a personal encyclopedia set, that include words and images relevant to her interpretation and experience.
She has studied at a University in Philadelphia and in Rome, Italy.
‘There is nothing like a sharpened pencil’.

Jessica Watkins is a Hippie that lives in a tree at the point where Wales turns into England. It’s a magical point I am told, with waterfalls and trees that disappear. And re-appear. She lived at that magical point until she moved to Brighton where she now studies Fashion and avoids eating meat. She is long and thin so lends her body to modelling sometimes, you will probably have seen her face. Maybe. Turns out she is somewhat of a genius and learns a little bit too fast for my liking. Many things are ‘lush’ in her world, though she doesn’t enjoy it when elephants are in the room. She is also that person people will ring up when you want to have a cry and she will make sure you do not. She has many skillz. They include; crayons, long hair, private views, dancing, folk, tea making, waterproof coats, peanut butter and doing things really fast. Jessica Watkins did not write this. Jayne did.

I am a 25 year old illustrator, designer, rollerskater, and cookie-baker extraordinaire. I live in Brooklyn, NY.

My work has been published in the following publications: ELLE, Lucky, Cosmogirl, JANE, and Graphic Design USA. I create a line of tote bags (which you can find on my website) and a custom line of clutch purses for a small shop in Paris, France.

I am a member of The Ladies Auxiliary (a women's design collective in Brooklyn.) And I want to someday learn to play the accordion...

a.k.a. Jojo from the Ghetto.

The baby of the Amelia’s team, she lives up to the label with a fondness for chocolate milk and mini adventures with her fellow scavengers Rugrats style. On the days she does decide to be all grown up she consumes dangerous amounts of sushi, shakes what her mama gave her and does a bit of a Monica whenever games are to be played.

Currently studying Fashion Promotion and Communication at Ravensbourne College, she ain’t ‘alf bad at graphic design and creative writing. One to get bored easily, she also likes to dabble in a little cutting and sticking. The creative juices don’t stop there though; she likes to think of herself as a bit of a Chinese Jamie Oliver.

She may be small but boy, is she loud.

Kat Squire is a designer/illustrator based in London. She graduated in June 2007, from Central Saint Martins with a First in BA Textile Design (Print). In March 2007, she won Eddie Squires bursary for “outstanding contemporary printed furnishing fabric design” from the RSA. During her second year at college she discovered a passion for drawing and hasn’t put her pen down since. Her illustration work is typically composed of pen and ink drawings, collaged using different papers, coloured tape and stitch.

Since graduating she has worked as a freelance designer for a New York based surface design studio and for Skew studio, a London based children’s design company, on projects for the BBC and Nickelodeon. She loves designing, and one day hopes to market her one-off screen-printed and embroidered blankets (have a look at her website!) She enjoys drawing animals, playing the piano, giggling uncontrollably, and bum-boarding down icy slopes backwards. She dislikes buccaneering rats that invade her cupboards and cheap umbrellas.

My name is Katey Harvey, I am originally from Manchester but currently live in Liverpool after studying Illustration and Graphic Arts at John Moores. I like to tell stories in paint and pencil and enjoy attention to silly detail. I love 0.3 automatic pencils, cute girls with beautiful dresses, eye-lash-on-a-stick paintbrushes, miniature objects, cheeky boys with cheeky faces, dunking my paintbrush in my coffee cup, taking a swig out of my paint pot, grey paper, owls and riding down the stairs in a duvet.

My name is Kathrin Fleischmann.
I live in Berlin.
I draw.
I sew.
I like stories.
I don`t like broken escalators.

Hi I’m Kate and I make my illustrations by sweat, tears, cigarettes, tea and beneath all a touch of imagination. I like bargains, Paris, dreams, junk shops, horses, clutter, folklore kaleidoscopes, haberdasheries, the library and craft. I collect novelty bits and bobs on my travels... dated packaging, wrappers, paper, stationary and general tat. My images reflect my magpie instincts in an eclectic appearance of collage, combining photos, stitch, doodle, paint and found objects.

Having just graduated from my Illustration degree by the mystical coast my personal work to date has explored magical realism, Freud, poetry, heritage and superstition. A Jack of all trades, I look to the future to work across a range of contexts and themes with the hope of mastering a few. Have a butchers...

Lars Borges lives and works in Berlin city, because all of his beloved friends are around. Okay... a few have moved away, sadly a very dear one to Paris recently, and a few others never moved here in all those years. He wonders why, because it seems like almost everybody is moving to Berlin nowadays. Maybe it is because those friends were clever enough to realize, that it's cold and grey for half the year, it's poor, there are not so many Jobs around, the streets are often empty, everybody in this city is emotionally unstable during this period, and the Paris cuisine is far more ahead. While I'm writing this Lars Borges is training himself how to use a pen tablet to become more skill full with retouching, he told me it feels like using a computer mouse for the first time. He is dreaming about really nice strong black coffee and wondering if Tibet will ever be free? That's maybe because he discovered Twin Peaks 17 years late. Whenever he is not depressed he is doing photos – this is why he shot the Justice for the latest issue of Amelia's Magazine.

Born and raised in Finland, I discovered my love for drawing and colour, thanks to my inspirational Nordic roots and the countless days spent exploring the forests surrounding my grandmother’s house.
Years on, my creative ambition developed from drawing, into designing and making fashion garments. This took me to London where I recently completed a degree in fashion/textiles at Ravensbourne College.
Following my heart, I pursued my dream as a print designer. My work is versatile and crosses between fashion, textiles, illustration, graphics, and interiors. As one of the Texprint ’07 designers, I have been fortunate enough to exhibit my work in London and Paris, and have sold work to established international companies and designers. My prints have also been featured in reputable design books and magazines.
Amongst my many ambitions, I would love to see more of the world, creating exciting artwork, and ensuring my homeland memories and personal inspirations continue to drive me.

Lauren was born into this world as a natural redhead. For many years it was an eye catching trait, but decided it was just not good enough. She wanted more. And so, she decided to proceed the next level. Her Ruby Red barnet has been her friendly companion for some time now. You will most likely find her in a charity shop where she hunts to find a treasured bargain. Lauren is currently studying Fashion Promotion at Central Saint Martins. She has lent her services to New York, Art Department, Blow pr, the Telegraph magazine, Amelia's Magazine, and like her ruby mane, she aims to make a bold impression. She likes to take photographs, draw, and compose her own little books. She often works with her 'pea in a pod' twin sister, by whom she also refers to as 'twin face'.

Lauren Sherman is a journalist living in Brooklyn, N.Y. She began contributing to Amelia's Magazine while living in London, and after harrassing said editor for months on end until permitted to write a profile.

Beyond her day job covering fashion, food and travel for a financial website, Lauren likes to blog about things she can't afford, collect vintage magazines and host Sunday brunches at her flat.

Lena Dystant is a freelance music and fashion writer and occasional stylist from sunny North London. After falling in and then very quickly out of love with the idea of art school she ended up studying History and French at Queen Mary’s, spending most of her student loan on magazines and vintage cardigans. Kicking things off at The Face and Sleazenation she bounced from one internship to the next, ending up in New York and making it back in time for dinner. When not being distracted by shiny objects and creating Kate Bush compilations she finds time to write for various publications and websites including Oyster, Tokion and Urban Junkies. Lena spends far too much time drinking tea and bidding for old Polaroid cameras on eBay and admittedly feels a little funny writing about herself in third person.

"Hello, I'm Leona and I'm a graphic designer/ Illustrator residing in NW London with my boyfriend Joe who is also a designer. I graduated from Chelsea college of Art and design in 2004 with a degree in Design for Communication, since then I have been earning a living as a graphic designer.

Illustration is something I love and although my day job allows me to do a lot of illustration, it's out of work that I really pursue my passion for drawing. I draw with rotring pens and colouring pencils but I often give my illustrations that polished look by redrawing them in Adobe illustrator, I also purchased a Gocco printer recently which I plan to master soon!

I plan to carry on Illustrating and getting my work seen although I'm not about to quit being a designer yet, I like to do everything! So far this year my work has been published in 'Curvy 5' released by Yen Magazine, and now 'Amelia's magazine'!"

Lilia was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she studied theatre design and painting. She came to the UK to further study fashion, and after graduating worked for Boudicca and Hamish Morrow before starting her freelance styling careeer. Lilia lives and works in London.

Louise Chappell
After graduating from painting at the Glasgow School of Art Louise set up a creative everything partnership with her artistic alter-ego and best friend Becky. Together they spent three very fun and pretty hard working years sitting in a red and white shed inside a beautiful (but freezing) warehouse, drawing and making things. Between commissions they liked to create impossibly large and ridiculous wall paintings and eat porridge on the roof. Recently Louise has spent her time convincing artists to participate alongside her and Becky in group exhibitions in Glasgow and Sweden.
In March ’08 she left the shed in the care of a bloke called Dan and traveled to London town to learn about making Amelia’s Magazine. Well practiced in the arts of tea and cake consumption, she has great hopes for her time there.