About Claire

Claire Louise is an artist and designer from Durham in the North East.

As a child, Claire was immersed in arts and crafts and so began her creative journey. Her creativity led her to take a degree in fashion and she graduated in 2007 with 1st Class honours.

In the same year, she was short-listed for the SDC (Society of Dyers and Colourists) Textile & Colour Award at Graduate Fashion Week and her hand-painted silk scarves were short-listed for London Fashion Week.

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Working with mixed mediums of water-colours, fabrics and machine embroidery, Claire’s designs have merged with the world of greetings cards, homeware and personal beauty care.

And, with stockists such as John Lewis, Fenwick, Hoopers and large independent retailer’s such as Blackwells, Kew Gardens, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Chester Zoo, La Philharmonic Store, The Glasshouse International Centre For Music and JG Windows, Claire is quickly becoming popular in the industry. Claire was a Henries finalist in 2013 for Most Young Promising Designer and in 2022 for Best Art Range. Claire has also made the Brands Untapped 100 in the Brand Category for 2023. Claire also received a Northern Enterprise Award in 2023 for ‘Best Woman-Owned Artisan Homeware Company’.

Claire is also working with some major online retailers such as Wayfair and Amazon, and supplies her work to a number of large Charities such as CLIC- Sargent, Daisychain & Weldmar Hospice. Claire has recently illustrated a cat design for PDSA to go on their wonderful new gift range and are sold across the UK in PDSA charity shops and online.

Claire is also fortunate to work with different creative industries. Her range of exclusive hairbrushes are sold in prestigious Ozzie Rizzo Salons in Mayfair and Richmond and her artworks are featured in TV shows and a blockbuster movie due for release in Autumn 2017.

Her work is available for licensing and is already seen on a range of ceramics, candles, apparel, tech, home-wares and gift-ware.

Her creative journey continues in her studio in Durham…

If you’re interested to work with Claire, then contact a member of her team, details are available on the contact page.