Name: Allison Cole
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Website: www.allisoncoleillustration.com
How about a brief introduction?
Hello! My name is Allison Cole, I am an artist living and working out of a former tinsel factory in Providence, Rhode Island. I graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 with a BFA in Printmaking. Since graduation I have dedicated my time to freelance illustration, participating in gallery shows, and creating cute and fun things for my online shop, Bang Bang You’re Thread. In 2004 my first full-length graphic novel, Never Ending Summer, was published by Alternative Comics. I have recently signed on as an illustrator with Lilla Rogers Studio, who are some of the most wonderful people in the world to work with.
Who/what inspires you?
I love going to antique stores when I’m in a rut, it usually channels some major inspiration. But one of my biggest sources of inspiration is my husband, he has a never-ending shortage of zany but good concepts – a conversation about ideas with him always gets my brain going.
What message would you like to send out about your work?
What is your biggest accomplishment to date?
I don’t know yet, I feel like there’s always something around the corner that I’m excited about! At the moment I am working on putting the pieces together to have a real silkscreen studio up and running – I currently print in our apartment and it has some major limitations. I hope to expand the crafty side of my business with new products and a new focus. I guess this is more of an accomplishment-in-progress, ha ha!
Share a secret with us!
I may or may not work full time as an Art Director (shhh!)
