Name: Laura Tarrish
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Website: www.lauratarrish.com and www.bridgetownpapers.com
How about a brief introduction?
I began my career as a graphic designer in Boston/Cambridge and then switched to collage illustration full-time when I got married and moved back to San Francisco. My husband is a Creative Director and we have 2 gorgeous daughters, now 17 and 21. (Yes, I’m sure I’m older than most of the illustrators in this package). We’ve lived in San Francisco, Berkeley, London, and Portland, OR. I’ve spent the last few years designing paper products in addition to my illustration work… Hoping to continue both.
What’s your goal before the year 2010 ends?
To get my studio organized. I even wrote a piece about the chaos that is my workspace in the Felt & Wire blog last fall. But this summer will be known as the “Great Purge of 2010” as I am proud to say I am finally getting rid of old files, old samples, old artwork. Feels great.
What’s your biggest fear?
How quiet it will be around the house when my 17 yr old goes off to college in a year! I tend to keep my head down in my studio, unaware of how much time has passed… With both daughters out of the house, I’m afraid I will forget to leave it!
What’s your favorite tool?
My scanner and my trusty printer, an Epson Stylus Photo 2200. I’ve had that printer for 8 years and am constantly amazed at the quality of the printing.
Share something random with us!
I hope to move back to Europe (London? Amsterdam? Berlin?) with my husband in a few years. I just have to convince HIM!
