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Kate is an Australian artist and freelance designer who move to Birmingham 5 years ago and fell in love with the city. So much so she decided to begin creating prints of Birmingham landmarks. She would then showcase these on her social media pages. Doing this consistently supported her to build a following creating an opportunity as people soon began to offer to buy her prints. It also allowed her to gain work as a freelance designer.

During lockdown Kate was laid off from work on furlough. She used this time to create more and more pieces of art while documenting it on social media. She began doing drawings and paintings of local businesses on a voluntary basis building relationships with potential clients. She did this for around 12 months developing her portfolio and her networks. Networks that would recommend her for paid roles. Selling her work online and the work she was doing as a freelance designer meant she was able to become a full-time creative.

Kate now has her own space in Redbrick Market in Digbeth where she sells her prints. She also continues to work freelance developing works of art and designs for companies and private individuals.

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