I was able to talk to Lucy Ketchin at her beer collaboration launch with Northern Monk. I wanted to ask her advice for many reasons, but the main one being, she graduated from LAU a few years ago and has successfully been working as a freelance illustrator in Leeds with a variety of projects since. This is a very similar plan to what I want to do myself so this was a great opportunity for me.
POINTS OF INTEREST:
- Follow up any interest coming from the end of year show - this lead to her working collaboratively with The Plant Room / The Archipelago in Leeds.
- If needing to work part-time (which I will) try and work for somewhere social, which could lead to collaborations/ work. For example, she works a few hours as a bar tender at Northern Monk which has lead to her beer packaging collaborations with the company.
- Get my work out there - Try and be involved with exhibitions in and around Leeds. People will start to know your name and this leads to more work or even sales if you have products.
- Always be nice - people remember and like to support friendly nice people.
The chat ended in her looking at my instagram page, following each other and her saying that in the future an exhibition could be on the cards. She also recommended getting in touch with Zosia from The Plant Room as they're great for supporting exhibition/ projects.
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