Emily Rose, the interview

Today I have something special made for you, an interview. Not long ago I went by a lovely newly launched online shop Emily Rose, became charmed by the styles and decided to tell you about in best possible way: making an interview.

1 how did Emily Rose start? Why did you decide to turn your art into fashion?

 

I have always been into art, drawing painting, sculpting, and photography. I just love creating! I studied art education at Long Island University in New Yorkto become an art teacher. My first year of teaching I was required to teach fashion, I had to teach myself and I found the art of fashion inspirational. My website originally started as my online art portfolio just to showcase my art. I created my website myself by watching lots of tutorials, I was not trained in web development. I always thought it would be cool to mass produce something since it makes it more affordable for other to make purchases than to buy my original pieces. I looked around the internet for print on demand shops and used a trial and error process to see which one was right for me. I landed on Printful (prinful.com) to help produce my products. I started with an etsy shop and it was great to begin with but it only lasted about a week until I decided to sell through my own website. I chose to do this because I had a lot more control over the features, set-up, and management, for example starting my affiliate program. I created everything myself, from the branding, logo, website, social media, marketing, and I am always learning and improving!

2 what was the first Emily Rose product?
 

This was the first Emily Rose product created. Originally I was asked to do this piece for a nonprofit exhibition. This was originally a 10 inch drawing of a frog using markers and pencils on a wood panel. The original piece sold and the money went toward the North Fork Environmental Council in Long Island.

3 where do you find inspiration for artwork? How do you decide it’s fit for the shop?

I find inspiration everywhere! I just keep creating and if I like the piece, I put it in my shop. I think I would describe my artwork as fun and surreal. I heard a great quote once “Don’t make art your life, live a great life and make art about it.” That is how I choose to live. I have great experiences, and what I create is subconsciously influenced by it. I love to travel and meet people. I have been to multiple countries in Europe, China, and Israel so far.

4 what is your favorite thing/object to work on illustrations for fashion items? I see a lot of animals

I love creating portraits. I create many portraits of people in black and white acrylic. I notice my Rapper Face Mask have been really popular. I also lately have been painting lots of rainbow animals. I enjoy making them because I think they are fun a unique. I think that my art is always changing and evolving. I think faces tell a story. Even in the animals I paint, I think each one has a personality of its own. I put myself into everyone of my artworks.

5 does teaching help to boost you creativity? Do you students wear you styles?

This is a great question. Teaching is inspiring. Being an art teacher and seeing the creativity helps me stay current and think creatively. At this time my students do not know about my shop because we just launched. However I always show them my artwork to inspire them, to show them the possibilities, and push them to the next level. Having taught fashion design, I think I have more of the expressive and eccentric students that have interesting and unique styles that definitely influence my views of fashion and what it can be.

6 It’s little something I ask everyone I take interviews of: people say that talented in art, fashion and/or design kids modify their toys and remaking the dolls costumes as their first experiments. My hairdresser for example made new stylish haircuts to all of her dolls in a hour time when she was five. Did you do something alike? and if you did, what was it?

I was always extremely artistic as a child. My dad felt that drawing was just as important as reading and writing and encouraged me in the arts. I was always painting and drawing, and I loved drawing people. I was never really that good skill wise as a child. I was not a prodigy artist. However, I had the motivation and drive to learn and hone my skills overtime. I then began digital photography when I was 10 with my first point and shoot camera. This developed my artistic eye for composition, color, values, etc.. I then used these skills to conquer other artistic mediums moving to drawing, then paint and eventually sculptures, through applying previous knowledge.

Interested to know more about and shop? Here are all the links you need:

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Have a nice day,

Lyosha