DESIGNS............

when i started print & pattern way back in march 2007 i was very keen not to use my real name. with the artist banksy in mind i wanted to operate undercover, especially as i snooped around stores with my little spy camera looking for fab examples of design. so i adopted 'bowie style' as a username after a book on my hero david bowie, and have used this as a pen name ever since. that is until i came to a produce a book, and i found out that through copyright laws i would need to add my real name to protect my rights and those of all the contributors. so in the hardest post i have ever had to write i have to finally reveal a bit about myself. not easy for me. my name is marie perkins and for the last two years i've been designing under the studio name 'inkjet designs'. what began as a fun side project to own an etsy shop soon led to me leaving my textile design job in order to go freelance.

i did an interview with the british newspaper 'the independent on sunday' last week and i was worried they would use my real name before i had a chance to tell you in person - hence im doing it today. we will have a double page spread in their magazine this sunday and they are picking images from the book themselves so im not sure which designs they'll choose. thanks for reading : ) here are some little examples of my own work....