Alison Day Designs: December 2024

About Me - Artist, Designer, Voiceover

Alison Day Designs

Art & Design, Words, Voice
Welcome to my website and creative life!

An artist and designer, my journey into surface pattern design started 2024 and although I’ve been using Illustrator for many years, as a publications designer and illustrator, I’m still discovering new ways to use it.

Originally from Oxfordshire in the UK, I lived for many years in the Netherlands, but repatriated six years ago. In the Netherlands, I ran my own business, in design, translations and voiceover as Alison Day Designs.

Currently working towards my dream of reviving my creative business. This time incorporating pattern design, amongst my other creative pursuits. Excited to see where this takes me!

I am inspired by the world around me, through: travel, people watching, cat antics and a love of storytelling and my creations are a mix of analog and digital.

I have a passion for papiermache and my artworks include recycled 'waste' that would otherwise end up as landfill.

An experienced voiceover with almost 20 years experience, my voice can be heard on museum tours throughout Europe, in audio educational books, corporate films, small documentaries and the odd advert.

Website: Alison Day Designs
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The Magnificence of Mosaics

Bracelet in Blue

Marmite

Pink Fish - Mosaic Jewel

Green Fish - Mosaic Jewel

Poppy Petal

Cartoon TV

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The Wonders of Creating Pictures using Paper

Caribbean Bus

Turban Lady

Bead Lady

Angel '9 Women'- See the other ladies HERE

Cat Mirror

Lion Water Fountain (Spilli, Crete, Greece)

Waterspout (Spilli, Crete, Greece)

Decorative Bowl

Chameleon Box

9 Women - A Series of Nine Portraits, Created Entirely from 'Trash'

Angel - Beautiful, Empathetic

9 Women was a personal project, highlighting womankind, recycling and the number 9. I refer to these artworks as 'papiermache-mosaics', which refers to the materials and process of their creation.

Made from papiermache, the pictures are in relief and are decorated in a repetitive fashion, rather like mosaics, with recycled 'trash.

My choice of women as the central theme, stems from my interest in the adaptability of womankind.
In my opinion, unequalled in their creativity, multi-faceted and possessing an inherent chameleon-like diversity.

Why 9? The number 9 has magical, meditative and religious qualiities and is seen as a symbol of harmony, inspiration and perfection. In many cultures it is considered sacred, with a reference to eternity.

9 Women was exhibited at The Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, in the Netherlands, 01/05/11 - 31/07/11