Get in touch with me at emma.in.colour@hotmail.com
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My Story
This page isn’t a highlight reel.
It’s a collection of moments, experiences, and
ways of working that have shaped how and why I make art.
My Story
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WHERE IT STARTED
Growing up, I struggled in school in ways I didn’t yet have words for.
Everyone else seemed to understand things that felt completely foreign to me.
I was always in the bottom set, the lowest table, even down to being told I wasn’t allowed to write in pen when other children could.
It quietly taught me that I was “behind,” even though I was trying far, far harder.
I didn’t know then that my brain simply worked differently. I just knew that the world felt loud, fast, and confusing — and that I needed somewhere to organise my thoughts away from the noise.
That place was...
making!
I come from a family of creatives
My mum has had her own creative journey too, from doll’s house making
to full furniture restoration.
Growing up, we even had what we called “make and do” days.
My grandad was always tinkering away
in the garage, emerging every couple of years with one single wooden bowl...
But it was beautifully made.
Looking back, I realise how rare but incredible that was.
There was never an expectation to be good at it, and that’s exactly
what made me to fall deeply in love with creativity so much in the first place.
No rules
It gave my busy mind somewhere to land.
It helped me organise my thoughts (there were a lot of them — hello ADHD).
It became a focus when I didn’t feel particularly good at much else.
No pressure
No explaining
During darker patches, before diagnoses or any explanations, I’d often find my favourite teacher and sit quietly drawing while she worked. For a moment I could be completely unaware of the world around me.
It was grounding.
It was safe.
It was a constant that never changed.
Even when
everything else felt out
of reach, creativity was always there for me.
I’ve pushed it aside at times. Life does that.
But it’s always come back — sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly — and now it lives in everything I do.
understanding myself
At the start of 2024, I received my diagnosis. Suddenly, so much of my world made sense. I realised I’d been in a state of burnout for years without knowing it.
But now I have to learn the balance. Nobody wants to be on a seesaw forever, but it gives me the closest thing to normality, which for a long time seemed like a foreign concept.
Around the same time, I found the studio space I now work from. For the first time, I had a place that felt safe without being isolating — supportive without removing momentum.
Just knowing what was going on inside changed everything. Always feeling like the odd one out but being expected to blend in finally had a reason.
Combined with medication and the right environment, it felt like I stopped fighting against the current and started flowing with it instead.
I don’t follow one fixed medium or style.
However...
Lino printing quickly became a favourite.
discovering
MY
WAY
of making
My practice is shaped by process, curiosity, and attention rather than outcomes.
Some pieces are carefully planned.
It's slow, tactile, and incredibly satisfying.
Others emerge through experimentation and fate
I found it to be a particularly grounding process for me.
Every mark is
intentional but
never identical.
The imperfections are part of the story.
I have definitely been and still can be quite a perfectionist, but it helps me break out of that mould and embrace those mistakes to become happy little accidents.
Across all my work, I’m less interested in perfection now and more interested in the pieces presence.
While my work takes many forms, everything I do comes back to the same place: making sense of the world through colour, process, and connection.
Emma.in.colour wasn’t born from a business plan or a clear path.
It grew from years of needing something constant in a world that often didn’t make sense.
• A place where ideas could evolve naturally
• Where making didn’t need permission or pressure.
• Where colour could make people smile and feel warm.
Art is more than just what I do.
It’s how I’ve always understood myself when I didn’t yet have the words.
