About Emma Ball
A little bit about me….
I live in Nottinghamshire, ideally placed as it’s so central for my trips- only three and a bit hours and I can be on Beer beach (or Wells next the sea!!), five and I’m in Glasgow!!! I love going places I’ve never been and revisiting other places- especially the British coastline, it’s so special.
At sixth form I was told by my tutor that I should drop watercolours, and that I had no colour sense!!!!!
I graduated from Nottingham Trent University in the 90’s with a degree in Graphic design- a fabulous three years (four including my art foundation!!)
Please don’t ask me how I paint and what techniques I use- I really couldn’t tell you as most of it happens- as most watercolourists will tell you 50% of it happens by accident!!!
A few other sites you might like to visit....
www.thewhistlefish.com (other prints by me, but not found anywhere else!!)
www.luciennedemauny.co.uk fabulous ceramics by my friend Lucie!!
www.mulberrytreegallery.co.uk prints and a few of my originals, as well as other lovely pictures
www.crafts-gallery.co.uk Inverary gallery, selling my Scottish images as well as other Scottish crafts
www.scottishcards.com A lovely assortment of cards and prints, with a Scottish theme!!
www.thebeachhut.com All things beach hut-y!!!!
www.rosemaryandco.com totally brilliant paintbrushes!!!!
www.rspb.org.uk Have a look in their shop for some special Christmas cards and giftwrap, also other goodies!!!!
www.leukaemiashop.com Leukaemia Research, online shop with my cards and some specials!!!
www.orchardcards.co.uk Lots of lovely greetings cards!!!!
www.nts.org.uk Soon to have some exclusives by me!!!!
www.rhs.org.uk Look out for the RHS Wisley in a Box- exclusive to the RHS!!!!
www.andrewgladwell.co.uk Heritage services
www.calbourneclassics.co.uk Online cake service!!!
www.ibrowmedia.com Great printing, designers and web-sites!!! (Aw Emma you shouldn't have - we're all embarrassed now (Chris)
You can find most of my products throughout the UK in various shops. We produce the paper products (greetings cards, notebooks, limited edition prints etc…) here in Nottingham (locally), and have an in-house giclee printer which can produce a print of any of your favorite cards (email us for that info!!). I have a great team here (yes, I love them all!!!), who work hard behind the scences- packing and answering the phone!!! As well as a group of other companies I work with licensing my images onto their products including tin ware with Elite gift boxes, fabric with McCaw Allan, Melamine with Melamaster and Mugs with Dunoon. There are lots more items in the pipeline including Emma Ball stitching kits, and children’s picnic sets and napkins- all exciting stuff!!!! And when anyone asks me where I work- I don’t work- it’s too much fun to call it that!!! Unfortunately I only take corporate commissions for Christmas cards and specialized items- but keep checking the website as I’m constantly visiting and painting new places!!!
To all of you, please enjoy my site and take a good look round at all the lovely things on it.
Emma