Claire Rollet

Overview

Born in France, Claire Rollet spent over 20 years in London and has recently relocated to Amsterdam in the Netherlands. London will always hold a very special place in her heart but for now she is loving cycling around discovering the Dutch capital. In her spare time she loves sewing; each garment she sees as a mathematical problem waiting to be solved.

Music accompanies Claire in her work and she has daytime and night-time playlists. Todd Terje, Kiki Gyan, Mashrou' Leila and Cosima are out when the sun’s up, and at night she listens to the likes of Hercules Love Affair, Gotye and Baloji.

Training

Claire trained as a multimedia fine artist making stop-motion animation but found that her childhood passion for drawing took over. She did a BA in Fine Art at Kingston University.

Approach

First of all, Claire works out a composition and some ideas for the image using quick sketches on paper to show to the client, perhaps including drawings and images from her database. She creates the line drawings with her Wacom tablet then carefully works on her pops of flat colour.

Style

Traditional line drawing is the cornerstone of Claire’s style, but with a fresh, modern touch to it thanks to the the flat colours.

Client List

• Taste of London
• Templar Books
• Marylebone Hotel
• Oxford University Press
• Pavilion Books...