About Fay's Studio

Wildlife Illustrator, Fay Martin, has always had a love of the planet's flora and fauna. Growing up in the Gloucestershire countryside on the edge of the Cotswolds, her fascination of water birds, farm animals and other creatures began at a very early age. At the age of 25 Fay was struggling to manage work due to the complications of living with chronic illness. But not one to rest on her laurels, Fay decided to create a role for herself utilising her BA Honours degree in Illustration from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. She completed The Prince's Trust Business Enterprise Programme and in 2009 founded her Illustration Studio with help from one-to-one mentor and a start-up loan to develop a business plan and launch her greeting card company, Fay’s Studio. Fay started out locally, with no driving license took the bus and train to the towns and cities of Gloucestershire and Bristol with her little sales trolley in tow. The business went from strength to strength and Fay's Studio took the brave leap into international trade fairs in 2010. Fay has worked with dream clients on many special orders and commissions. Her first milestone came just 3 months after launch when Paperchase placed their first order. Fay never could have imagined that she would one day see her illustrations on the shelves of so many well known retailers in the UK such as Fortnum & Masons, the RHS, Liberty and in many stores overseas in the US such as Barnes and Noble and Ito-Ya in Japan.Read their story