Ada May: Designer, Illustrator, Artist & Maker…

Ada May is my pencil name… I’m Thea(dora) Adelaide May Welsford – bit of a mouthful so most people just call me Thea for short. I’m a Bristol based Graphic Designer and Illustrator.

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Thea’s artwork explores themes of activism, social justice, climate change, punk, music, and popular culture with pop-art references.

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I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.
— Jean-Michel Basquiat
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This Swiss Scape design was created for Thea’s mama. Inspired by her family’s Swiss heritage, the patterns and the iconography from Swiss folklore.

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This is News – A portraiture project inspired by news headlines

A social comment on on the faces deemed newsworthy each day.

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