Hello, I'm Kate Slater, an illustrator working in mixed media collage. When I'm not designing cards, wrapping paper, prints, tea towels and bird decorations, I illustrate children's books.

All my designs begin as collages made from old magazines, envelopes, shopping lists - anything I can get my hands on! I'm dedicated to creating everything sustainably; all my wrapping paper and cards are printed on 100% recycled paper and I use organic cotton for my tea towels. Everything is made in the UK.

My favourite things to collage are always birds, but I’ve illustrated everything from ants to woolly mammoths, and, since buying my first home, I've slowly been covering the walls with swans and trees!