From start to finish.
Values.
Deeply-rooted ideas
that lead to life and flourishing
and inspire enduring aesthetics.
Approach.
Honest.
Thoughtful.
Refined.
Style.
Open.
Organic.
Subtle.
My story.
My name is James Collie. I am an artist, designer and musician based in the beautiful, historic city of Bath in the UK.
Lasting Lines was an idea born out of a few drawings that helped me process significant decisions in my own life. Though subtle in style, those honest sketches are the art pieces that I still love most and reflect upon years later. I then had a season of creating similar works to encourage friends who were living through tough circumstances. Through that small gesture, I began to appreciate just how precious a gift a few lines put to paper can be to someone.
So after all these years of creativity in various industries and mostly for digital outcomes, I find myself particularly drawn back to printed and hand-made media. To something that’s physically palpable. To something that will inhabit a space and stay on the mind for a while, whether it’s celebrated on a wall, treasured inside a diary or close by on a bedside table.
That’s the journey I’m on. It has been humbling to see my designs inspire communities for the long haul, wedding stationary that still brings encouragement from the mantlepiece years later, and sketches that people wake up to in their homes each morning. Perhaps that all sounds a bit worthy, but that’s what I long to offer to people.