Katie Tooke

Falmouth University

Against The Tide: Celebrating the life of cousins Jane Parminter (1750–1811) and Mary Parminter (1767–1849), who designed and lived in A La Ronde, Devon

Katie Tooke is a freelance art director, illustrator and designer specialising as a book cover designer for the last 20 years, initially working at Bloomsbury publishing and then Pan Macmillan publishers as Picador design manager. Recent freelance clients include Orion, Penguin Random House and Atlantic. In all her work, book covers and illustration, she is interested in finding stories in places, people and objects, especially bringing the past to the present for future generations to connect with. Recent illustration personal projects have looked at National Trust properties including ‘A La Ronde’. Her process involves digital and screen printed work, limited colour palettes and textural marks all stemming from observational drawings and playing with narrative forms.

She live in Devon and is currently finishing an MA in Illustration at Falmouth University.