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Heather Tempest Elliot of York, has worked at Bettys for 10 years. She is also a fine linocut artist and has just designed the Christmas packaging for their new range of biscuits.“I have always been creative, trying many different forms of arts and crafts. I went to university to study photography but craved making something more physical. So I tried out printmaking and adored it.
Three years later she got that call asking if she’d like to design Bettys’ new range of plastic free packaging for their Christmas and Easter chocolates“It was so exciting and unexpected to get an email a few years later to ask if I would do the new chocolate boxes,” says Heather who works at Bettys York four days a week."I love working at Bettys – it is such a lovely pace to work. And working four days gives me time to pursue my art business.
The Bettys Christmas character range includes Merry Men, owls, penguins and a selection of different Christmas novelities .On the sides of the Christmas character boxes there’s a little Santa waving which Heather hopes will come as a nice surprise for the customers and make them smile. As well as the Christmas chocolate boxes Heather has been involved in the Bettys Easter range.
“They’re so interesting to draw and I enjoyed putting a bit of individual character into each one. I love the shiny lily pads too.”“I recently completed The Gardener’s Yearbook with 80 linocuts in, which has just been published. It was really intense but I loved it, especially as I am so inspired by nature,” she explains.
“We saw a lot of similarities with how our chocolatiers handcraft many of our products and the processes Heather goes through in hand-carving her illustrations. Heather’s bold style works to showcase our quirky chocolate characters wonderfully. We are so lucky that we have such a talented artist working in our business. We always want to help local artists where we can and we hope that these lovely pieces of packaging will demonstrate her talents wider.
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