Marta Cortese

Marta Cortese is a textile and surface designer who creates freehand, drawings for fashion and interior design. She lives and works in Turin, Italy, and was born and raised in Asti, in the middle of the Monferrato hills. Her portfolio is filled with whimsical drawings of not-so-feral animals, organic geometries, and women with hats. Cortese dedicates many hours to the development of each motif, drawing by hand on cotton paper and using different artistic techniques, in both traditional and innovative ways. In tandem with her work, Cortese loves to devote herself to experimental calligraphy. 

“I kept all sorts of colors in a wooden box as a child, I decorated it and wrote on it, ‘My colors.’ Today that box is in my studio, together with all the professional tools I use daily: it reminds me about the origin of my passion for drawing and colors.”

Website: https://www.martacortese.it