Brook Isle is a modern home décor brand with a vintage soul. Our mission is to provide customers with special collections of original, limited edition and well crafted treasures that express individuality and creativity. Rachel Caldwell created Brook Isle is 2019 to offer a line of home décor and accessories based on her unique illustrations of wildlife, botanicals, folk art, and other subject matter. Applying a technique inspired by Victorian etchings to give images a vintage flair, she applies color and unexpected detail to render them with a modern sensibility. The result is an elegant and eclectic collection of products based on superior, original art. Brook Isle products are for discerning buyers who have a strong sense of aesthetics and personal style, want to express their individuality and creativity with unique items to use, display, and gift to others, appreciate the nostalgic and the role of a vintage look within a contemporary lifestyle, and greatly value originality and quality craftsmanship.

Rachel Caldwell, our founder and creative director, spent many years lending her illustration talent to top brands all over the globe. Today, she leads all creative aspects of the Brook Isle brand including wood accessory design. Rachel is a 20-year veteran of the fine art and graphic design industries and holds a B.F.A. from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. She is also an award-winning children’s book illustrator and amateur carpenter. Rachel brings a love for both the realistic and the surrealistic and ushers in a polished, old-world ease with a refined, eclectic approach to color.

Erin specializes in scientific and botanical illustration and feels there is something precious and eternal about the natural world. Delicately rendering its intricate detail satisfies her natural urge to create, analyze, and organize. It is a perfect marriage of her type-A personality and artistic spirit. Erin hails from sunny Southern California, but currently resides in swampy historic Savannah, Georgia, where she graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a B.F.A. in Illustration. A quote from Erin: “Art has long been my reason and my identity. Everything in my life is inextricably tied to my infinite urge to create. It is my bread and butter, my passion, my constant challenge, and my lifelong commitment.”

Her passion for art and design began at a young age, but Hannah’s desire to make it a career started early in college. Hannah began to teach herself hand-lettering during her free time by researching and practicing a variety of styles. Eventually, she switched from a major in psychology to graphic design. She earned a BFA in Graphic and Interactive Design from West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Hannah pulls inspiration from illuminated manuscripts, old handwritings, and antique posters. There are endless styles of hand-lettering and calligraphy, and the craft allows for incredible creativity in a niche art category that many people don’t know much about even today. Currently, Hannah works as a digital and print graphic designer but continues to learn, practice, teach, and create using the traditional art styles. When she’s not working on art, she enjoys traveling and exploring the greater Philadelphia area with friends and family. Visit Hannah’s portfolio here.