About

Inspired by my collection of ceramic chicken egg holders – there’s an entire flock perched on a shelf – China Hen is I, Davina Maji, a stylist and art director with a passion for food, craft and interiors with more than 20 years’ experience in the publishing industry.

Following my graphic design degree, I dived into magazine design and art directing, which helped cement a love of photography, colour and typography . This led me to prop styling for food photography

I am able to style images for a given brief as well as dream up endless fresh shoot ideas, from concept to realisation. Hunting out beautiful textures, patterns and colours, or even hand painting a unique backdrop gives me immense satisfaction, and I thrive on the opportunity to add an invaluable personal touch to every feature I work on.

My passion for print started back at school and has developed commercially over the years, I have press passed magazines of a million print run and on a much smaller scale I enjoy regular visits to the print club where I can get messy and make mistakes while creating limited edition prints, often influenced by food or mindfulness, sometimes both

Clients have included:  Asda, Bloomsbury, CNT, Co-operative, Costa, Delicious, EAT, Good House Keeping, Hotel Chocolat, Jacqui Small, M&S, Ocado, Olive, Pavilion, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Vogue, Waitrose