Designer

Welcome to this BONUS episode of Pattern Portraits on the occasion of <a href="https://www.bethanlaurawood.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bethan Laura Wood</a>’s solo exhibition at <a href="https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/platform-bethan-laura-wood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Design Museum</a> in London! Step into the wiggle world of designer <a href="https://www.bethanlaurawood.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bethan Laura Wood</a> as she chats with Lauren Godfrey about hidden versus mirrored repeats, the similarities between kaleidoscopes and iPhones and pattern in three dimensions. Known for her joyful and maximalist approach to design, Bethan Laura Wood has turned her hand to furniture, lighting, rugs and even handbags. Enhancing all she does with a friendly wiggle, a playful pattern and an immaculate eye for colour. Bethan has collaborated with many companies including Hermes, Perrier-Jouet champagne and fine porcelain manufacturers, Rosenthal. She has work in collections worldwide including at the V&amp;A and The Design Museum in London. Bethan has chosen a veritable party of patterns including an Otomi embroidery from Mexico, a quilt from Pakistan, a book matched section of veneer made by Bethan, a vibrant Luntaya Acheik from Myanmar and a metallic zig zag pattern (origin unknown). You can see all of Bethan’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘The Wiggle World’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Bethan’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://laurengodfreystudio.myshopify.com/products/in-the-wiggle-world-bethan-laura-wood" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a>

Bethan Laura Wood

Artist

Welcome to Episode 17 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist <a href="https://www.davidbatchelor.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">David Batchelor</a>, about the legacy of the Bauhaus, gilding tortoises and pattern as a cardinal sin. David Batchelor is an artist well known for his sculptural and light based work that explores his experience of colour within a modern urban environment, and historical conceptions of colour within Western culture. David has exhibited worldwide with recent solo exhibitions in Sao Paolo, London and Edinburgh. He has delivered large scale commissions for London St Pancras Station and Art on the Underground. His book <a href="https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/chromophobia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chromophobia</a> was published in 2000 and is a staple of art school reading lists worldwide. David’s work delights in colour and shape, playing with the edges, the reflections and the shadows, drawing attention to the underside, the reverse or the back of a sculptural form, testing and flexing the parameters of our relationship to colour and the myriad ways we experience it. David and I met earlier this year when I was tasked with making a series of beaded works on his behalf for his solo exhibition at <a href="https://www.ceciliabrunsonprojects.com/exhibitions/100/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cecilia Brunson Projects</a> in London. Though I was already a fan of his work, upon visiting his studio I discovered a cocoon of colour and a party of patterned references beyond what I could have imagined. We bonded over a shared love of colour charts for zips and getting giddy about chains dripping with perspex swatches! David has chosen a delicious selection of patterns with a global reach including a Mondrian painting <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/piet-mondrian/composition-with-grid-ix-1919" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(Composition with Grid IX)</a> from 1919, an Anni Albers <a href="https://www.artsy.net/artwork/anni-albers-study-for-camino-real" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">work on paper</a> from 1967, a 1965 <a href="https://alisonjacques.viewingrooms.com/content/feature/139/artworks-19552-sue-willie-seltzer-blocks-c.-1965/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">quilt by Sue Willie Seltzer</a> of the Gee’s Bend quilt makers and a Zulu beadwork date unknown.&nbsp; You can see all of David’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘Purple Punctuation’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany David’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://laurengodfreystudio.myshopify.com/products/purple-punctuation-david-batchelor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a>

David Batchelor

Welcome to Episode 16 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist <a href="https://www.zadiexa.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zadie Xa</a>, about alchemy and conjuring through pattern, oddness over evenness and Korean Folklore. Zadie Xa is an artist working across painting, sculpture and performance with recent presentations at <a href="https://ropac.net/exhibitions/699-zadie-xa-rough-hands-weave-a-knife/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thaddeus Ropac</a> in Paris, <a href="https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/44431-the-new-bend-los-angeles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hauser and Wirth in LA</a> and The <a href="https://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/zadie-xa-house-gods-animal-guides-and-five-ways-2-forgiveness/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whitechapel Gallery</a> in London. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Zadie explores notions of homeland and diaspora through the metaphor of water and interspecies communication. Zadie has an MA in painting from The Royal College of Art and a BFA from The Emily Carr Institute of Design in Vancouver. Her work often takes the form of textile constructions resembling garments or kimonos, heavily worked with quilting, appliqué and complex structural elements featuring recurring motifs such as the conch shell, the Yin Yang symbol, knives and kimchi. Performances have featured huge Orca whales and costumes sewn from bleach dyed denim in aqueous patterns of undulating water. I am totally entranced by Zadie’s work and the way that pattern weaves its way into every element whether it’s a vast patchwork shelter, housing delicately rendered paintings or a gown hanging from the ceiling, poised with a pair of platform shoes resembling cabbages. Zadie has chosen a vibrant patchwork of patterns including a Korean Bojagi wrapping (date unknown), <a href="https://www.christies.com/en/stories/sonia-delaunay-fashion-costume-exhibition-bard-352dc6119380493189789916fdd93034" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sonia Delaunay’s ‘Simultaneous Dress’</a> from 1913, a pattern of her own - <a href="https://www.zadiexa.com/jessica-silverman-gallery-house-spirits-with-hernan-bas/d5g0xthbdtahanckls0pydff8e34pv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kimchi Rites and Kitchen Rituals</a>, 2022, a <a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/11469/1/christopher-kane-womenswear-s-s12" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Christopher Kane flower stamped dress</a> from Spring/Summer 2012 and a <a href="https://pen-online.com/culture/un-ouvrage-de-design-de-vagues-japonaises-disponible-gratuitement-sur-la-toile/?scrolled=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mori Yuzan wave drawing</a> circa 1903. You can see all of Zadie’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘Magic Motif’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Zadie’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://laurengodfreystudio.myshopify.com/products/magic-motif-zadie-xa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> Image of Zadie Xa by Benedict Johnson References:<a href="https://alisonjacques.com/artists/the-gees-bend-quiltmakers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gee’s Bend Quilt Makers</a><a href="https://www.legacyrussell.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Legacy Russell </a><a href="https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/44431-the-new-bend-los-angeles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The New Bend Exhibition at Hauser and Wirth </a>

Zadie Xa

Welcome to Episode 15 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist <a href="http://navinegdossos.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Navine G Dossos</a>, about wearing painting, pattern as lexicon and the connections between geometry and philosophy. This episode was recorded on the occasion of her solo exhibition <a href="http://navinegdossos.com/works/riviera/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Riviera’</a> at <a href="https://www.devonshirecollective.co.uk/activity/riviera" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Devonshire Collective’s VOLT gallery in Eastbourne.</a> Navine is an artist living between London and Aegina in Greece working predominantly in painting and increasingly in the public realm. She has a keen interest in pattern and through her work explores geometric abstraction, merging traditions coming from Islamic art with the algorithmic nature of the interconnected world we live in. Navine studied History of Art at Cambridge University, Arabic at Kuwait University, Islamic Art at the Prince’s School of Traditional Art in London, and holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art &amp; Design. Her exhibition at Volt is a commission led by Towner Eastbourne in collaboration with Devonshire Collective and presents a new collaboratively designed patterned textile featuring a language of symbols developed from the surrounding area of Eastbourne and the people that live there. The textile is available for free for visitors to take a 2 metre length with which to make a garment or furnishing, thus disseminating the pattern across the town, country and potentially the globe. A truly public artwork it also manifests as a series of awnings on nearby shopfronts, peppering the town with pattern. Navine has chosen a beautiful palette of patterns including a <a href="https://blog.fabrics-store.com/2021/12/07/brave-and-bold-raoul-dufys-fabric/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Raoul Dufy</a> textile from 1920, an Islamic Geometric pattern, A Japanese wave pattern, the Photoshop transparency grid and two patterns by the Bloomsbury Group; ’Pamela’ by Vanessa Bell / Duncan Grant and ‘West Wind’ by Duncan Grant. You can see all of Navine’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘Monumental Intimacy’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Navine’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://laurengodfreystudio.myshopify.com/products/monumental-intimacy-navine-g-dossos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> References: <a href="https://www.moma.org/artists/3787" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agnes Martin</a> <a href="https://www.charleston.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Charleston House</a>

Navine G Dossos

Romy St Clair - Florist and Business Owner

Welcome to Episode 14 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with Romy St Clair, one half of the coolest florists in London, <a href="https://sageflowers.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SAGE flowers</a>, about collaboration, the similarities between flowers and clubbing and being a recovering minimalist. Together with Iona Mathieson, Romy has grown a phenomenal creative business, making playful bouquets and incredible floral installations. Storming onto the scene only a few years ago with a tiny budget and a few stems in a carpark in Peckham they have since collaborated with brands including Gucci, Fenty, Frieze and Nike to name but a handful. They set up an initiative called <a href="https://sageflowers.co.uk/pages/careers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FutureFlowers</a> which offers funded placements to diversify and decolonise floristry and they have written a book called <a href="https://sageflowers.co.uk/products/art-of-starting" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Art of Starting</a> in which they share their secrets to success. Not only are the SAGE girls amazing businesswomen and florists but also impeccable dressers and bring pattern and fun into all they do! Romy has chosen a beautiful selection of sentimental patterns including a fiery <a href="https://www.louisaballou.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Louisa Ballou</a> dress worn for their book launch, a monogrammed <a href="https://www.ralphlauren.co.uk/en/kids/30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren</a> hoodie belonging to her little boy, a Chunni she wore for her engagement party, an inherited sari and the happiest flower bag for Louis Vuitton by Takashi Murakami. You can see all of Romy’s patterns and more now on instagram @patternportraitspodcast ‘Flowers This Way' - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Romy’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at www.laurengodfrey.co.uk

SAGE Flowers

Welcome to Episode 13 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist <a href="https://www.madeleinepledge.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madeleine Pledge</a> about stripes as borders, patterns as graphs and Virginia Woolf’s concept of frock consciousness. Madeleine Pledge is an artist working sculpturally, employing a myriad of processes including knitting, sewing, casting, ceramics and printmaking. Her work stretches and contorts, leaves a physical impression, can be worn or perhaps has been. It wraps itself around and loops through, balancing and poising. Her work revels in material elements of fashion and from the history of design, reworking and reinterpreting them as a means to understand systems of production, power and authorship. Madeleine’s take on pattern is a really broad and conceptual one, the patterns she has chosen are closely linked with her work and include childhood polkadot dungarees, a stretch knit stripe from a photograph by artist <a href="https://www.artnet.com/artists/sylvie-fleury/stretch-pullover-nr-5-7ekTF1O2EHN6MqLH1YKyhQ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sylvie Fleury</a>, a pair of op art and binary code inspired <a href="https://www.madeleinepledge.com/copy-of-weaponized-glamour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">balaclavas made by Madeleine</a> after the artist <a href="https://www.artnet.com/artists/rosemarie-trockel/balaklava-izhImqu5-zON65bflyPJRQ2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rosemarie Trockel</a>, zig zag stripes by <a href="https://www.missoni.com/en-gb/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Missoni</a>, and a trio of striped knitted garments by <a href="https://www.jwanderson.com/gb/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JW Anderson</a>. You can see all of Madeleine’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘Maximum Baggage’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Madeleine’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://www.laurengodfrey.co.uk/pattern-portraits-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> References: Christine Keeler chair https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O76201/the-keeler-chair-chair-unknown/ Jade Monserrat https://www.bosseandbaum.com/artists/jade-montserrat/ Ann Anlin Cheng - Second Skin, Josephine Baker and the Modern Surface https://global.oup.com/academic/product/second-skin-9780197748381?cc=gb&amp;lang=en&amp; Charlie Porter - Bring No Clothes https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453043/bring-no-clothes-by-porter-charlie/9781802061147 Bridget Riley - original article from 1965 -&nbsp;https://www.artnews.com/art-news/retrospective/bridget-riley-perception-is-the-medium-1965-12638/ Alice Channer https://alicechanner.com/ Weaponised Glamour at Case Study Project Space - https://www.madeleinepledge.com/weaponized-glamour Superstructure (public image), 2023 at Eastbourne ALIVE https://www.madeleinepledge.com/superstructure-public-image Stretch, Flatlands Projects https://www.madeleinepledge.com/stretch Isa Genzken’s jacket https://www.madeleinepledge.com/the-weather-garden Sarah Shepherd - knitter of the balaclavas https://www.sarahshepherd.com/ Madeleine’s Pictures for Palestine print https://www.picturesforpalestine.com/photographs/madeleine-pledge

Madeleine Pledge

Curator and Art Historian

Lauren Godfrey chats with art historian and curator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo%C3%A9_Whitley" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr Zoé Whitley</a> about pattern as rebellion, making clothes with her grandmother and channelling her favourite musicians through patterns. Zoé is director of the well loved <a href="https://chisenhale.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chisenhale Gallery</a>, a gem in the London gallery scene as a space that champions creativity and helps facilitate artists making new work on a grand scale. Before joining Chisenhale in 2020, she worked on exhibitions, research and collections at The Hayward, The V and A, and the TATE where she co curated the exhibition Soul of A Nation: Art In The Age of Black Power which went on to tour internationally. She also curated Cathy Wilkes’ presentation at the 2019 British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and was a Turner Prize judge in 2021. Zoe undertook a Masters in History of Design at the Royal College of Art alongside the V and A, focusing on representations of Blackness in Vogue Magazine in the UK, US and France. Zoé has chosen a veritable feast of pattern including striped sweatpants from Erykah Badu’s world market, a Vlisco Dutch Wax hall of fame, A Stella Jean dress with typewriters all over it, a floral Versace monogram silk, a Moroccan Boucheruite rug and a Viviers Studio ostrich claw napkin! You can see all of Zoé’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5dewfsec" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> ‘Caszh With Zhuzh’ - The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Zoé’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4th9c5vz" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> References:<a href="https://baduworldmarket.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Badu world market</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/3v6mhvcc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Getty internship</a>Kaye Spilker / Sharon Takeda - Curator / Head of Costume at Textiles at LACMA<a href="https://tinyurl.com/mw58wj3c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rudi Gernreich Pubikini 1985</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yx4x2w4c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claire McCardell</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/39wh25z8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gilbert Adrian</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/2azwudw5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tom Ford Gucci jeans</a><a href="https://www.vlisco.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vlisco - dutch wax</a><a href="https://www.cauleensmith.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cauleen Smith</a>Yinka Shonibare - <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ycxvmpm9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dysfunctional Family (1999)</a> / <a href="https://tinyurl.com/ydsxwhj8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sir Foster Cunliffe, Playing (2007)</a><a href="https://www.njidekaakunyilicrosby.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Njideka Akunyili Crosby</a><a href="https://www.stellajean.it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Stella Jean</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/5n6jhrdt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAFAD</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/yhbc2amc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lisa Left Eye Lopes - Hat 2 Da Back</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/y7kh7ezh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">House Party - Kid n play pool ball pyjamas</a><a href="https://viviersstudio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lisanne Viviers</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/bsweynnd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anthea Hamilton Loewe wallpaper</a>

Zoé Whitley

Artist and Filmmaker

Welcome to Episode 11 of Pattern Portraits! Lauren Godfrey chats with artist and filmmaker <a href="http://www.michellewilliamsgamaker.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michelle Williams Gamaker</a> about costume as a nonverbal communicator in film, pattern stopping her in her tracks and the double echo of intergenerational clothes swapping. Michelle is an artist known for her ambitious films that enact fictional revenge, placing marginalised voices at the centre of the narrative. Her epic film work <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmTbQP2qCm8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Theives’</a> was presented at South London Gallery in 2023, Dundee Contemporary Arts and Bluecoat in Liverpool in 2024. Michelle’s work responds to films watched during childhood, unpacked and seen anew over time, which raise important conversations about race, representation, identity and agency.&nbsp;Michelle’s work has won many awards including jointly winning the Jarman Award in 2020. Pattern and colour are intrinsic in her world from costumes and sets to the clothes Michelle wears herself. A pair of her striped boots have even been immortalised in the work of another artist, <a href="https://www.madeleinepledge.com/copy-of-weaponized-glamour" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Madeline Pledge</a> who I am also interviewing this season! Michelle has chosen some very special patterns, a polkadot and houndstooth from C&amp;A passed down from her mum, a Kantha quilt kimono and Shalwar kameez adapted for wearing at her exhibition opening, a satin dress thrifted in Amsterdam and my personal favourite, an epic Paisley crossed with tiger print shirt by Pencaldi and B! You can see all of Michelle's patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Michelle’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://www.laurengodfrey.co.uk/pattern-portraits-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> https://www.instagram.com/m.williams.gamaker/ References: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thief of Baghdad 1940</a> - produced by Alexander Korda and directed by Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger and Tim Whelan, with additional contributions by William Cameron Menzies and Korda brothers Vincent and Zoltán. <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015400/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Thief of Bagdad 1924</a> - directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/anna-may-wong " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Anna May Wong</a> <a href="http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/459165/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sabu </a>

Michelle Williams Gamaker

Fashion Historian and Broadcaster

Welcome to Season 2 of PATTERN PORTRAITS! In this first episode of the new season, Lauren Godfrey chats with curator, writer and broadcaster, <a href="https://www.amberbutchart.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amber Butchart</a> about the power of souvenirs, the compulsory nature of leopard print and the joys of London Transport seating fabric! You’ll probably know Amber from her very special TV series A Stitch In Time in which Amber explores the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore, or perhaps for her regular appearances as the fashion historian on The Great British Sewing Bee! She is unmissable with impeccable dress sense and an iconic red bob, usually topped off with a colourful turban. Amber has chosen patterns from many different sources, from <a href="https://www.vintagewallpapers.com/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1960’s Anaglypta wallpaper</a>, an Uzbek Ikat tunic bought in Istanbul, a leopard print carpet, a bespoke leopard print featuring her own silhouette by her partner <a href="https://www.robflowers.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rob Flowers</a>, a bedsheet from the Chinese Cultural revolution and a London Transport moquette from the London Country Buses. Amber hosts her own podcast <a href="https://britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/programme/amber-butchart-cloth-cultures-stories-of-movement-migration-and-making/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Cloth Cultures’ </a>for <a href="https://britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The British Textile Biennial</a> which is a beautiful exploration of movement, migration and making through cloth. Her stunning exhibition <a href="https://fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitionsdisplays/the-fabric-of-democracy-propaganda-textiles-from-the-french-revolution-to-brexit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘The Fabric of Democracy’</a> was at The Fashion and Textiles Museum in London earlier in 2024, exploring printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries. It was a truly remarkable show really driving home the idea of pattern and fabric as codes and communicators - if ever we were in doubt about the power of pattern, this show dispelled it! You can see all of Amber’s patterns and more on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patternportraitspodcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@patternportraitspodcast</a> The PATTERN PORTRAIT print artwork to accompany Amber’s interview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available to buy now at <a href="https://www.laurengodfrey.co.uk/pattern-portraits-podcast/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.laurengodfrey.co.uk</a> References / Links: <a href="https://www.brasseriezedel.com/bar-americain/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bar américain at Zedel, London</a> Gillian Vogelsang-Eastwood director of the <a href="https://www.trc-leiden.nl/trc/index.php/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Textile Research Centre in Leiden </a> <a href="https://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/stories/design/enid-marx-pioneer-pattern" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enid Marx- mentioned in relation to the London Transport Moquettes</a> <a href="https://www.frieze.com/article/lauren-elkin-thread-of-dissent-241" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lauren Elkin article about textiles</a> <a href="https://www.svenskttenn.com/at/en/range/textile/fabric/textile-italian-dinner/100656/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Josef frank - Italian dinner</a>

Amber Butchart

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