Pattern Portraits

Welcome to this Bonus Episode of PATTERN PORTRAITS in collaboration with MIMA!Lauren Godfrey chats with artist Jacqueline Poncelet on the occasion of her exhibition ‘In The Making’ at MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.We chat about intelligent risk taking, the importance of travel for Jacqui and the visual beefy soup of the world around us!Artist Jacqueline Poncelet g

Welcome to Episode Eight of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with broadcaster and presenter Gemma Cairney about the eroticism of everyday life, pattern as code and living instinctively. Gemma is best known for her work with BBC radio, and a myriad of TV appearances from hosting Glastonbury for the BBC to presenting the public art competition show, Landmark for Sky Arts. Gemma

Welcome to Episode Seven of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with artist and designer Hannah Sabapathy about patterns as a key to other histories, the jewel-like colours of her Grandma’s saris and collaging as a process of creating conversations. Hannah Sabapathy is based in Dundee in Scotland and leads Studio Plica, a studio that explores colour, materials and the politics

Welcome to Episode Six of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with designer and business owner Karen Mabon about delving into the Barbie archive, the aesthetics of Grease 2 and the complexities of owning an eponymous brand. Karen makes pyjamas, scarves, swimwear and more in the most joyful, playful patterns of your dreams! Think tamagotchis, cats in pumpkin costumes and ski bunn

Welcome to Episode Five of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with stylist Dr Manrutt Wongkaew about the power of education, dressing as therapy and turning up the dimmer switch on your own light. Manrutt is a stylist, art director and choreographer as well as a senior lecturer at London College of Fashion. His approach to colour and pattern is truly admirable, you think you’

Welcome to Episode Four of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with author Bethany Rutter about dressing fictional characters, the unavoidable influence of Trinny and Susannah and memorising Agatha Christie novels.A podcaster herself, Bethany co-hosts the literary podcast What Page Are You On? with fellow writer Alice Slater. She has published 3 novels with a 4th and 5th coming

Welcome to Episode Three of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with illustrator, accessory and prop maker Rosy Nicholas about Garfield roller skates, dressing up as Madonna and the power clothes have to transport you.Rosy has extensive experience of making patterns herself having done brand collaborations with Jigsaw, Estée Lauder, Vans and Lazy Oaf as well as making an e

Welcome to Episode Two of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with artist and illustrator Mark Hearld about rhythms in patterns, the lack of shocking pink at Kettles Yard and ways of engineering randomness.Mark has an infectious enthusiasm for objects and ephemera, art and artefacts. He has a self-confessed Magpie Eye, honing in on the details and the fleeting moments and runnin

Welcome to Episode One of PATTERN PORTRAITS!Lauren Godfrey chats with artist and illustrator Julie Verhoeven about patterns special to her, her time with John Galliano, striking a pose in a velvet trouser suit aged 5 and tending to the Frieze art fair toilets dressed in a tabard.Once met, never forgotten, Julie Verhoeven is a unique force in the art and fashion world, having inspir

Welcome to PATTERN PORTRAITS, an artwork and podcast by Lauren Godfrey!Each episode I speak with a fellow pattern lover in the creative industries about their relationship to pattern and colour and how surrounding themselves with pattern serves as a kind of armour.Each guest has selected some textiles special to them which we will discuss, using the patterns to delve into their sto