Reflecting the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerades in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa, these portraits build on Galembo’s work of the past twenty years photographing the rituals and religious culture in Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, Jamaica and Haiti, as well as the homegrown custom of Halloween in the United States. Organized by Ian Berry, Malloy Curator of The Tang Museum, in collaboration with the artist. See more at The Tang Museum
Patternbank love these embroidered pieces by textile artist and printmaker Mandy Pattullo. Mandy works from her studio in Northumberland and runs some fabulous textile and printmaking workshops. We love the Jubilee workshop day which Mandy is running with her daughter Alice, where you can make an embroidered and beaded tiara or crown picture! Talent must run in the family as Alice is an illustrator. Mandy’s love of vintage fabrics shows itself in more of her work where she loves to piece together fabrics and found objects with small precious pieces of embroidery. You can see more of her beautiful creations at mandypattullo.co.uk
We Make Carpets is an art collective consisting of Stijn van der Vleuten, Marcia Nolte, and Bob Waardenburg. They make temporary structures that resemble carpets from a distance. The Patterbank team’s favourite piece is the intricate pattern form made up of pastel coloured plastic cutlery. The artists have also made carpets out of medical tape, cotton balls, balloons, screws, cocktail sticks and pasta. The carpets are temporary, made on the spot with no thought out plans or sketches beforehand. See more of these wonderful pattern pieces at wemakecarpets.nl
Vladimir Stankovic is an amazingly creative illustrator from Finland. Stankovic works with a variety of mediums – from watercolors, tempera, colored pencil and markers. Patternbank love the way he mixes colors, in his surreal and some what spooky illustrations. Take a look at the rest of his strange nature studies on Behance net
Collage is always an inspiring and creative method of producing amazing art and textile statements. These beautiful and captivating pieces are the work of New Jersey artist Jill Ricci. Patternbank love her composition of layers and colours, that evoke a contradictory and simultaneous sense of realness and fantasy. Taking visual inspiration from all corners of the global, Jill’s work entwines elements of Morocco, Berlin and Vietnam. Check out more of Jill’s work at jillricci.com
These vibrant, visual explorations are the stunning work of San Francisco artist Tobias Tovera. Lush and complex, the layers of fine tissue paper create amazing pattern forms and visual structures. Patternbank love the intense colour depth and abstract imagery that are unique to each artwork. TobiasTovera.com
These mesmerising natural world studies are the work of Bristol based artist Rose Sanderson. Patternbank love her use of colour and mixed media canvases, which can be anything from discarded book covers to aged and decaying wallpaper.
Rose explains ‘Inspired by the natural world, especially that which is generally unnoticed or disregarded by others, current work focuses predominantly on the fragility of life and representations of freedom.’ Rose has exhibited in a number of locations including Bath, Brighton, Plymouth, London, Glasgow, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York and Singapore. Rosesanderson.com
Marcus Walters works across a variety of media including collage, drawing and screen printing, he has exhibited work in shows in Europe and America and featured in many books and magazines. Marcus also sells screen printed artwork in shops and galleries across the country including the V&A. He lives in the countryside, sharing a studio in Gloucestershire, UK with his wife Hayley. He studied Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins and this shows in his work that is uncluttered, simple and captivating with that unmistakeable block, overlayed, colour that can only be achieved through screen printing. After our trip to Pick Me Up we are hooked on this handmade, tactile way of working. Marcus deservedly has a great client list including Honda, Citroen, Innocent, Howies and Uniqlo amongst others. His new show, Strange Brew with the Yule Bringer, Adam Higton opened on Good Friday at the Here Gallery in Stokes Croft, Bristol. You can buy lots of great prints at his shop, check his latest on his blog or check his website.
