PATTI TAYLOR

London, UK

Patti Taylor is a textile artist, printmaker and bookbinder living in London. She began her artistic studies on her retirement; previously she had been an IT consultant and teacher/teacher trainer.

She studied textiles and fine art at CityLit, completing their advanced courses along with other short courses; studies at the London Print Studio enabled her to further her printmaking skills.

Patti has work in the permanent collection at the Scarborough Museums Trust (Printmakers’ Council), and the Victoria & Albert Museum’s textile collection (collaborative artwork: Sewn Antidote 2020); and has participated in group shows at CityLit Gallery, R K Burt, Espacio Gallery, London Print Studio, Whitehouse Arts (Cambridge), Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and as part of the National Brain Appeal’s annual show. In 2020 her textile book, Spurn, was shortlisted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and this year her print book, Mind the Gap, was selected.

Emotional attachment is key to her work. Triggers to this can be other artworks or images, a line of poetry, a long-forgotten memory or tenuous connection which prompts an emotional response. Finding her personal narrative through this approach, she searches for exactly what it was that scratched her soul. She records the journey in notebooks to retain the deep research which is integral to her process. This can include the initial prompts – through words, images, stitch and a range of media. Using her skills in bookmaking and printmaking, these artist’s books can become significant artefacts in themselves.

Her work exists in a range of media and formats: traditional wall hangings, textile and mixed media books, 3D structures, always seeking a correspondence between the subject matter, its underpinning philosophy and the form of the material.

Find out more about Patti Taylor:

Website: www.patti-taylor.co.uk

Instagram: @patti.taylor44