Pattern Portraits with Lauren Godfrey

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 inspired countless students in her role as a tutor in Fashion at Central Saint Martins, a post she has held for 26 years. She has collaborated with many fashion brands including Chloe, Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton and Mulberry and rose to prominence in the noughties with fashion illustration.

Julie has chosen mostly vintage garments, one by 'La Coleccion Judith Roberts', all the rest are presumed homemade.

The PATTERN PORTRAIT print to accompany Julie's inteview and featuring the patterns we discuss is available now at www.laurengodfrey.co.uk

There will be an exhibition of the artworks soon to be announced!

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Music by Alex Brenchley.

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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 stories.

I have also created an accompanying artwork, an abstract ‘Pattern Portrait’ of the sitter through their patterns made from Jesmonite inlaid with perspex and brass. And a resulting print will be available to purchase.

There will be an exhibition of the artworks and the prints are available on my website. laurengodfrey.co.uk

Follow @laurengodfreystudio and @patternportraitspodcast on instagram to stay in the loop!

New episodes each Wednesday!

Music by Alex Brenchley.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.