Pat Taylor
Pat Taylor worked at West Dean for over 30 years, as Director of
the Tapestry Studio and as Programme Leader of the MA Visual Arts
Programmes. Pat's involvement with West Dean's Professional
Tapestry Studio included commissioned projects, such as for
Portcullis House in Westminster, as well as collaborations with
prominent artists, Henry Moore, John Piper, Howard Hodgkin and John
Aitken.
Teaching:
Having worked for many years in HE, Pat believes that great design
is more than learned aesthetics and style. Promoting creativity and
innovation leads to extraordinary results; experiences, ideas,
processes and products. In 2013 working together with other
professionals outside of the HE environment, Pat developed a much
needed forum for problem solving for established weavers and
proficient amateurs, which continues to develop and flourish.
Creative Practice:
Pat known for her use of identity as a starting point, expressed
through the landscape of the face, makes accessible, figurative
work, which seeks to touch 'everyman'.
In 2017 a refreshing and experimental tier has been added to her
practice and a journey into form and structure have begun.
