Mandy Pattullo
Crafts

Mandy Pattullo works in textile collage, predominantly re-cycling and re-using old textiles to create contemporary framed pieces, wall hangings and garments.

Her current body of work relates to the thrift and ‘make-do and mend' culture of past times, in particular needlecraft created by women in domestic settings. The work evokes an era when scraps of fabric were saved for making quilts, linen was repaired and buttons were kept.

Evocative compositions force us to re-examine fabrics that have become flawed through wear and tear, to find in them a new beauty. Mandy works for a hospital based arts project and from a studio in the Tyne Valley.

Q&A's

Describe your creative practice in 20 single words.

Thrift
Recycling
Stitch
Applique
Tactility
Narrative
Patchwork
Print
Vintage
Threadbare
Worn
Collage
Scrap
Faded Colour
Patina
Authenticity
Looking to the past
Make do and Mend
Domesticity
Customising
Embellishment

Describe your influences using 30 single words or short phrases.

Louise Bourgeoise
Gees bend quilts
Folk Art
Robert Rauschenberg
Bowes Museum
Button tins
Flea markets
Willa Cather's writing
Birds
Craigie Aitchison
Julia Margaret Cameron
Victorian Cemeteries
Victorian Way of Death
Landscape
Old letters and text
Tapies
Cy Twombly
Alice Pattullo
Samplers
Feminism
Schubert