‘Pattern Bandits’ enticed children to explore and engage with a multi-patterned space where they could create their own patterns with blocks, paper, material and even themselves. Creative activities included: a spinning mandala using coloured pieces of paper, a bandana with markers and stencils and a ‘make your own’ shapes with patterned blocks.

The artist’s desired activities were scaled back, due to budgetary constraints, causing me to liaise with printers to find solutions that were both creative and cost effective. Redrawing and tessellating block patterns, and determining the amount and shape of blocks that would fit the tables in the Children’s Art Centre was also challenging.

Responsibilities

• Concept development
• Design and development of blocks
• Liaising with printers
• Pre-press and production of blocks
• Providing linework for a CNC routing machine and liaising with the machine technicians
• Design iteration as the result of user testing blocks
• Redrawing and tessellating patterns
• Collaborating with artist to realise her vision
• Liaising with the exhibitions team, designing exhibition elements and providing technical drawings for install
• Design and production of acrylic stencils
• Sourcing and testing activity materials
• Exhibition signage development and production
• Managing install

‘Jemima Wyman Pattern Bandits’, Children’s Art Centre GOMA, installation view.

A table section of camouflage patterned blocks.

Photography courtesy QAGOMA

‘Jemima Wyman Pattern Bandits’, Children’s Art Centre GOMA, installation view.

Dazzle pattern blocks in black and white on the left and tie dye blocks on the right.