Luxury home decor with a Victorian Gothic Aesthetic
Hellllllo, I'm Jo ...part hippy, part goth, and whole entire staff and creative force behind Patternorium, the Surface Pattern company with a Victorian Gothic aesthetic and gorgeously unique home decor products. I graduated from University of Wolverhampton with a First in BA (hons) Fashion and Textiles in 2014 and a distinction in MA Applied Arts in 2016, winning the Dean's Prize for my 'Altered States' Installation focusing on mental health and Victorian Gothic imagery, shown at Wolverhampton Art Gallery. That's when I began running Patternorium full time.
As well as designing, making and selling my own product line, I also sell designs direct to manufacturers, create public artworks, organise events/exhibitions, and run workshops. I also lecture at University of Wolverhampton on several different courses in a variety of subject areas including textiles and surface pattern, screen printing, CAD and the Creative Industries module which encompasses setting up and running a small business, logo design and branding and I also teach design on the Foundation course and workshops to 14-16 year olds on the Saturday club program.
I have somehow lived to be in my 50's! which I'm SUPER happy about obviously...(which is now your cue to tell me I only look 21...do it...do it now!) And l have a delightful (ly weird) and creative family, my OH is a carpenter and we have a son who is an artist and another doing A levels (Art, Music and English), who is a published author and a bassist in a band... I know right!
My work is Inspired by Victoriana, folk horror, dark fairytales and macabre elements, always concept driven and research focused. Making dark things beautiful with sophistication and attention to detail in all of my work…. I'm also a vegan, who likes drinking, dancing and top hats…it's important to know that!
