Tailoring and pattern-cutting are central to the work of Hormazd Narielwalla. He's become famous in the art and fashion worlds for his work with antique and contemporary paper patterns, which become cubist collages under his skilled hand.

Narielwalla began his career at a Savile Row tailor called Dege & Skinner. They would discard bespoke patterns when a customer died. Without the individual body, the patterns were useless. Narielwalla became interested in this relationship between pattern and person, and produced an artist's book, Dead Man’s Patterns, which was acquired by the British…

Tailoring and pattern-cutting are central to the work of Hormazd Narielwalla. He's become famous in the art and fashion worlds for his work with antique and contemporary paper patterns, which become cubist collages under his skilled hand.

Narielwalla began his career at a Savile Row tailor called Dege & Skinner. They would discard bespoke patterns when a customer died. Without the individual body, the patterns were useless. Narielwalla became interested in this relationship between pattern and person, and produced an artist's book, Dead Man’s Patterns, which was acquired by the British Library and more than 25 other institutions in the UK and US.

The book even caught the attention of Paul Smith, who sponsored Narielwalla’s first solo show. Since then he has exhibited internationally, in stores and galleries. He was commissioned by the Crafts Council for their touring exhibition Block Party and was artist-in-residence at Frieze. Saatchi called him one-to-watch.

His works are pleasing for their geometric, cubist look, while always being grounded in found materials from fashion and tailoring. Block colours jostle with dotted lines, and interlocking shapes suggest the 3D body, abstracted and flattened into 2D lines and curves.