"As a little girl i was mesmerised by pattern. I would find myself tracing undulating swirls of organic forms, scrutinising them to discover where the motif eventually repeated itself. Following these forms as they spiralled across a surface, I would squint my eyes to see how new patterns appeared- where denser areas created stripes or checks, and where abstract shapes appeared in the less cluttered open spaces as the pattern blurred."

Orla Kiely