Clayton Patterson was born on October 9,1948 and is a Canadian-born artist, photographer, videographer and folk historian.
15 Facts About Clayton Patterson
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Clayton Patterson taught printmaking at University of Alberta, etching at NSCAD, and high school art at Memorial Composite High School in Stony Plain, Alberta.
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Clayton Patterson worked for other artists as a freelance lithographer and print maker.
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In 2015, Mitch Corber created a short documentary video called Ludlow Street with Clayton that features Clayton Patterson walking down the street, discussing its cultural demise due to gentrification.
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Clayton Patterson has worked in a variety of mediums including etching, drawing, sculpture, lithography and photogravure.
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Clayton Patterson's painting and drawing is heavily informed and influenced by tattoo and graffiti culture.
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The idea to make custom hats came from Clayton Patterson instructing Ben Booksinger, a cap maker on Avenue A, to embroider around the cap - off the peak.
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Clayton Patterson realized Ben could make a drawing on his old fashioned embroidery machine when he saw Ben make a copy of a Savage Skull Patch and duplicated it as an embroidered patch.
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Clayton Patterson got Booksinger to embroider Clayton Patterson designs on the front and on the sides of the cap.
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The Clayton Patterson cap was the first baseball cap to have the embroidery all around the cap, and had the first signature and label on the outside of the cap.
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The hats, designed by Clayton Patterson and made by Rensaa, were immediately popular with artists and were picked up by Elle and GQ.
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City Councilwoman Kathryn Freed, and Clayton Patterson worked successfully to make tattooing legal in NYC.
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In 1985, Clayton Patterson began photographing kids from the neighborhood in front of his front door.
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Clayton Patterson initially gone out to video tape a performance at the Pyramid Club, but noticed a lot of activity around the park as well as a sizable police presence.
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Clayton Patterson refused the order and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.