Ryan Gander is an artist based in Suffolk. Over the past two decades, Gander has established an international reputation through artworks ranging from sculpture, apparel and architecture to painting, typefaces and performance.

Gander’s work involves a questioning of language and knowledge, a reinvention of the modes of appearance and the creation of an artwork. His work can be reminiscent of a puzzle, a network with multiple connections, a huge set of hidden clues to be deciphered, encouraging viewers to invent their own narrative.

In the spirit of this deterministic approach, Gander’s first collaboration with Lavenham produced the wearable work ‘Things Just Happen To Me’. A customisable gilet in our signature 2” diamond quilt using recycled Lavenster, which can be worn in sixteen different configurations – determined by an accompanying sixteen-sided dice.