At this year’s Collect craft fair in London, 40 galleries from 30 different countries are exhibiting work from over 400 artists, and some of the standout works were inspired by these personal stories and historic social events.
It’s something that the Scott sisters, Georgia and Sophia, first encountered as documentary filmmakers in conflict zones around the world and they used it as the name of their film production company; so it made sense to use the name for the travel gear company they’ve now founded with their sister Nina.
A new history about Welsh modernist holiday cabins makes us think anew about architecture and even Le Creuset finds new purpose.
On a more personal level, wood artist Darren Appiagyei is exhibiting intricate carved pieces which address his mother’s chronic problems with fibroids, and ceramicist Jemma Gowland uses her work to look at the restrictions that society typically places on women.
This year’s Brookfield Properties Craft Award Prize has been won by Ebony Russell, an Australian ceramicist whose ‘piped’ porcelain pieces reference cake decorating techniques and which, she says, represent “a commitment to celebrating feminized and matrilineal craft traditions”.
