London Craft week was 13-19th May 2024, and since I had a day off that week, I decided to explore the exhibits.
I’ve been wanting to visit 8 Holland street for some time. It’s a gallery and design studio for art and furniture. I was pleased to find out that they were participating in Craft week, and had put on a beautiful exhibition of handcrafted paper yarn tapestries by Catarina Riccaboca.
This particular exhibition will run till 6th July 2024.
I love those red striped armchairs in the photo above too.
This beautiful copper red glaze stoneware vase caught my attention. It’s a vintage piece by the famous ceramicist Adrian Lewis-Evans.
Next stop was Myriad Antiques for Curator and Maker’s selections for Craft week.
I was instantly drawn to these paper cut and painted floral art pieces by Jess Pemberton.
This Pattern of Poppies was my favourite and one that I purchased. As you can see it now sits beautifully on a shelf in my home.
I also bought this gorgeous ceramic horse by Helena Bowen from the Curator and Maker show.
Last but not least, I popped into the Nina Campbell store on Pimlico road to see the artisans on display. This curate was a collaboration between Nina Campbell and Helena Chislett gallery.
I was particularly drawn to these cast plasterwork by sculptor Geoffrey Preston.
My favourite was this Rococo Bow , a nod to the ribbons and bows in rococo paintings such as those of FrancoisBoucher’s portrait of his daughter Marie-Emilie.
The temptation to buy this was high but alas I managed to resist.
Hope you’ve enjoyed this little snippet of London Craft week. I’m now looking forward to seeing and buying more at the one next year.
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