RAW CRAFT Touring Exhibition

RAW CRAFT, Fine Thinking In Contemporary Furniture, was launched at COLLECT 2012.  This touring exhibition is produced by the Crafts Council with Brent Dzekciorius and Michael Marriott as curatorial advisors.  

 Christmas Tree Table by Fabien Cappello

 Fabien Cappello

 Pewter Stool by Max Lamb

 Peter Marigold

 Peter Marigold

 Simon Jones

 Oscar Narud

Peter Marigold

Peter Marigold

Seongyong Lee

Check out the incredible making of Max Lamb's Pewter Stool:

CLAY OLYMPICS 2012, Central Saint Martins

Central Saint Martin's ceramics department were hosting the Clay Olympics 2012, at the exciting new building in Kings Cross.  This event marks the end of this year's Firing Up programme, an initiative set up by the Crafts Council to raise importance of clay and ceramics in education.  The event also featured a pop up exhibition with work made by secondary school pupils.  

Really incredible standard! 

 'iPod' Made by a year 7 pupil at Oxted School

COLLECT 2012, Saatchi Gallery

Adrian Sassoon Gallery

Alun Graves, V&A Curator

Junko Mori

Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery

Hitomi Hosono

Galerie Sofie Lachaert & Caroline Van Hoek

Paula Stokes

Galerie Sofie Lachaert & Caroline Van Hoek

Necklace by Adam Paxon 

Gallery S O

Galleri Format

Galerie Marzee

Nuala O'Donovan

 Galerie Rob Koudijs

Galerie Ra

Sebastian Schildt+

Alessandro Gallo

Adrian Sassoon Gallery

Spider Brooch by Marta Mattsson

Galerie Ra

Claire Curneen

Anna Talbot

Glenn Adamson (Head of Research at V&A) chairs a panel discussion 'New Voices in Craft'

COLLECT 2012 art fair was an absolute joy to photograph.  Every year this Crafts Council event gets better and better with the best contemporary craft on show at the Saatchi Gallery.   Here is a selection of images taken at the Private View event and the public opening.