1 Alex O’Connor straze rocking vessels 2018 britannia silver, gold plate, rhodium plate 14 x 22 x 10 cmphoto: paul mounsey 2 Ismini Samanidou weaving on Anni Albers Structo Art Craft Loom at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, USA. Still from Warping, Threading, Weaving, Drawing. Film by Simon Barker, 2014 3 Catherine Mannheim Necklace, Rock Crystal and Silver 4 Sara Moorhouse Eclipse 2019, 25 bowls on magnetic board. Thrown stoneware with painted underglaze 70 x 70 cm 5 Nicola Tassie Follies from a Domestic Setting 2019 Thrown and added stoneware forms with various glazes approx. 80 x 20 x 20 cm
We were delighted to exhibit at Collect for the fifth time at the Saatchi Gallery, Kings Road, London. This year we exhibited:
Alex O’Connor silversmith | view CV
Alex uses the traditional methods of scoring, folding and raising to make single and grouped collections of silver vessels. She explores the idea of the vessel’s function and meaning whether practical, symbolic or ritualistic. The forms and surfaces are inspired by the elemental landscape and untameable weather of Cornwall where she lives.
nicola tassie ceramic sculptor | view cv
nicola’s conceptual pieces range from the functional, to the functionally ambiguous, to the sculptural, displayed in large-scale installations and ‘still life’ compositions. she is interested in the meaning and reception of ceramics across the craft, design and art thresholds. read nicola explaining her work for collect.
Ismini Samanidou weaver | view CV
In 2014 Ismini Samanidou was an artist in residence at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut, USA, where she had unprecedented access to the archive of Anni Albers’ work and writings. During her residency Ismini restored three of Albers’ looms, one of which was shown at Tate Modern’s 2018/19 major Anni Albers retrospective, along with a film of Ismini weaving on it. Her time at the Foundation inspired a new stage in her own practice of experimental work in drawing, photography and hand weaving.
Sara Moorhouse ceramicist | view CV
Sara is interested in the way colour can alter spatial perception. In 2018/19 she created her Colourblock Series, making individual bowls and wall-mounted pieces. In the wall-mounted pieces the viewer is invited to look into the interiors, to see lines connect through negative space and across the bowls.
Catherine Mannheim jeweller | view CV
Catherine trained as a jeweller at the Central School of Art and the Werkunstschule, Düsseldorf. She uses unpolished gold – and occasionally enamel – with precious and semi-precious stones to create necklaces, rings, earrings and brooches.
Collect is organised by the Crafts Council, and the participating Galleries are selected by an independent panel of experts. This year there were over 40 galleries providing an opportunity to discover exceptional work produced in the last five years, much of which has been made exclusively for the Fair.
