JANET FITCH TREND-WATCH
Showtime for fashion and jewellery T
he month kicks off with a fanfare from the Crafts Council. Collect, the prestigious international art fair for contemporary objects returns to the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, from 2-6 February after last year’s absence while the Gallery was occupied by the blockbuster Rolling Stones exhibition. The show, now in its 13th
On exhibition for the first
time is a pair of tapestries by Grayson Perry, the English
artist and ceramicist,
just acquired by the Craſts Council’s national
collection of
contemporary craſt
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year, features exceptional craft by artists and makers represented by selected leading British and international galleries, and is an excellent opportunity to see a strong showing of art jewellery, a key market for Collect, from masters of the craft. It includes an array of new and original jewellery from Galerie Marzee, based
in
the Netherlands, and the largest gallery for modern art jewellery in the world.
The Scottish Gallery has a capsule exhibit of the work of British ‘greats’ of jewellery, Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins. Petronilla Silver is showing the work of Melanie Georgacopoulos and Katie Jones. Japanese Art, London based, has work by Sachiko Kuroda and Mariko Sumioka.
Gallery S O in London is presenting work by several leading designers including Lin Cheung, award winning jewellery artist, designer and senior lecturer at Central St. Martin’s, known for her design of the 2012 London Paralympics medal, and whose work “is a personal response to everyday experiences and
Karolina Baines Eva Fernandez
observations.” Lin’s carved freshwater pearl and gold necklace was inspired by the traditional pearl necklace - a gift from her mother - that she had never worn and that she hand-carved with every other pearl reassembled to form chain links, like the working of Whitby Jet chains in the 19th Century. Her brooches, Delayed Reactions, in carved lapis lazuli and gold imitate a throwaway pin badge, but as carving the stone is a slow and unpredictable process, reflect her mixed emotions about the surrounding world.
On exhibition for the first time is a pair of tapestries by Grayson Perry,
the English artist and
ceramicist, just acquired by the Crafts Council’s national collection of contemporary craft. Collect will stage a benefit auction, supported by Grayson Perry, to raise funds to help build a new home for craft in London. The Crafts Council, founded in 1971, is the leading voice for all craft in the UK, and is fundraising to transform the ground floor of its headquarters in Islington into a space for the public to see and encounter craft with exhibitions, film and performance, talks and debates.
by
The auction includes work Grayson
Perry, artist Clare Rosie Fortescue
Twomey, and artist and writer Edmund de Waal. Viewing and bidding can be done online through the website of Collect’s online partner Artsy until the close of the fair. (
www.craftscouncil.org.uk) The Crafts Council has also
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