Silvia Weidenbach deservedly won Best New Design at the Goldsmiths’ Fair with her innovative jewellery, setting precious stones in feather-light 3D printed nylon to create brooches. they are quite large yet weigh hardly anything. Holding one is quite strange as it weighs little more than a ball of cotton wool. Granny’s Chips, below, plays with the idea […]
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More artists seen at Start Art Fair
Here are a few shots of work I’d be happy to look at for a long time or even live with: Landscapes by IDN (Ian David Newman) presented by A I Gallery Hungarian artist Marton Romvari‘ s saturated oils shown by Alludo Room Gallery Cabeza de Toro Penquena (small bull’s head) in terracotta by Xawery […]
New tiles from Lindsay Lang, seen at Design Junction
My, how time flies. I remember the first time I saw Lindsay Lang’s work when she was just out of art school.It really doesn’t feel like that long ago. Now she has a new licence deal with London Underground and launched more of her covetable tiles, this time in relief, when I last caught up with […]
Alicia Patanowska’s germination containers
Product designer Alicia Patanowska’s work first caught my eye at an open studio event then I saw her turn up again at Design Junction. One of the projects she’s been involved in appealed as it is just so practical. “Plantation” started with her noticing the number of abandoned glasses left outside venues – all those below […]
Team Lab at Start Art Fair
Tokyo-based art & technology collective Teamlab seem to be everywhere at the moment with their interactive and immersive environments. This installation, Ever Blossoming Life II – Dark, part of a trio with Flutter of Butterflies Beyond Borders and Flowers & People, Cannot be Controlled but Live Together, was at Start Art Fair – they also […]
Flora by Marcin Rusak seen at Future Heritage, Decorex
One of the favourite elements of Decorex for me is Future Heritage where I sometimes see work from makers I first noticed as students, including Sebastian Cox and Tanya Gomez. Marcin Rusak though, was new to me. He comes from generations of horticulturalists and works with the impermanence of flowers. This screen, for example, is composed of resin encased flowers, […]