Thursday, 2 February 2012

London's fair for fine contemporary crafts

The Saatchi Gallery in London's Chelsea will host COLLECT: the international art fair for contemporary objects from 11 to 14 May. Launched in London in 2004, COLLECT has become the leading art fair for museum-quality contemporary craft, showcasing the very best ceramic, glass, jewellery, textiles, wood, furniture, silver and fine metalwork by both new and established artists.

This year’s exhibiting artists will be represented by 31 galleries from 11 countries including Japan, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and China. They include Italian master craftsman Giovanni Corvaja, whose jewellery pieces can take several months to complete, Steffen Dam showing his hand-engraved glass pieces evoking scientific specimen jars, bold ceramic sculptures by Wouter Dam, and jewellery by both Olympic medal designer David Watkins and Paralympic medal designer Lin Cheung.


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