Preview the talent at Collect 2017
Collect, the Craft Council's annual fair, showcases cutting-edge work by emerging designers - from museum-quality pieces in ceramic, glass and wood to conceptual sculpture. This year, it returns to the Saatchi Gallery with a focus on boundary-pushing techniques, featuring work from 37 galleries.
Richard McVetis is a British artist-maker who studied constructed textiles at The Royal College of Art. Since his training in the traditional process of embroidery, he has been exploring its ritualistic and repetitive nature for over ten years to create striking modern styles. Richard is based at Kingsgate Workshops in West Hampstead.
Katie Spragg graduated with a BA in Metal, Ceramics and Plastics from Brighton's Wood but after starting on the trade show circuit, realised that mass-production was not for her. Recently she has branched out into more experimental, one-off pieces after studing at the Royal College of Art.
Brazilian archtect Valeria Nascimento is inspired by the fusion between urban landscapes and natural forms at her studio in southwest London. She has created work for Chanel, Wedgewood, Tiffany and Co's stores in London and Montreal. Her work also hangs in Somerset House, and has appeared at the V&A Museum and the Museo Historico Nacional in Río de Janeiro.
Adi Toch completed her MA at the Cass in London following her BA in Jewellery and Objects at Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem. Her work is included in the permanent collections of The V&A Museum, The Crafts Council, The Goldsmiths' Company, National Museums Scotland, and Fitzwilliam Museum.
Born and raised in a Kibbutz in northern Israel, Zemer Peled also completed a BA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and __design in Jerusalem, before graduating with an MA from the Royal College of Art. Her work, made from thousands of ceramic shards, has been featured at the Saatchi Gallery and Orangerie du Senate in Paris, among others.
At Collect there is also the chance to view the latest acquisition to the Crafts Council's national collection; a pair of The Essex House Tapestries by Grayson Perry.
Collect: The International Fair for Contemporary Objets is at the Saatchi Gallery, London, 2-6 February 2017
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