{"id":11174,"date":"2021-03-08T12:24:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T12:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bathbespoke.co.uk\/?p=11174"},"modified":"2021-03-08T12:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T12:29:16","slug":"collect-art-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bathbespoke.co.uk\/2021\/03\/08\/collect-art-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Collect Art Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
Contemporary craft and its relevance and significance within twenty-first-century life is a key component of our business; we champion traditional craftsmanship values alongside modern-day technology and techniques to celebrate the artistry of one, whilst evolving to embrace the benefits of the other.<\/p>\n
The only fair dedicated to contemporary craft, Collect<\/a> brings together some of the best designs created by craftspeople in the last five years. Usually hosted at Somerset House in London, but this year being as it is, sees the Crafts Council collaborating with art platform artsy.net<\/a> to take the event online.<\/p>\n This year’s virtual event runs until 24 March 2021 presenting work by more than 400 artists from 35 different countries including the UK, Thailand, Japan and the USA, and we’ve brought together some of our favourites from the fair…<\/p>\n Angus Ross<\/a> transforms local trees into exquisite furniture. He is best known as a designer and maker of sculptural one-off furniture pieces with a sense of movement and flow. He began steam-bending to use small section timber from his sustainably managed bluebell wood.<\/p>\n The Waterfall Bench captures a delicate waterfall of water as seen in the burns (streams) around his home and workshop. Fluid, flowing lines are a characteristic of many of Angus\u2019s designs and in this new one-off piece the steam-bent curves of ash are complimented with walnut joint details.<\/p>\n Chris Ruhe<\/a> is an emerging dutch designer completely dedicated to cabinetry.<\/p>\n In creating a stool that can be both portable and transparent, he found a way to bend circles of birch wood and assemble a wave-like structure.<\/p>\n The stool became an ergonomic achievement; activating all body muscles by the bounce of the material. In addition, the design can easily be adjusted to the body length of the owner, creating the ideal height by adding extra rings to the construction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Passionate about sustainability and recycling, Hannah Gibson<\/a> uses only recycled glass and found objects to capture the nostalgic imagery of childhood, exposing hidden narratives, through cast sculptural glass.<\/p>\n This unique sculpture featured in Collect is made from recycled windscreen glass and presented in response to the pandemic and what unravelled through the world as a consequence; it is a personal reaction to 2020 and the how the simultaneous stillness and chaos of the last few months has affected her individually.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/p>\n With the intention of making \u201cwork with a strong but quiet presence in the landscape\u201d, Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley<\/a>‘s partnership has worked successfully on many architectural projects and environmental commissions.<\/p>\n Their studio furniture, much of which is carved from blocks of green oak, often scorched and polished to a lustrous black finish, is in public collections across the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWaterfall bench by Angus Ross<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Sahara Stool by Chris Rune<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
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A Shattered Past by Hannah Gibson<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n
Restless by Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Wood by Nic Webb<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n