New names to discover at Collect 2024
Introducing several newcomers to the art fair, which this year celebrates its 20th birthday
Collect has long been shining a light on the latest craft talent, and the 20th edition of the fair (taking place 1-3 March 2024 at Somerset House) will prove no different. Makers who are fresh out of university, and established craftspeople showing at the event for the very first time, will be among a whole host of new names to see – discover some of them below.
Don't forget, Crafts Gold members get 2-for-1 tickets to the fair
Taehoon Lee
South Korean artist Taehoon Lee will be presenting a selection of filigree-glass pieces with Gallery Sklo. His ethereal, orb-like vessels often take inspiration from the natural world, boasting evocative titles such as 'Full Moon', 'Sunny Day' and 'Sea Dandelion'.
Metal-wire necklace by jeweller Qin Zhang, courtesy of BR Gallery Sentiers by Solenne Jolivent, courtesy of Ruup and Form
Qin Zhang
From reef-like necklaces to anemone-shaped brooches, Qin Zhang’s jewellery is swimming with references to sea life. Several of the pieces (which Zhang is showing with BR Gallery), are made from delicate metal wire, highlighting the fragility of underwater ecosystems and how they’re being harmed by climate change.
Solenne Jolivet
Prior to becoming an artist, Solenne Jolivet spent years working as an embroiderer for prestigious fashion houses such as Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, and Schiaparelli. She now uses her stitching skills to produce vibrant 'yarn paintings' that feature undulations of colourful thread, which will be showcased at Collect under Ruup & Form gallery.
Ceramic assemblage by Claire Ireland, courtesy of Design-Nation Amber Arbor by glass artist Georgina Fuller, courtesy of Bullseye Projects
Claire Ireland
Artist Claire Ireland (represented by Design-Nation) leaves it up to chance and 'unplanned mishaps' to create her ceramic assemblages. Some of her pieces are made up of just two elements, while others comprise several pots, blocks, and shapely vessels – a balancing act worth seeing.
Georgina Fuller
After devoting the first year of her masters at London’s Royal College of Art to ceramics, Georgina Fuller began experimenting with the medium of glass. The resulting collection of cast and pâte-de-verre works are strikingly geometric, incorporating motifs from classical architecture and the surreal drawings of M. C. Escher – catch them at Collect under Bullseye Projects gallery.
A steel sculpture from Kye-Yeon Son's Innatus Forma series, courtesy of Craft Alliance Atlantic Association Love Me Harder tapestry by Talia Ramkilawan, courtesy of Galerie REVEL
Talia Ramkilawan
Punch-needling gets personal with Talia Ramkilawan, whose rug-like tapestries interrogate themes of trauma, cultural displacement, South Asian identity, and more. Despite their weighty subject matter, her brightly-hued pieces – showing with Galerie REVEL – still prickle with humour.
Kye-Yeon Son
You may already be familiar with the work of metalsmith Kye-Yeon Son, who was a Loewe Foundation Craft Prize finalist in 2019. For her Collect debut with Craft Alliance Atlantic Association she’ll be bringing a selection of her most recent pieces, including those from her sculptural Innatus Forma series which explores the 'persistent transformation' of tree trunks.
