Flow was established in October 1999 and offers a display of various white and blue based artwork: from textiles to ceramics it's trendy and young
I particularly liked Amy Jayne Hugues blue platter:
I loved the display put up by the Parson Liven Gallery
As well as Sarah Myerscough fine Art,
Marc Ricourt, a French woodcarver is represented by this gallery, and the way he transforms local Burgundian wood into organic shapes is quite mesmerising, this is one not to miss!
Well known ceramicist Kate Malone is represented by Clare Beck at 'Adrian Sasson', the UK's leading dealer in contemporary ceramics. Malone's work is one of the most well known contemporary ceramic work and it gets better and better. Often inspired by nature and exotic fruits, the work is grand, colourful and has an air of luxury akin to grand palaces like Versaille....just love it!
Junko Mori is also one who doesn't stop creating beautiful organic shapes in metal, like crystal formations, her work grows into bigger and bigger works
Adrian Sasson also represents a potter I have just personally discovered: Michael Eden. He uses digital technology to revolutionise his practice and his work, in contrast to Malone and Mori's organic looks, is much more architectural and dynamic. It's very hard to resist touching it!
The displays of myriad of small vessels by Natasha Daintry are always a pleasure to look at:
Glass is really well represented by this gallery and I particularly liked Colin Reid's sleek work
A very adventurous gallery is Cultural Connections CC; Director Birthe Noergaard Fraser has put together a display ranging from the sublime to the ridiculously enormous. The sublime is represented by artist Marie Torbensdatter Hermann's installations which look soft, confortable and somehow quickly become familiar domestic items:
The ridiculously enourmous is embodied in works by french born Jean-Francois Thierion, now married and living in Denmark. Thierion pots are beautiful in their shape, height, colour and mark making
Other artists such as Lis Ehrenreich, Ninna Goetzsche, Kim Holm, Metter Augstinus Poulsen and Dorte Visby are also shown by CC
Nina Goetzsche
Kim Holm
For me though, they were three total show stealers:
First represented by Joanna Bird Pottery, Steffen Dam's work is just 'perfect imperfection'; born from years of experimenting and discovering the beauty of mistakes and faults with glass, Dam has created a series of frozen organisms
Equally touching was textile work by Anne G. Loeland reprensted by Gallery Kunst1. Leoland, like Steffen Dam also explores the beauty of imperfection and uses the technique of Devore were specific chemical litterally eat up part of the woven material
Another gem of an artist, Bettina Speckner, represented by Galerie Ra, delighted me with her use of jewellery making and photography. I just loved this brooch with silver and diamonds
And too finish, I was totally star struck by Katharine Morling! I first saw her work at Art London, Chelsea, in October 2011 and since then, her work pops up everywhere, I can't get enough of it. Her cartoon like porcelain's simplicity takes me back to my childhood. Katharine was very bubbly on the day and everyone was really excited about her work so much so that it was hard to take photos, but here are a few:
If you have not had the chance to see Collect, do look at the website herewith and enjoy each gallery, it's worth it!
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