Collect 2024: Fair Director's Choice
"Craft is cool, and it gives me great pleasure to share a snapshot of exciting pieces on sale at the 2024 fair, to get you inspired and delight you in the possibilities of what this sector brings to you as a collector."
- Isobel Dennis, Fair Director, Collect
Isobel Dennis, Collect Fair Director. Dennis joined the Crafts Council in 2018 to bring leadership and steer the creative vision and commercial success of the fair.
A champion of craft and design, Isobel Dennis has over 25 years’ experience in cultural exhibitions, fairs and partnerships. Explore Dennis' fair highlights and curatorial selections below.
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20 years on, and pioneering from the beginning, Collect has always been at the cutting edge of contemporary craft and design and continues to maintain its position as a world leader, supporting the finest craft talent.
Every year, our specialist galleries introduce new artists and new artwork to the fair. Our criteria states that over 80% of the artworks must have been made in the past five years. This ensures that we keep the fair fresh and relevant.
Craft is cool, and here it gives me great pleasure to share a snapshot of exciting pieces on sale at the 2024 fair, to get you inspired and delight you in the possibilities of what this sector brings to you as a collector.
More and more collectors are looking to contemporary craft as a new investment or just for the pure pleasure of owning something stunning that is made by the hand, with exquisite materials, full of storytelling, made with skill and bringing you everyday joy.
Taking place in the neoclassical splendour of Somerset House in London, we hope many of you will be able to attend Collect in person, but if not, enjoy exploring the below selection and ensure you visit the website to explore more about Collect.
Vicky Lindo & Bill Brookes, Ceramics, Alveston Fine Arts Ltd.
David Clarke. Metal. BR Gallery.
Alice Kettle. Textiles. Candida Stevens Gallery.
Renata Cassiano. Ceramics. Thrown.
Cecilia Moore. Metal. Cavaliero Finn.
Mara Irsara. Jewellery. Contemporary Applied Arts.
Susie Redman. Textiles. Craft Scotland.
Daphne Krinos. Jewellery. Design-Nation
Scott Benefield. Glass. Design-Nation
Kartini Thomas. Ceramics. Galerie REVEL
Talia Ramkilawan. Textiles. Galerie REVEL.
Su Blackwell. Paper. Long & Ryle.
Hervé Wahlen. Mixed media. maison parisienne
Marie Eklund and Emi Suzuki. Wood and soil. Maud & Mabel.
Sam Tho Duong. Jewellery. Objects Beautiful.
Tessa Eastman. Ceramics. PIK’D.
Spencer Chalk-Levy. Mixed media. common sense gallery.
Shinji Suzuki. Ceramics. The Stratford Gallery.
Gerogina Fuller. Glass. Bullseye Projects.
Jon Lewis. Glass. Vessel Gallery.
Hee Joo Kim. Jewellery. Siat Gallery.
Yanxiong Lin. Washi Paper, Urushi lacquer. Charles Burnand Gallery.
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A champion of craft and design, Isobel Dennis has over 25 years’ experience in cultural exhibitions, fairs and partnerships. She joined the Crafts Council in 2018, as Collect Fair Director, to bring leadership and steer the creative vision and commercial success of the fair. The daughter of two architects, she found her passion for craft, design and art at an early age. Whilst studying ceramics at Art school, she developed a knowledge and value of this art form and has continued over the last two decades to combine a superb knowledge of the sector with creative industry insight to operate with clear business acumen.
