Booth Talks
Thursday 27 February
11:30 – Craft Alliance Atlantic Association (South Wing, S8)
Ralph Simpson’s designs are inspired by the simplicity of natural forms. He presents complex, contemporary organic sculptures, portraying a deep connection with nature and an implicit desire to promote environmental sustainability.
12:00 – PIK’D (West Wing, W3)
Canadian ceramicist Toni Losey discusses her practice and latest work showcased at the fair.
12:30 – Design & Crafts Council Ireland (East Wing, E28)
Curator Maria McLintock in discussion with artists Alison Nea, Edwyn James Hickey and Michael Murphy.
13:30 – BR Gallery (East Wing, E17)
Leading British metalsmiths Chris Knight and Rebecca de Quin introduce their new work.
14:00 – Jenny Blyth Fine Art (East Wing, E7)
Susan Moxley: Ceramic forms. 'My ceramic Cycladic-like figures reference woman's work, music, mythology, their place in the community and relationship to the earth. The link between woman as container and container as woman.'
14:30 – BR Gallery (East Wing, E17)
Director and founder Sally Rui Li introduces the British and Asian artists on her stand and the dialogue created by curating between east and west.
15:30 – Cynthia Corbett Gallery (West Wing, W19)
Matt Smith, artist and historian, will discuss his project The Sad and Melancholy Tale of Gustavus Guydickens 1730-1802, which is debuting at Collect 2025.
16:00 – Charles Burnand Gallery (West Wing, W1)
Join us for a talk with LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize finalist Kyeok Kim as she explores her solo exhibition, Bounded Shadows. She will discuss her intricate copper wire and ottchil lacquering techniques that redefine the boundaries between craft, design and fine art on a global scale.
16:30 – Design-Nation (West Wing, W2)
Zoë Wilson celebrates the joy of slow, traditional stone carving in a fast-paced world, blending geometric precision with modern tools to highlight the lasting value of handmade craftsmanship.
17:30 – Goldsmiths’ Fair (East Wing, E11)
A handling session and discussion between silversmith Ndidi Ekubia and craft writer and Goldsmiths’ Company CEO Annie Warburton.
Friday 28 February
11:30 – Design & Crafts Council Ireland (East Wing, E28)
Curator Maria McLintock in discussion with artists Noel Donnellan, Michael Murphy, Alison Nea and Edwyn James Hickey
12:30 – Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections (South Wing, S9)
Katya Izabel Filmus discusses the themes and origins of her recent series Omphaloskepsis, her use of naval imagery as symbols of immigration and inter-generational memory and shares insight on her process and reasons for using cast black glass.
13:30 – jaggedart (West Wing, W8)
Alice Fox, weaver and textile maker, discusses sustainability and gathered materials in her works.
14:30 – NM Art & Design (South Wing, S1)
Founder of this new gallery, Natalia Maslova, introduces the dialogue of materials in the selection she has brought to Collect.
15:30 – Cynthia Corbett Gallery (West Wing, W19)
Ebony Russell discusses her new body of work, inspired by Josiah Wedgwood, and her interpretation of The Portland Vase.
16:30 – Objects Beautiful (East Wing, E8)
Gallery founder Yael Reisner in discussion with Kayo Saito and Sarah Powell.
17:30 – QEST x SDC (East Wing, E10)
‘Fresh Focus: Rethinking Tapestry’ – Margaret Jones explores innovative approaches to the ancient art of tapestry weaving, challenging traditional methods and encouraging new perspectives.
Saturday 1 March
11:30 – AIFA Gallery (South Wing, S10)
‘Women in Contemporary Japanese Ceramics: Contributions, Challenges and Cultural Significance’. Highlighting their talents and reflecting on the evolving recognition of women ceramicists and how their work redefines contemporary Japanese ceramics.
12:30 – QEST x SDC (East Wing, E10)
‘Fresh Focus: Rethinking Passementerie’. QEST alumni Elizabeth Ashdown explains how she is putting her spin on a traditional craft.
13:30 – Jenny Blyth Fine Art (East Wing, E7)
Susan Moxley discusses her approach to recycling fabrics and stitch, superimposing stories and emotions onto found handwoven, functional fabrics. The works honour the hard work and time of women that live on a Greek island.
14:00 – Flow Gallery (East Wing, E14)
Hear about the curatorial theme ‘The Spirit of Things’ inspired by shared philosophies and craft exchanges in Japan and beyond. Including a Q&A with London-based artist duo James Trundle and Isobel Napier.
14:30 – Craft Alliance Atlantic Association (South Wing, S8)
Anastasia Tiller’s work combines real and imagined, old and futuristic, creating new, hybrid beings and ecosystems. With a flair for bright colours and flagrant optimism, Tiller’s textiles explore how humans are encouraged to recognise and respect other forms of life.
15:30 – Peter Layton London Glassblowing (East Wing, E24)
Elliot Walker, champion of Netflix’s Blown Away, explores his mastery of sculptural glass, sharing his innovative approach to this mesmerising medium.
16:30 – Objects Beautiful (East Wing, E8)
Gallery founder Yael Reisner in conversation with Tanel Veenre and Huimin Zhang.
Sunday 2 March
11:30 – &Gallery (West Wing, W18)
Ceramicist Rebecca Appleby talks through her series of techniques and inspirations developed over a 20-year career.
12:30 – Joanna Bird Contemporary Collections (South Wing, S9)
Joseph Harrington will discuss his ‘lost-ice process’ cast glass technique in which he depicts places that are significant to him and with it the sense of time frozen in a moment.
13:30 – Galerie Marzee (East Wing, E16)
Artist and lecturer Katharina Dettar gives an overview of the leaders in art jewellery as well as the fresh talent that the gallery is introducing at this year’s Collect.
15:30 – SHAM Gallery (South Wing, S6)
Gallery director Charmaine Beneyto gives an overview of the grassroots, experimental ethos of this new gallery platform that seeks to defy the status quo of the traditional art world.
16:30 – Design-Nation (West Wing, W2)
When is a mosaic not a mosaic? Believing that ‘you need to learn the rules before you can break the rules’, artist Denise Jaques will explain how she creates highly complex pieces that challenge traditional rules of mosaic making.