Rooted
Highlighted in the ‘Spotlight: Growing’ section of our Spring/Sumer 2023 issue, material innovator Zena Holloway is known for working wonders with wheatgrass, using the plant to fashion everything from hanging sculptures to couture-like gowns. For London Craft Week she’s partnered with De Le Cuona, utilising the natural textile brand’s colour palette to create a series of ethereal accessories for the home.
8, 10, 11 and 13 May at De Le Cuona, SW1W 8LP
Hearts & Hands: Crafts of Hong Kong
Crafts on Peel Foundation is an arts charity based on Peel Street – hence the name – in Hong Kong. For Heart & Hands, the organisation is celebrating their home city’s craft heritage through 12 works made of everything from bamboo to neon, all created through collaborations between pairs of craftspeople. Find them at the historic Royal Society of Sculptors in South Kensington.
8–14 May, Royal Society of Sculptors, SW7 3RA
Cecilia Charlton: Memory Garden
The relationship between horticulture and textiles comes into full bloom in this exhibition by Cecilia Charlton, which sees her present a series of expansive, site-specific weavings in the Garden Museum. Each piece includes striking imagery of hydrangeas, peonies, lavender and other flowers special to Charlton, whose work we explore in the latest issue of Crafts magazine.
8–13 May at the Garden Museum, SE1 7LB