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This international collection explores the profound beauty of imperfection and vulnerability through a multiplicity of materials. The artists consider this question through their connection to the natural world, its resilience and vulnerability, while also acknowledging lost links between humanity and nature.There is a fragility of making, accidental and constructed, and a fragility in the use of unprocessed materials that connect to the world around us. These objects are vulnerable yet ultimately strong, honest and integral to the defining conceptual vision of each artist. They speak of transient beauty, fragmented ecosystems and the inherent danger of unrestrained human intervention in the natural world. The objects are sensory, sensitive and reflective of an attitude and appreciation of nature that needs our love, protection and respect.Through this collection, we also wish to focus on the role of the collector as an active agent, inspired by an ongoing admiration for the works they have acquired from us by identifing with the physicality of material and vision of the artist's practice on an emotional level. We wish to encourage the idea of ownership as stewardship; a welcomed responsibility and ultimate joy that enriches our lives and reflects our sensibilities.
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“I THINK I HAVE LEARNED THAT BEAUTY IS ON THE EDGE OF LOSS AND THAT PERFECTION IS OFTEN BROKEN AND IN DECAY. THAT WITNESSING THE TRANSIENCE AND FALLIBILITY OF LIFE IS INTEGRAL TO OUR ABILITY TO COMPREHEND AND LIVE WITH JOY. ALL WE PERCEIVE TO BE OURS IS BORROWED FROM THE LAND. WHAT WE TAKE WILL BE RECLAIMED, OUR MIND AND BODY CANNOT BE KEPT, OUR VERY SELF IS ON LOAN, IN CONTRACT WITH THE EARTH.”
- NIC WEBB
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Crafted Conversations
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Press
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Collect 2021 Preview
February 24, 2021 THE 17TH ANNUAL edition of Collect, London’s International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design, will open to the general public on 26 th February. In cyberspace. “We had to... -
In The Studio: Eleanor Lakelin
February 24, 2021 The Design Edit TV visits the artist in her studio, in London, where she make sculptural vessels and forms in wood. WATCH VIDEO ONLINE -
Accompanying us on a Hole&Corner tour of Collect 2021...
March 1, 2021 We are going to start at Sarah Myerscough Gallery , a kind of spiritual home and endless inspiration for Hole & Corner. As always, Myerscough is in tune with over-arching...
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Broken Beauty
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