Cedric Bardawil, 1-3 Old Compton Street, London W1D 5JB
24 July – 10 August 2024

Fire, 2020, hand knitted mohair, nylon, acrylic, polyester and lurex yarn, rosehead steel flat point nails, 170 (H) x 72 (W) x 6 (D) cms
Eye, 2022, hand knitted mohair, nylon, polyester, lurex and wool yarn, rosehead steel flat point nail, 194 (H) x 54 (W) x 6 (D) cms

Comfort Napkin, 2024, Cotton (80%) & linen (20%) woven hem stitched napkin with hand knitted polyester and nylon yarn tail, 50 × 50 cms

The Amber Room, is a programme of exhibitions centred around a dinner, taking place in different locations across London. The aim is for the dinner to become an extension of the exhibition, so that everything on the table, from the napkins to the glassware is made by the exhibiting artists and for sale. Previous Amber Rooms have been hosted by Matt’s Gallery, Reference Point Library in 180 The Strand, at architect Alex Michaelis’ family home in Hammersmith and in a disused office space in Vauxhall. This iteration of The Amber Room is titled Sticking up for Soft and is centred around the notion of softness. The artists exhibiting explore the concept of soft in different ways, whether that be materially, conceptually or formally, the show presents an array of interpretations to the theme. It takes place at Cedric Bardawil in Soho with Collector Dinners held on the 16th, 17th or 18th of July 2024 at 6.30pm. The Amber Room is curated by Rosie Reed.

Exhibiting artists: Nancy Allen, Leo Costelloe, Emma Mackintosh, Anna Perach, Freddie Robins, Alexandra Searle, Sam Bakewell, Lucy Ellerton, Richard Malone, Stephen Polatch, Ro Robertson, Christopher Taylor, Rob Branigan, Lydia Gifford, Jaclyn Pappalardo, Sue Ray, Rosie Reed, Isabelle Young.

Photography: @studioadamson

Exhibition catalogue

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Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ
11 – 13 July 2024

The second annual Material Engagements Research Cluster (MERC) exhibition: Colour Made Manifest. This exhibition brings together practice-based and material-led academics from the Royal College of Art highlighting the world leading research taking place under the umbrella of the Material Engagements Research Cluster.

The overarching focus, questions and offers to illuminate the paradoxical realm of colour, through research activities exploring how the immaterial notion of colour can be explored and evidenced through a number of materialising projects. It also builds from staff discussions embedded within the MA and PhD group teaching this year prompted by Neil Parkinson and the RCA’s Colour Library Collection.

Through works-in-progress, finished outputs, and an attached event Colour Made Manifest will contextualise research alongside creating a generative space for research activities to happen.

For more information about the RCA Material Engagements Research Cluster

The Minories, 74 High Street, Colchester, Essex CO1 1UE
14 – 16 June 2024

The 2024 Sluice expo centres on the idea of the vernacular, exploring how culture can emerge and adapt in reaction to various influences, whether structural or ethical. The expo is an opportunity for a loosely defined sector, encompassing artist-led initiatives, curator-led projects, collectives, non-profit organisations and galleries to converge.

Sluice is a non-profit initiative based in the UK, led by artists and curators. Since 2011 Sluice has collaborated exclusively with other artist and curator-led projects, collectives and non-profit initiatives. They create multi-faceted events around the world, focusing on the local in a transnational context. Sluice vernacular was developed in partnership with the Minories.

Exhibiting artists: Ben Coode-Adams, Annabel Dover, Tristan Howe, Sara Impey, Alex Pearl and Freddie Robins.

Photography: Ben Coode-Adams

For more information
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Programme of events

99 Bishopsgate, London EC2
14 May – 26 September 2024

Craft Kills, held in the Crafts Council Collection, is exhibited as part of 5&20. The exhibition celebrates two shared milestones; five years of the Brookfield Properties Craft Award and 20 years of Collect Art Fair.

This one-off celebration show, supported with funding from London EC BID, exhibits over 30 artworks from Crafts Council collection, with a direct link to Collect. These objects, which form part the national collection for craft, include ceramics, jewellery, glass, bronze and textiles.

Photography: Douglas Atfield

For more information

To download the Artist 5&20 Booklet

Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ
21 October 2023 – 11 February 2024

“Throughout human history, materials have been fashioned by skilled people into objects of beauty and utility. Wood, clay, stone, metal, textile and organic materials – these are the starting point of History in the Making, bringing together a treasure-trove of unique and fascinating objects.

From a monumental mid-17th century Mortlake tapestry, woven to a design by the great Italian Renaissance artist Raphael – on loan from Woburn Abbey for the first time – to expressive hand-painted silks by award-winning artist and designer Christian Ovonlen. Or precious 18th century silverware made by French Huguenot migrants, to highly personal glazed ceramic vessels by rising-star ceramic artist Shawanda Corbett. As well as recent creations by makers who are at the forefront of developing new materials and processes, from living textiles made from plant roots to 3D printed vessels made from recycled coffee cups.

History in the Making brings together outstanding examples of historic craft from the collection of Woburn Abbey, with recent creations by some of the most exciting makers working today from the collection of the Crafts Council. By presenting the historic and contemporary side-by-side the exhibition exploree changing attitudes towards materials over time, the importance of craft traditions for communities and the environmental impact of it. The exhibition also explores how scientific advances and innovative approaches to existing materials can offer more sustainable and planet-friendly methods of making.”

Exhibiting Craft Kills, 2002, machine knitted wool, knitting needles
2000 × 680 × 380 mm
In the collection of the Crafts Council, London

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Installation photography: Jamie Woodley