Nesting
A Solo Show – Joe Hogan

Basketmaking

‘Us at Work’ Jewellery Showcase
Romilly Saumarez Smith with Lucie Gledhill, Anna Wales, Rachel Jones, Carola Solcia and Laura Ngyou.

Jewellery

Rhythms of Making
A Duo Show – Iva Polachova & Lizzie Kimbley

Ceramics & Weaving

A Solo Exhibition
Oliver Cook

Stone

A Collaborative Exhibition
Celia Dowson & Isobel Napier

Glass & Paper

Exhibition of Danish Craft
Ane Christensen, Heidi Hentze and Trine Drivsholm

London Craft Week 2023

Duo Exhibition
Ash & Plumb
Wood

‘This collection is a playful exploration of form and finish and a celebration of the Oak tree from which these vessels were hewn, featuring a recently developed softer natural finish alongside our established darker offerings’.

Group Exhibition
Artists Include: Akiko Hirai, Derek Wilson, Maria Kristofersson, Celia Dowson, Marian Bijlenga, Masamichi Yoshikawa, Claire Benn, Chloé Rosetta Bell, Cecile Daladier, Made by Bill, Sandy Buchanan.

Somerset House

Collect: International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design returns 3-5 March 2023

Solo Exhibition
Maria Kristofersson
Ceramics

Accompanied by Textile Artist Claire Benn

This new body of work has a expanded, "earthy" colour palette, together with the restrained monochrome colours of terracotta, white and black. 

Duo Exhibition
Nancy Fuller and Maria Sigma
Ceramics & Textiles

Apricity

(n.) the warmth of the winter sun.

Solo Exhibition
Lizzie Farey
Baskets

Lizzie Farey is inspired by her natural surroundings carefully observing the movement and patterns found in landscapes.

Solo Exhibtion
Akiko Hirai
Ceramics

Akiko often carves her vessels and works quickly and rhythmically. There is an absence of mechanical regularity as she fears the rhythm becoming too static. The carved textures derive from Kamakura-bori, an old folk craft of wood carving based in Kamakura in Japan. This is called Kohiki.

Solo Exhibition, Residency and Supper Club
Chloé Rosetta Bell
Ceramics

A collection based upon a residency with Flow in Wales exploring the mussel shells and seaweed that purify Halen Môn’s sea salt.

Showcase
Sophie Frost
Ceramics

Concerned with the spiritual, they emulate the essence of dusk, day and night time, embodying that energy through their slip and oxide surfaces alongside ornamented hoops and moons.

Group Exhibition
Artists Include: Akiko Hirai, Jo Barker, Cecile Daladier, Studio MC, Celia Dowson,  Fritz Baumann, Nina Malterud.
Somerset House

Collect: International Art Fair for Contemporary Craft and Design returns 25-27 February 2022

Solo Exhibition
Studio Potter Paul Philp
Ceramics

A solo exhibition by renowned Studio Potter Paul Philp. Paul’s exhibition will reveal his influences of the natural world. As he puts it, “I have in mind rugged eroded surfaces, megaliths, fossils, ancient encrusted marbles and something of the quality of early Japanese Ceramics – Shigaraki and Iga ware.”

Collaborative Exhibition
Wood Artist Eleanor Lakelin and Silversmith Adele Brereton
Wood and Metal

Exploring a mutual interest in the fragments of eroded objects and material they find on the Thames foreshore near their studios. Both artists create new narratives - reinterpreting found textures and forms in wood and silver.

Jewellery Showcase
German Jeweller Ulrike Ramin
Contemporary Jewellery

Ulrike Ramin enters into a dialogue with the material through processes, experimentation, intuition and time. She combines exciting contrasts. Powerful and delicate. Pure, elegant and strikingly different.

‘Embracing Serendipity’ - A Showcase by Potter Tim Lake

Tim Lake curates opportunities within his firings to allow variation and serendipitous possibilities to happen in the kiln. The pieces emerge from the kiln marked with the individual story of each firing.

‘The Language of Spoons’ — a showcase of renowned Metal Artist Simone ten Hompel is now in the gallery.⁣

⁣Hompel sees metal as her first language, strongly believing that a true understanding of any craft must come through the experience of making. Over an illustrious career, she has earned a reputation as one of the most inventive silversmiths of her generation.⁣

“Spoons are the first tools we learn to use and they are most likely the last tool we use with some dignity. Spoons are my kind of canvas where I can express this aspect of life. Alpha and Omega & all that happens in-between.”⁣

A solo show by Swedish Ceramic Artist Kina Björklund. Historical references abound in the work of Kina; decoration found in 18th-century ceramics, old lace, antique brooches and old ironmongery (her sister is an antique dealer). Kina uses these" tools" to stamp her plates and bowls. They provide intricate patterns. She uses terracotta clay and white transparent glazes, which look like icing on a cake.

‘Capturing Stillness’ is an exhibition of porcelain objects and dyed textiles. The exhibition showcases South Korean Ceramicist JaeJun Lee and Scottish Artist Hayley McCrirrick. Both artists capture a stillness through a refined palette and materials. They are led by their making process, allowing the repetition of core techniques to embody their intuition. The refinement of their processes showcases an exhibition that captures a tranquil and welcoming stillness to the gallery.

We look forward to welcoming you to our joyous celebration of flowers by French artist Cécile Daladier. We will be showcasing a collection of Cecile’s ceramic Pique-Fleurs, that are inspired by Robert Schumann’s poetic ensemble ‘Einsame Blumen’. Schuman’s subtle and poetic music vocabulary resonates with Cecile’s relationship to flowers, clay and nature.

26 November 2020 - 29 January 2021

Flow is delighted to showcase the work of Danish artist Ane Christensen in ‘21 OBJECTS”, a celebration of both Flow’s and Ane’s twenty-first birthday.

Flow is delighted to showcase the work of two established Norwegian ceramicists, Nina Malterud and Astrid Sleire, during London Craft Week 2020 and in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy.

The exhibition ‘Ceramic Landscapes, a show from Norway’ will showcase the sculptural qualities of Astrid Sleire’s work with the experimental, painterly wall plates by Nina Malterud’s. Through distinct practices and varying techniques, these two artists share a similar approach through texture, glaze and colour.

"I have a small collection of old Japanese magazines called Bessatsu Taiyo (別冊太陽). Each issue features a creative field; theatre plays, photography, pottery, literature, architecture. Within the subject, there is always a specific focus on topics, objects or people. One of my favourite issues is called O-tsubo, Ko-tsubo. It translates big jars and small jars. I have had it more than a quarter of a century and have now read it so many times the pages are falling apart. Unfortunately, it is no longer published and you can only get second hand, back copies, which are very hard to come by. Most of the jars featured in these pages are antiques and wood-fired. Over the years I have studied the surfaces of these jars and spent time replicating the effects of their marks and textures using my gas kiln. Since my time as a student, these pages have offered me so much inspiration and insight into surface qualities, teaching me most about the chemistry of raw materials.

A collaborative exhibition between forager, Alex Richards and artists: Max Bainbridge, Chloé Rosetta Bell, Cecile Daladier, Alison Dickens, Celia Dowson, Tom Fallick, Iva Polachova and Derek Wilson.

Our opening exhibition of 2020 ‘Constructing Nature’ is an exhibition of intricately woven wall pieces and carefully constructed brooches. The exhibition showcases basket weaver, Lizzie Farey and jeweller, Anna Gordon. Both artists are inspired by their natural surroundings and carefully observe the movement and patterns found in landscapes. The stillness of nature is reflected in the pared-down minimalism of each piece.

A collaborative exhibition between textile artist Catarina Riccabona and ceramicist Lisa Stockham. Each artist has created a body of work in response to the other’s practice. The makers share a love of texture. Referencing the history of an object or surface as a starting point. Signs of time passing, such as peeling paint, erosion and decay. Both look to the past for inspiration; traditional craft techniques, ancient artefacts and forms. Their process-led works have a similar sensibility, an organic and contemplative nature with the process of making as important as the outcome.

Flow Gallery is pleased to introduce the work of Jessica Coates and Michel Müller, who together form Studio MC. Their playful and ambiguous arrangements of sculptural ceramics reference architectural forms and functional objects to explore the versatility and potential of the vessel form.