Inspired Exhibition 2015

The Inspired 2015 selling exhibition of contemporary furniture and modern silver is a unique collaboration between The Furniture Makers’ Company, the furnishing industry’s charity, and the Festival of Silver organisation, held at the Goldsmiths’ Centre in Clerkenwell from 19-21 May, during Clerkenwell Design Week.

The Furniture Makers’ Company represents many of the UK’s finest contemporary bespoke furniture makers, while Festival of Silver brings together the best designers and makers of modern contemporary silversmithing in Britain. The leading exhibition sponsor is The Goldsmiths’ Company. The new exhibition room at the Goldsmiths’ Centre is the perfect setting to display these contemporary crafts together.

The idea behind the exhibition is to inspire collaborations, such as ‘Wave’, made by the silversmith Rebecca Hill inspired by ‘Waterfall’, the magnificent cabinet designed by Martin Grierson and carved by Georgy Mkrtichian, see image above.

Similarly inspired was the designing and making of the LoMo sideboard and matching tea-tray by Jonathan Walter of Bark Furniture, for the tea-service commissioned by the Inspired exhibition organisers from award-winning silversmith Charlotte Tollyfield.

Gordon Hamme, the organiser of the exhibition, said: “We are bringing together two of Britain’s most innovative artisan industries to make a stunning selling exhibition. Both organisations work hard to raise the profiles of these great makers.”

Programme of talks

The speakers’ lunchtime programme complements Clerkenwell Design Week’s theme of Design.  Each speaker will talk about their own career and the role of design within it.

• Tuesday 19 May 12.45pm – 1.45pm
  

Malcolm Appleby MBE is the country’s leading silversmith art-engraver. Tickets on line – malcolmapplebytickets.eventbrite.co.uk

• Wednesday 20 May 12.45pm – 1.45pm
  

Rebecca De Quin is a leading designer, artist-silversmith and lecturer at the Royal College of Art in silver and mixed media. Tickets on line – rebeccadequintickets.eventbrite.co.uk

• Thursday 21 May 12.45pm – 1.45pm
  

Barnaby Scott is a Fellow of the Society of Designer Craftsmen. He lectures on the unusual combination of CNC technology and highly skilled hand-craft at Waywood Furniture Creation. Tickets on line – barnabyscotttickets.eventbrite.co.uk

The furniture makers include Nick Allen, Tim Chadsey, Philip Dobbins, Marc Fish, Robin Furlong, Martin Grierson, Luke Harding, Edward Johnson, Daniel Lacey, Marcus Mindelsohn, Georgy Mkrtichian, Simon Pirie, Ben Rawlinson, James Smith, Jonathan Walter, Barnaby Scott, and Edward Wild.

The silversmiths include Lasse Baering, Bishopsland Trust silversmiths, Alan Craxford, Rebecca De Quin, James Dougall, Jenny Edge, Wally Gilbert, Karina Gill, Rebecca Hill, Rebecca Joselyn, Marion Kane, Martin Keane, Esther Lord, Brett Payne, Martyn Pugh, Justin Richardson, Carolyn Stephenson, Thalen & Thalen, Charlotte Tollyfield,          

Opening times

Tuesday 19 May         10.00am – 5.00pm

Wednesday 20 May    10.00am – 8.00pm

Thursday 21 May        10.00am – 8.00pm

Friday 22 May             10.00am – 5.00pm

Saturday 23 May        10.00am – 4.00pm

Visit www.britishsilverweek.co.uk to find out more about the exhibitors and the talks tying in with the Inspired Exhibition and Clerkenwell Design Week, or contact Gordon Hamme gordon.hamme@britishsilverweek.co.uk or 0795 686 5423.