Wendy Ramshaw: Drawings in Gold11th – 29th November 2008
Lesley Craze Gallery is pleased to present ‘Drawings in Gold’, a touring exhibition of new work and the accompanying pencil drawings by Wendy Ramshaw (CBE RDI). In the course of a prolific 40 year career, Wendy Ramshaw has consistently challenged her interpretation of jewellery, from her early work in paper to her experiments with different media; including ceramics, enamel and glass, as well as her recent move into larger scale work in public art. This new exhibition is a collection of over 30 works created by Ramshaw between 2006 and 2008. These new jewels are restrained, three dimensional “drawings” in richly coloured matt gold. The final pieces will be displayed alongside Ramshaw’s original sketches, allowing us to comprehend something of her thought processes and inspiration. This is a touring exhibition and a full colour catalogue is available to accompany the exhibition.
Liz Clay - 'Wool Papers'6th November - 24th December 2008
Lesley Craze Gallery is pleased to present a new collection of 'Wool Papers' by textile artist Liz Clay. Since 2003 Liz has been researching wool fibres and exploring the textural space it offers the feltmaker. The 'Wool Paper' Collection is made using 100% lambs wool fleece most of which has been sourced from local farms near the artist's studio in Somerset. The different qualities and characteristics of these papers exploit the beauty and versatility of this raw material.
Group Six: Contemporary Jewellery from Poland26th September – 25th October 2008
Lesley Craze Gallery is pleased to present 'Group Six: Contemporary Jewellery from Poland', a stimulating exhibition of cutting edge contemporary Polish jewellery. This exhibition features work produced in the last three years by Polish jewellery collective 'Group Six' who each year create an original body of work in response to a specific theme. Group Six consists of five members: Bogumił Bytomski, Paweł Kaczyński, Krzysztof Roszkiewicz, Marcin Tymiński, Arek Wolski. This exhibition also contains works by five guests who produced work for the exhibition ‘Group Six and Guests’ in 2008. They are: Andrzej Boss, Sławomir Fijałkowski, Jan Suchodolski, Jarosław Westermark and Antek Zaremski. This is the first time the group have shown their work in the UK.
COLLECT 200825th – 29th January 2008
Lesley Craze Gallery will be exhibiting at 'Collect' the international art fair for contemporary objects, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, presented by the British Crafts Council. Featuring Michael Becker, Nora Fok, Jo Hayes-Ward, Yasuki Hiramatsu, Magie Hollingworth, Yoko Izawa, Daphne Krinos, Salome Lippuner, David Goodwin, David Poston, Hanneke Pauman, Angela O’Kelly, Michihiro Sato, Sachiyo Sharma, Georgia Wiseman.
Spotlight on Salome Lippuner19th January – 16th February 2008
To coincide with London COLLECTion Lesley Craze Gallery is pleased to present the work of Swiss jewellery artist Salome Lippuner. Salome creates luscious contemporary jewellery from traditional Japanese Urushi lacquer.
COLLECT Collections7th – 29th March 2008
Collections previewed at COLLECT, the international art fair for contemporary objects are exhibited at the gallery.
Fresh Forms10th June - 19th July 2008
Lesley Craze Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of contemporary silverware and silver jewellery by eleven leading British makers all working at the cutting edge of design practice. This exhibition is in association with British Silver Week, Coutts Jewellery Week and The London Architectural Festival. Featuring: Shimara Carlow, Alan Craxford, Ane Christenson,
Angela Cork, Jenny Deans, Daphne Krinos, Esther Lord, Grant McCraig, Don Porrit, Martyn Pugh and Mary Ann Simmons.
