CLUSTER CRAFTS
THE FAIR
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CRAFTS FAIR 2024
15-19 MAY
Curated by Ema Marinova
Join us for the much anticipated 7th edition of Cluster Crafts in collaboration with BVL and LONDON CRAFT WEEK at the beautiful Silbury + East building in Old St for Metamorphosis: A journey of material transformation.
CRAFTS FAIR 2022
7-10 JULY
Curated by Valeria Del Vacchio
Cluster Crafts is officially returning to the physical realm after a long and fruitful virtual season. After our last in-person Crafts Fair in 2019, we’re bringing back Cluster to London Bridge at the wonderful Ugly Duck warehouse.
The widely successful Cluster Crafts Fair is returning with a focus on Glass & Movement, celebrating the United Nations International Year of Glass 2022. The fair seeks to platform young, emerging designers working within all mediums of craft and challenge the boundaries between craft, design, sculpture and Fine Art.
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“SOIL, SURFACE, SKY”
BOOK LAUNCH
Step into the multidisciplinary realm of craft at Cluster London’s ‘Soil, Surface, Sky’ book launch. Bridging the physical and digital realm through QR codes, 3D visuals and immersive sound pieces by Antoine Le Dirat-Giacometti, reinventing the way we experience and look at craft. Showcasing over 100 members, uncover the boundaries between craft and design, adaptations of making during the pandemic and new material explorations in this event of discovery and celebration.
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PATRICK NASH
SOLO EXHIBITION
Cluster has been working with Patrick Nash since exhibiting his breathtaking works for the first time in October 2018. In a world of excess, Nash’s work is distinctly minimal and clean, using single lines in his work to produce concentrated spaces of light. Neon is a medium steeped in a rich modern history, and is compelling to audiences within and beyond the art world due to its highly commercial appeal.
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CLUSTER CRAFTS 2020/21
Curated by Lucy Swift, Ema Marinova & Valeria Del Vacchio
Government restrictions have led to closure of Cluster Crafts 2020 event at Ugly Duck. Set to exhibit over 100 exhibitors across the contemporary craft and design sector, Cluster now takes a shift to the digital realm. Cluster Crafts will present a programme of online talks focused on exploring new methods of making, cutting-edge materials and business strategies. Artists and industry leaders will look at the present and future of crafts, recognising the growing impact of new technologies in everyday life and the urgent environmental need for restructuring our production methodologies.
Furthermore, Cluster Crafts’s contingency strategy incorporates a long-term approach which engages with its exhibitors in alternative ways. From focused-on-the-artist articles, connecting the community with key industry figures, a book, enhanced artists online profiles and public interventions.
CLUSTER CRAFTS
TRUMAN BREWERY
Curated by Lucy Swift
For Cluster, Craft is not a term relegated to our history. Beyond mere aesthetics it is an active component in making tomorrow, a reflection of who we are and who we want to be.
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CLUSTER CRAFTS
JEWELLERY EDITION
TRUMAN BREWERY
Curated by Ema E. Marinova & Lucy Swift
For this special edition, Cluster Crafts is creating and launching an intimate fair for contemporary jewellery. We are exploring and picking the best designers form around the world who are ready to make a statement.
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CLUSTER CRAFTS
UGLY DUCK
Curated by Lucy Swift
To celebrate we’re beginning 2019 by throwing our largest fair to date, pulling the threads and gathering the talent to fill to the brim three floors of atmospheric warehouse interiors at 47/49 Tanner Street. CRAFTS this year explores the theme of Metamorphosis, looking at the ‘ever changing’ process of craft, delving into the realm of nature and material exploration. We are proud to present work from Christian and Jade previously seen at the London Design Fair, International artist Caio Marcolini’s wire sculptures and RCA glass artist Jinya Zhao alongside many talented artists and designers.
T H E E X H I B I T O R S
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CLUSTER CRAFTS
TRUMAN BREWERY
Curated by Lucy Swift
Light, Colour, Abstraction, a contemporary craft exhibition highlighting experimental material application through abstract sculptures and forms. Showcasing works from emerging and established artists, the theme of light, colour and abstraction creates a unified approach between the work and the space. Cluster Craft is a celebration of contemporary craft, the workmanship of materials, and the beauty of concept driven work.
T H E E X H I B I T O R S
Diane Bresson — Textile
Clare Pentlow — Paper Artist
Annette Lindenberg — Ceramics
Aileen Gray — Jewellery
Evelyn Pang — Ceramics
Georgina Hopkin — Jewellery
Holly Nicholls — Painting
Hannah Kay - Acrylic Wall Art
Karolina Brobeck — Ceramics
Daniela Schwarz — Jewellery
Liam Fleming — Glass
Jenny Hicks — Ceramics
Maria Myasnikova - Painting
Lyndsay Hamilton Fairley - Jewellery
Lyon Daw - Jewellery
Paul Morley - Ceramics
Steven Edwards - Ceramics
Patrick Nash PND NEON NYC - Sculpture
Laura McKinley - Glass