Friday May 9th - Saturday 17th May 2025

from 11.00am-6.00pm daily

(11.00am - 8.00pm on Thursday 15th May)

Stockwell Studio, Lorn Court (off Lorn RD), Stockwell, London, SW9 0AB

We're delighted to be presenting 'Collections' from the 9th to the 17th of May at Stockwell Studio. The exhibition, curated for London Craft Week, showcases the work of over 25 leading artists and explores how artists put together collections to express a narrative, create a sequence or show different sides of the same subject.

Exhibiting artists include, ceramics by; Annie Turner, Alice Foxen, Barry Stedman, Björk Haraldsdóttir, Daniel Reynolds, Frances Priest, Gavin Houghton, Ikuko Iwamoto, Jaejun Lee, Kate Trelawny, Lise Herud Braten, Matthew Chambers, Mimi Joung, Mizuyo Yamashita, Nicholas Lees, Sophie Cook, Sun Kim and Tim Martin, textile art by; Caroline Popham, Dalia James, Isabel Fletcher, Richard McVetis and Sara Brennan, glass sculpture by Edmond Byrne, metal sculpture by; Cecilia Moore and Juliette Bigley and wooden vessels by Alan Meredith and Robert George.

Stockwell Studio can be found at Lorn Court (Off Lorn Road), London, SW9 0AB - what3words ///visa.swing.friday

We have a great line up of work for this show. With a nod to the Still Life genre, we’re delighted to be showing a beautiful collection of ceramics by Kate Trelawny in our show (featured at the start of this post). In addition to being a talented ceramicist, Kate is also a private chef and our host at Stockwell Studio.

These sumptuous subtle shades of pink and deep aubergine in Sophie Cook's latest collection of porcelain vessels calls to mind the host of vibrant spring flowers we are seeing emerging from flower beds in gardens and parks around the UK right now. In her search for the richest, purest of colours to adorn her delicate hand thrown porcelain forms, Sophie constantly battles with her kiln, pushing the boundaries and firing her work at incredibly high temperatures to get the most from her glazes. This doesn't come without risk and there is a high failure rate despite her exceptional talent and decades of experience, but the effort is worth it. Her work is instantly recognisable - such is her throwing ability and innate understanding and feel for colour and form. Consequently, her vessels are in demand worldwide so we are pleased to have three collections for our exhibition to show you.

We also have the first Sequence Series Matthew Chambers has done in eight years. Talking about this latest work, Matthew said: "When I was asked to create a piece for Cavaliero Finn's show Collections, I immediately thought of returning to my Sequence series.

"I was excited to see how I could develop this body of work. The installation sees the introduction of new elements. For the first time, I’ve incorporated gradual changes in both the size and depth of the forms to build unity, while still using colour and positioning as I did in my earlier works. Also new is an opening at the back of each piece, allowing the viewer to look inside and through the forms.

"In this new work, the smallest piece sits at the centre, serving as the focal point. The three pieces on either side increase in size at a consistent rate. Colour shifts subtly as well: the centre piece features the darkest tone on its interior, which lightens gradually as it moves outward. On the external surfaces, this effect is reversed, the light tone of the centre’s outer shell deepens toward the outermost pieces, echoing the darkness at the centre’s core.

"There are also subtle changes in depth and internal pattern. While each piece has the same number of internal layers, the centre piece’s layers are tightly packed and upright. As the sequence moves outward, the layers become more spaced apart and increasingly twisted. This transition creates a gentle shift from the static, compact centre to the more dynamic, open outer pieces, enhancing both depth and movement.

"Making this work has really energised me and I can't wait to continue with this series."

Robert George has added to the hand lathed and hand carved Larch Boule some of you will have seen at Collect earlier this year, creating two new boules, this time in Silver Maple. We have an incredible video of Robert creating the larger of the two new boules on our instagram feed if you'd like to take a look filed in our Collections LCW highlights at @cavalierofinn. It's mesmerizing to watch.

This hand built porcelain sculpture is one of a collection of works inspired by E.E. Cummings poem, Love is a place. A collection of yeses created in Mimi's trademark style using porcelain in soft gradients of pink, the sculpture gives us a message of boundless positivity, something we all need right now. There's also an architectural quality to the work - like a maquette for a large environmental sculpture to spread a message of hope and positivity, a bit like Cummings' poem.

Love is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all places

yes is a world
& in this world of yes live
(skillfully curled)
all worlds
E.E. Cummings poem, Love is a place

Mimi's sculptural porcelain pieces are created by using excerpts from a variety of chosen texts. Her current work includes interpretations of E.E Cummings and T.S.Eliot's poems, chapters from In Watermelon Sugar by the American writer, Richard Brautigan, reflections on the hardest words in our language (Shadows of yes & no series), portraits of writers and an examination of ‘rule breaking’ through the Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse.

Mizuyo Yamashita cites the huge influence of Morandi in her work as she creates Still Life collections that have a similar sensitivity to tone, colour, and compositional balance. After an incredible response to her 17 piece installation at Collect, Mizuyo has made us a stunning new seven piece collection. For this collection she was keen to incorporate new shapes, rhythms and movement to the composition and finally chose to add two jug forms to bring a gentle sense of flow into the work. The group is largely white with subtle nuances and accents created through varied textures.

After a sell out show at the London Art Fair, we have two new works by Alice Foxen. Pillow (chair), and others in this series are a study of the form and character of the waste objects of everyday life. Pillow (chair) is made with one glaze to produce two opposite effects. It was selected for European Ceramic Context 2024, part of a triennial event for European contemporary glass and ceramics in Denmark. Find out more about Alice's work in our feature here.

Titled Puddles of Zermatt, this collection of porcelain vessels by Jaejun Lee was inspired by a visit to Switzerland. Talking about this work he said: "The natural beauty of Switzerland is incredibly unique, and during my last visit there, I found it profoundly inspiring. In Zermatt, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Why are the colours of the water here so different, and so different from water elsewhere?” They resembled the perfect colour palettes of glazes I had dreamt of creating.

"The concept for this series began in 2017. Grey was the perfect colour to evoke a completely different mood and feeling. The glaze remained the same, but the colour appeared different with the change of background. I wanted to continue this series in the UK, and after over two years of experimenting with various glazes, I finally stabilized the results for gas firing in the UK."

We're thankful for Jaejun's constant pursuit of perfection and love the subtle shades of these exceptional forms.

We look forward to sharing these works and many more with you at the exhibition. Do check our Collections exhibition page on the website during the show to see the full range of work available for sale. In the meantime, follow us on instagram @cavalierofinn for regular updates on the show and all things Cavaliero Finn

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