Q & A with Anja Hessler (Form + Gestalt) Location: Ramsgate, Kent Discipline: Mobile Sculpture, Collectable Objects Biography: Anja Hessler is a contemporary artist and designer who creates one-of-a-kind mobile sculptures and objects using a diverse range of materials, including precious and non-precious metals, acrylic, and wood. Recognized as one of the foremost emerging artists in… Read more »
Q & A with An Alleweireldt Location: London Discipline: Jewellery Biography: This year is my 20th year in business. Oxx Jewellery London stands for Modern and minimal jewellery. It was set up by me, Belgian An Alleweireldt in 2003 after finishing my jewellery MA at the prestigious Royal College of Art and my BA in… Read more »
Q&A with Carolyn Tripp Location: London Discipline: Ceramics Biography: I am a classically trained ceramic artist, training under Richard Slee at Camberwell in the 1990s. After a career break for family, I returned to my practice 6 years ago with my current body of work in which I use personal stories and recollections to decorate… Read more »
Q&A with Poppy Norton Location: London Discipline: Jewellery Poppy Norton makes design-led statement jewellery from her London Workshop. Having originally trained in Product Design at Central Saint Martins, Poppy went on to work as an interior stylist, art director and trend reporter for a wide range of clients including The Guardian, Grand Designs magazine, Channel… Read more »
Q & A with Adaesi Ukairo Hastings, East Sussex Discipline: Sculptural works in Copper and Brass Adaesi Ukairo shapes her sculptural forms from copper and brass, lifting each creation from flat sheets of metal using hammers and forming stakes. Working intuitively, she engages her metals unique properties of malleability and strength to create her one-off,… Read more »
Q&A with Ana Verdun Chiswick, London Discipline: Jewellery Biography: Ana’s Reclaimed Heart Collection won Professional Jeweller’s Collections of the Year 2022 award in the Designer-Maker category. She was the bestselling designer at a pop-up jewellery collective in Selfridges with La Maison Couture in January-February 2023 In October 2022, Ana exhibited at the Copenhagen Commitment event… Read more »
