The Spin Doctor
Anton Alvarez’s "Thread Wrapping Machine" creates extraordinary furniture without the need for screws or nails. As his new exhibition at Gallery Libby Sellers opens, the Chilean-Swedish designer talks...
View ArticleChaos to Calm
"You know me, I start by putting everything in and then take things out." From seemingly chaotic beginnings Rozanne Hawksley (née Pibworth, born 1931) crafts carefully considered pieces, working at...
View ArticleJoe Hogan: A Way with Willow
From his workshop by Loch na Fooey, Irish maker Joe Hogan creates extraordinary baskets.Sitting in Joe Hogan’s kitchen, we have an improvised lunch before the interview begins in the afternoon. The...
View ArticleAdam Nathaniel Furman: Building Across the Boundaries
"People in the last couple of years have been asking what I am. Am I an artist? A maker? A ceramist? An architect and interior designer? I think nowadays part of the joy for my generation is that none...
View ArticleLauren Bowker
There’s perhaps no better example of how science and craft can merge than the work of "materials alchemist"Lauren Bowker, founder of TheUnseen, which integrates chemical technologies into fabrics. It...
View ArticleRhian Solomon
"I’ve got different hats on,"Rhian Solomon tells me as we sit down to talk. It helps explain why she arrives at our meeting carrying a large wheely suitcase, because life is currently peripatetic....
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