The importance of collectors in supporting contemporary craft and emerging makers has been critical in fostering new talent and encouraging new makers, especially in financially stringent times, and the current collection of works presented within our Autumn 2024 MODERN MADE: Modern, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Design, Craft and Studio Ceramics auction (lots 80 - 138) is a testament to one person’s passion for craft and, in particular, silversmithing.
The collection was built and shared with the owner's family over their lifetime and embraces a multitude of celebrated crafts men and women and emerging makers, acquired over a forty-year period, throughout which the collector avidly visited exhibitions, shops and art fairs across the United Kingdom.
Many of the pieces were bought from important centres for craft including the Craft Council Shop at the V&A, the Bishoplands Educational Trust, Chelsea Craft Fair, Electrum, Goldsmiths Fair and most recently Collect in London.