When is a Teapot not a Teapot?
Oliver Kent2022-02-09T12:10:30+00:00As part of a short series exploring objects in the Collection, UWE History student Holly John reviews the work of potter Oliver Kent.
These exuberant teapots are a playful twist […]
Stradling Collection’s Automata on Antiques Roadshow!
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T14:51:35+01:00
Don’t Miss ‘Making Joy: Fire and Ice’
Oliver Kent2021-06-15T19:07:05+01:00Celebrating Bristol’s long history of making beautiful glass we are shining a spotlight on this exciting world of ‘fire and ice’. The Ken Stradling Collection at 48 Park Row, Bristol are using […]
Julia Donnelly spills the glass beads! All you need to know about lampworking
Oliver Kent2021-06-17T15:52:16+01:00Glass jewellery maker Julia Donnelly writes about the making of her delightful beads. Lampwork is an ancient skill and a process ideally suited to small workshop practice. Her work is featured in the […]
A Pioneering Ceramic Studio
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:37:28+01:00Behind every successful man, there stands a woman.
A Pioneering Ceramic Studio
There is a very old and famous saying, ‘behind […]
Making Useful Simple – Geoffrey Whiting at the KSC
Oliver Kent2022-03-04T20:00:39+00:001st October – 14th December
Our latest show at the Ken Stradling Collection highlights the art of making beautiful items for the home through an examination of the work of […]
Bauhaus in Bristol – Otti Berger
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:58:50+01:00It appears that Bristol furniture manufacturer Crofton Gane, whose work with Bauhaus designer Marcel Breuer is well known, considered employing leading Bauhaus graduate textile designer Otti Berger to work for him.
Breuer in Bristol Symposium
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:51:14+01:00The Breuer in Bristol Symposium at Arnolfini went very well indeed. Speakers included Christopher Wilk, Keeper of Furniture, Textiles and Fashion at the V&A, design historians Alan Powers, Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund, Oliver Kent, […]
Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell – Preview Photos
Oliver Kent2021-06-14T16:53:36+01:00Here are a selection of photos of the Ken Stradling Collection show at Margaret Howell at 34 Wigmore Street, London. The show is on until the 15th November. The work look stunning and sits beautifully […]