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 review
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T12:51:49+01:002019 is the centenary of the founding of Bauhaus in Weimar and there are lots of exhibitions and events worldwide not to mention documentaries and new books. At the restored second Bauhaus in Dessau you […]
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, […]
Queen’s Court flats, Crofton Gane and Wells Coates
Oliver Kent2022-02-15T14:10:33+00:00Queen’s Court, Queen’s Road, Clifton, Bristol In 1937 a large triangular site on Queens Road in Clifton, a hundred yards uphill from the landmark Victoria Rooms became the site of the first large-scale luxury block […]
Crofton Gane and the All Electric House
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T11:03:07+01:00The All Electric House – Stoke Bishop, Bristol. P E Gane Ltd were established furniture manufacturers and retailers in Bristol in the first half of the 20th century. From 1933, director Crofton Gane became increasingly […]
Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell
Oliver Kent2021-06-16T11:01:50+01:00
Margaret Howell’s gallery in Wigmore St, London is currently showing a selection of more than 50 pieces from the Ken Stradling Collection chosen and curated by Margaret herself. The show included […]