Silvan

This wonderful dimpled sycamore table 'The afterlife table', was created by Silvan to hold the 200 amulets of artist Katie Paterson, commissioned for Folkestone Triennial 2025.

"Originally installed within the circular interior of a Martello tower, the table responds directly to the architecture of the space. Its sweeping, curvilinear form echoes the defensive geometry of the tower while creating an intimate landscape for viewing."  Silvan

Katie Paterson created 200 amulets, recreated from historical collections around the world. Each amulet has been crafted by Paterson from materials sourced from disappearing landscapes and fragile ecosystems. Stones from islands threatened by rising sea levels, glacial remnants, and materials from fire-ravaged forests, then transformed into objects that serve as reflections on loss, connection, and renewal.

'Afterlife' runs from 19 June – 6 September 2026 at the Collective, Edinburgh.

Ayumi Tsuchiya

"Art is an extension of everyday life and play. Some beautiful things and heart-wrenching things, and some things that make you laugh friendly with your family. I want you to experience it here." Ayumi Tsuchiya

This Kinetic piece that reacts to you sitting in it like a flower closing is "Oyayubihime's Chair" is made by Ayumi Tsuchiya in collaboration with Karimoku Furniture. Look at the joy that good design can bring!

Jonas Olsen

 

Jonas Olsen's seals carved from Black walnut.

Wycliffe Stutchbury IV

The 'Thread' exhibition featuring some of Wycliffe Stutchbury’s works is running at Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London until May 16th.

 Wycliffe Stutchbury’s works are composed via the meticulous placement of wooden tiles, processed from fallen trees or disused architecture, timber shingles sourced from a coastal town in Maine, discarded field fencing, fallen bog oak found in Norfolk fens or felled holly from Abergavenny. The used local wood absorbs, mutates and bear traces of its environment and renders each work reflective of geographic specificity. 

A result of changeable weather systems and the artist’s editorial impulse. In such a way, the works evoke surfaces found in architecture. As exterior walls, roofs and structures are weathered via elemental interactions, so too are his pieces. Simultaneously, as gravity acts upon his compositions, they drape and fall mimicking textile. Thus embedded within the works are paradoxes between exterior and interior, fragility and endurance.

Giles Newman

Giles Newman's snowdrop spoon for this cold spring morning.

 

Maysam Shalviri II

 

The year of the horse, I want any excuse to share more of Maysam Shalviri's tender work.

Kazuya Kitaura

Racing into Chinese New Year the year of the horse, with sculptures by Kazuya Kitaura.