Collect 2025 - Fresh Focus

For the first time, the SDC and QEST (the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) will join forces to present Fresh Focus at Collect 2025

Event details

Overview

For the first time, the SDC and QEST (the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) will join forces to present Fresh Focus at Collect 2025, celebrating the fusion of traditional craftsmanship with modern artistic expression. Both organisations will present a joint mission to champion innovative practices of talented makers at all stages of their careers.

Craftspeople featured as part of this special edition showcase are:

Christine Meyer Eaglestone FSDC – Wood, SDC Member
Claire Ireland MSDC – Ceramics, SDC Member
Fabrizia Bazzo FSDC – Glass, SDC Member
Margaret Jones FSDC – Tapestry, QEST Garfield Weston Foundation Scholar & SDC member
Samantha English LSDC
– Metal, SDC member
Elizabeth Ashdown – Passementerie, QEST Adam Architecture Scholar
Epona Smith – Silversmith, QEST Pewterers’ Company Scholar
Kendall Clarke MSDC – Paper & Textiles, QEST Sanderson Design Co. Scholar and SDC member
Laura Quinn – Glass, QEST Garfield Weston Foundation Scholar

Where?

Somerset House
Strand
London WC2R 1LA

When?

28 February - 2 March 2025

Opening Times

Thursday 27 February (Preview Day) 11:00 - 21:00
Friday 28 February: 11:00 - 19:00
Saturday 1 March: 11:00 - 18:00
Sunday 2 March: 11:00 - 18:00

Price

Admission fee applies - book tickets here

From Fragile Memory (detail) Sam English LSDC