28 Cork Street
London
W1S 3NG
We welcome back The Pod at Messums Wiltshire to Cork Street for a pop-up exhibition this October.
The Pod at Messums Wiltshire is a unique retail space inside our 13th century tithe barn. It curates a fusion of artists and makers brought together to explore the margin where art meets design and craft.
The Pod features a selection of objects made in wood, ceramics, textiles, glass and stationery from a range of makers who are original in their execution of the creative process. Each item found has a story behind it; a story of the maker and their journey and a story of the end product. All handmade, all using materials in a way that demonstrates their true nature.
Each artisan understands the material they work with to create works to be valued and cherished in a way that is the antithesis of a throw away, quick fix society…read more
Inspired by her own cultural background, Majeda’s designs celebrate regional weave techniques and the identity of the maker. Whether in small batch production or entirely handmade she seeks sustainable, local production. All the designs deconstruct the geometry of weave whilst colour and pattern are reconsidered in a fresh modern approach.
Brought up in rural North Wales, Fflur Owen has always been inspired by nature. From an early age, she has been creating and developing her hand-making skills. She has over 10 years of training in traditional leather working techniques. She discovered a love for leather whilst creating her final collection on her first degree in Fashion Design.
Makoto Kagoshima (b. 1967) is based in Kyushu, the southern island of Japan. He first encountered clay in his grandfather’s workshop and later trained as an artist studying ceramics at college. He encountered numerous influences in contemporary European design through collaboration and employment before dedicating his life to clay at the age of 35.
As a child I wanted to be a geologist. My father introduced me to materials and science by bringing home as many different elements as he could and I remember shiny metals, black carbon and vivid yellow sulphur. The geology beneath our feet shapes and colours our environment in every way, from the rusty iron of the red Australian outback, to the sunshine on the ground, not least the rain in the ve
Vic is an artist who has helped to bring the highly demanding graaltechnique into the 21st century. He combines hand-painting and glass blowing skills to create one-off internationally collected, sculptural works of art in glass.Inspiration... “life experience” –people he has met and known, places he has visited, the world around him, how he feels and what is in his thoughts –passing or otherwise!
Sandy Brown was trained in the art of making ceramics at the Daisei Pottery in Mashiko, Japan. The recipient of Art Council funding, and chosen as Britain’s artist in residence in Australia by the British Council for 1988, Brown has been an important international artist for many years, whose works feature regularly in exhibitions all over the world.
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Haraldsdóttir’s works are inspired by Nordic pattern and folklore. Her family was originally from a small village on the Snaefellness Peninsular called Olafsvík in the shadow of the celebrated twin peaked glacial mountain that inspired Jules Verne’s novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
"My work is inspired by human evolution, and our very own life cycle. The continuous cutting, which has no beginning and no end, reflects our own life pattern, where by our basic make up is inherited and passed on through generations. Our own individual traits can be recognised generations apart, and these are reflected in my sculptures."
Born and bred in Norfolk, Richard Chapman has nurtured a passion for woodturning ever since he was inspired by his woodwork teacher at school. For 23 years Richard taught Physical Education but his spare time was totally taken up with turning wood as a hobby until, in 1991, he left teaching to give himself entirely to his 'raison d'etre'.
Elliot Walker is one of only a handful of glassblowers in the world who uses glass to create solely figurative pieces, giving him something of a rebel status.
After experimenting with the lost-wax process for glass, Walker moved to ‘hot-sculpting’-also known as the ‘Messello’ technique-preferring its challenging demands and more immediate outcomes.
Designed and made in Wales Sit Still Studio design and manufacture distinctly playful pieces. Employing Welsh makers and manufacturing with organic sheep's wool and locally sourced Ash, the brand prides themselves on production methods that embody their design process: "honest, local and decidedly not trend led; favouring a timeless and enduring aesthetic.
With the help of the Princes Trust, Tim Plunkett made wood turning his profession in 1995 and just a few years later became the youngest person to have been accepted to the 'Register of Professional Turners' held by the Worshipful Company of Turners. Motivated by a desire to produce practical pieces that are both simple and beautiful, Tim creates each piece to show the unique character of the wood