Throughout the current year Stockwell Ceramics have been working with a number of galleries on a variety of bespoke products. Of particular note was a collaboration with Dulwich Picture Gallery on a highly successful range of ceramic buttons, brooches and drop earrings featuring the beautiful images on display at their current “Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious” exhibition. To create these ranges, selections were made from Tirzah Garwood’s stunning experimental marbled papers for which she was widely known during the 1930s. Filling an entire room at the gallery they make a magnificent display. The cropped images were fired onto the ceramic surface and were   beautifully captured on the buttons and jewellery which are available at the Gallery gift shop.

A collaboration with Jade Starmore, the well known knitwear designer, has also been a highlight of the year. Jade used a variety of boat buttons from the bikes and boats range in a creative and cohesive way on her beautiful Breton pullover. The ever  popular floral and Heritage buttons have also featured in her work and with more plans for the future it is proving a very exciting and creative experience resulting in a variety of new and varied button designs.

photo credit: Jane Starmore

It has been very satisfying to continue production of the bespoke drop earrings created in collaboration with the V&A Museum from their beautiful James Leman silk designs as well the William de Morgan earrings with designs taken from the wonderful tile collection which they hold.  Other designs made for the V&A Museum which have repeated again this year  were those created from the Iran Tiles in the Islamic Middle East collection and Art Deco jewellery adapted from Hilde Wagner-Ascher’s Tapestry-woven woollen carpets. All in all this year so far has been an exciting series of creative adventures into bespoke designs and artistic collaborations.