London Craft Week 2025: A Galvanizing Display of Innovation and Tradition
Highlights of London Craft Week 2025: weekend must-sees
Step into a world where age-old craft techniques take unexpected turns and materials transform in unimaginable ways at the 2025 London Craft Week (LCW). This sprawling event, hosting over 400 exhibitions, installations, and performances across the capital, leaves visitors awestruck as traditional skills find new life and materials push boundaries. Here are some of the most captivating displays:
London Craft Week 2025: Our Favorites
Smoke and Mirrors at The Lavery
Nestled in South Kensington, Peascod Studio, a Somerset powerhouse founded by Emma and Tobias Peascod, offers a mesmerizing take on the Rococo era. They reinterpret the ancient art of reverse gilding (verre églomise) and mold frames with jesmonite and bronze to evoke the wildness of nature. Their contemporary Rococo designs captivate with their deliciously dark edge.
Peascod Studio details:
peascod.studio
Hair-raising Forms at The Lavery
The 'Landscape of Materials' exhibition, presented by Soluna Art Group, showcases the soulful work of Dahye Jeong. Jeong creates diaphanous forms from horse hair, earning the 2022 Loewe Foundation Craft Prize for her extraordinary skills. For Joseon Dynasty enthusiasts, the horse hair sculptures may whisper Men's headwear of old; for everyone else, these creations boast an undeniable drama of their own.
Washi Wonders
Japanese washi paper comes to life in the hands of creative visionaries at LCW. Whether it be the furniture wrapped by Béton Brut at No. 9 Cork Street or the enormous, 2m-tall floor lamp by Yanxiong Lin at Charles Burnand gallery in Fitzrovia, the intricate washi paper designs radiate with lacquer finishes for a rustic, alluring glow.
Charles Burnand gallery:
charlesburnand.com
Secret Ceramics
The partnership between LCW and Christie’s auction house unveils a clandestine sale of ceramic art. The Secret Ceramics exhibition showcases over 100 anonymous works by celebrated artists, with each piece available for a minimum donation of £500. Ceramics aficionados will likely recognize the works of Freya Bramble-Carter, Edmund de Waal, and Bouke de Vries — yet their true creators remain a mystery until the sale. Collected funds benefit the FiredUp4 studios that grant underprivileged youth access to the world of clay.
Turning the Tide
Brogan Cox, co-founder of Sebastian Cox studio, takes center stage with her debut design collection, 'Tides.' Partnering with marbling artist Nat Maks, they have created a captivating synthesis of sycamore tables adorned with soft, rippling marbling patterns that mimic tidal pools across a spectrum of colors.
Painterly Wood
Brodie Neill's latest 'Woodstrokes' collection at No. 9 Cork Street combines reclaimed wood off-cuts, bio-epoxy resin, and precise craftsmanship to transform ordinary furniture into stunning works of art with grains that appear as painterly brush strokes.
Brodie Neill details:brodieneill.com
Ancient Forms Reborn
Inspired by Greco-Roman, Southeast Asian, and Saxon motifs, Ash & Plumb’s designs evoke a sense of archaeological intrigue. The duo works with unseasoned English oak off-cuts, transforming them into unique vessels through lathe turning, hand-carving, scorching, and oiling. Each creation offers a glimpse into the past reborn in modern charm and wonder.
The New Craftmaker:
thenewcraftmaker.com
These exhibitions prove that London Craft Week 2025 is a vibrant celebration of artistic ingenuity and the resilience of traditional craftsmanship. Don't miss this creative revolution that merges the timeless with the extraordinary!
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At The Lavery in South Kensington, Peascod Studio presents a contemporary Rococo-inspired lifestyle, blending traditional reverse gilding techniques with modern materials to create nature-inspired frames that exude a deliciously dark edge (lifestyle, home-and-garden). Meanwhile, at the same venue, Dahye Jeong showcases her award-winning horse hair sculptures as part of the 'Landscape of Materials' exhibition, offering an awe-inspiring blend of tradition and innovation that would make traditional Japanese and Joseon Dynasty enthusiasts swoon (lifestyle, home-and-garden).
