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As it is getting more spring- like and birds will be flying back home soon, here is a little reminder of what we could be doing soon - birdwatching! This is an automaton by Peter Markey ‘Birdwatchers’...Something playful to brighten up grey morning: Peter Markey’s Can-Can and Vase Argenta designed by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg.
Category Archives: Glass
Julia Donnelly spills the glass beads! Everything you need to know about lampworking
Glass jewellery maker Julia Donnelly writes about the making of her delightful beads. Lampwork is an ancient skill and a process ideally suited to small workshop practice. Her work is featured in the Ken Stradling Collection‘s exhibition ‘Making Joy – … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century Design, Crafts, Glass
Tagged glass beads, glass jewellery, glassmaking, hot glass, studio glass
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Don’t miss ‘Making Joy: Fire and Ice’ – one more month to visit
Celebrating Bristol’s long history of making beautiful glass we are shining a spotlight on this exciting world of ‘fire and ice’. The Ken Stradling Collection at 48 Park Row, Bristol are using their windows as the exhibition space. In this … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century Design, Crafts, Glass
Tagged Bristol Blue Glass, Cat Mack Glass, Exhibition, glass artist, glass blowing, studio glass, Whitefriars Glass
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Getting Hooked on Glassblowing
Our current window show celebrates the potential of glass to brighten our lives. Not everyone knows our KSC Manager Julia Donnelly is also a glass-artist. Nowadays she makes glass jewellery – here she describes her journey into glass and the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century Design, Crafts, Glass
Tagged glass artist, glass blowing, hot glass, London Glassblowing, Peter Layton, studio glass
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Making Joy – Fire and Ice
Making Joy – Fire and Ice is our latest Covid-19 safe, street viewable, show at the Stradling Collection in Park Row, Bristol. It is on from 17 December 2020 – 28 February 2021 and is a joyous, bright exhibition for … Continue reading
Loved Design: an Online Exhibition
Reading the obituaries of Sir Terence Conran, who sadly passed away last week, it’s been amazing to realise just how much of what has made life enjoyable came from him and his vision of good design. From the duvet we … Continue reading
Kaleidoscope: colour in the Ken Stradling Collection
The current show at the Collection has been assembled by Curator Chris Yeo with an eye for the most colourful aspects of it. The objects from the 1960s and 1970s are particularly known for their lively palette but there are … Continue reading
Posted in Ceramics, Crafts, Furniture, Glass, Interior Design, Painting and Sculpture
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Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell – Preview Photos
Here are a selection of photos of the Ken Stradling Collection show at Margaret Howell at 34 Wigmore Street, London. The show is on until the 15th November. The work look stunning and sits beautifully alongside Margaret Howell’s elegant designs. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century Design, Bauhaus, Ceramics, Crafts, Furniture, Glass, Interior Design, Marcel Breuer, Modernism
Tagged Applied Arts, Bauhaus, Bristol, Chair, Design, Holmgaard, John Leach, Marcel Breuer, Margaret Howell, Robert Welch
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Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell
Margaret Howell’s gallery in Wigmore St, London is currently showing a selection of more than 50 pieces from the Ken Stradling Collection chosen and curated by Margaret herself. The show included pieces from across the collection but central is a … Continue reading
Animal Magic – New show at The Stradling Collection opens with a sense of fun
Animal Magic – an Exhibition of Creatures from the Collection opens today at the collection’s Design Study Centre in Park Row, Bristol. The new show at the Ken Stradling Collection showcases around 90 pieces which reflect Ken’s sense of fun … Continue reading
Posted in Automata and Toys, Ceramics, Crafts, Glass
Tagged Automata, Automaton, Bill Newland, Eleanor Glover, Kai Bojesen, Sam Smith
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First Post from The Ken Stradling Collection Blog
Welcome to the Ken Stradling Collection Blog. This is an extraordinary collection of design and applied arts amassed by Ken Stradling over more than 60 years as a retailer and patron. From 1948 to the present, Ken has been involved in … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century Design, Ceramics, Crafts, Furniture, Glass, Interior Design, Modernism
Tagged Applied Arts, Design, Ken Stradling, Stradling Collection
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