Category Archives: Glass

Julia Donnelly spills the glass beads! Everything you need to know about lampworking

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Don’t miss ‘Making Joy: Fire and Ice’ – one more month to visit

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Getting Hooked on Glassblowing

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Making Joy – Fire and Ice

Posted on December 28, 2020 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Loved Design: an Online Exhibition

Posted on September 18, 2020 by kscmorris

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 →

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Kaleidoscope: colour in the Ken Stradling Collection

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Oliver Kent

​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 →

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Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell – Preview Photos

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Ken Stradling Collection at Margaret Howell

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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Animal Magic – New show at The Stradling Collection opens with a sense of fun

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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First Post from The Ken Stradling Collection Blog

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Oliver Kent

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 →

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