‘Live like a Summer Flower – Golden Breast’ series by Huimin Zhang x Collect Open – All photos are courtesy of Collect.

Design, Crafts. “Contemporary craft has never been more sought after,” says Isobel Dennis, Director of the leading annual art fair, which returns to London’s Somerset House for its 21st edition. Collect 2025 brings together an expertly curated lineup of 40 galleries from across the globe, featuring over 400 living artists selected by a specialist advisory panel. Check out some of the highlights we liked the most!

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‘Hidden Life’ by Agnes Debizet x Galerie Melissa Paul – Photo by David Parry.

Presented by the UK’s Crafts Council, Collect “continues to be the authority, and only fair, dedicated to presenting established and new galleries showcasing the freshest and most exciting contemporary craft in today’s market.” Continues Dennis. “Alongside some of the biggest names, there are newer artists to discover, revealing the breadth of craft skills today.”

Indeed, the range of disciplines and materials spans from ceramics to glass, jewellery to textiles, and wood to paper. It also embraces repurposed and unusual materials, including resin, beeswax and more.

‘In the Drift of Paper’ isobel Napier x Flow Gallery – Photo by David Parry.

Flow Gallery in London presents artist and designer Isobel Napier‘s debut at Collect, featuring a large-scale textile installation suspended from the Nelson Stair at Somerset House. She merges traditional techniques with modern technology, including laser cutting and 3D milling.

Galerie Mélissa Paul presents Hidden Life, the first solo show in the UK of French ceramicist and sculptor Agnes Debizet. Informed by the subterranean world of roots and fungi, the exhibition invites viewers to explore and consider what lies beneath the surface. The showcase clay furniture, vessels, and lighting designs a floor lamp, transforming traditional ceramic craft into narrative-driven pieces.

‘Hidden Life’ by Agnes Debizet x Galerie Melissa Paul – Photo by David Parry.

At Collect 2025, collectable furniture is king. Scottish designer Angus Ross created the Clova tables and seats by steam-bending Scottish oak planks, a century-old tradition usually used to make barrels and boats. Presented by CAA – Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery.

Clova seat by Angus Ross x CAA Gallery.

James Trundle and Isobel Napier harnessed digital tools, including 3D modelling and CNC, to craft a coffee table that emulates “the asymetry and sculptural character of natural boards with live edges,” explain the designers. “The three sections are held together with large bespoke brass hardware braces beneath, that are revealed in the gaps between.” Presented by Flow Gallery.

James Trundle and Isobel Napier x Flow Gallery.

Music legend Robbie Williams teamed up with 1882 Ltd. Gallery to present vibrant vessels inspired by two of Williams’s Jesus and the Pope drawings. The pieces have been brought to life by the masterful hands of the gallery’s craftsmen in Stoke-on-Trent, the singer’s childhood hometown.

‘Jesus and The Pope’ ceramic works by Robbie Williams x 1882 Ltd – Photo by David Parry.

Alongside international galleries, Collect Open, the fair’s platform for pioneering and thought-provoking craft installations by individual artists and collectives, returns with ten exciting projects. Clay artist Chris Turrell creates six ‘portraits’ of queer creatives that had a significant impact on him as a teenager growing up in the 1980’s.

Christopher Turrell x Collect Open – Photo by David Parry.

Jewellery and metalwork designer Huimin Zhang presents her Live like a Summer Flower – Golden Breast series, which was inspired by the breast cancer diagnoses of women close to her, including a close friend. Using 22K and 24K gold, she crafted unique breast flowers as symbols of resilience, beauty, and individuality, even in the face of adversity.

London-based woodturner Darren Appiagyei lost his mother to a fibroid tumour. She channelled his grief into the Growths series of progressively larger vessels. Each piece was carved up and burnt to progressively “remove the natural beauty of the wood.”

Darren Appiagyei x Collect Open – Photo by David Parry.

All photos are courtesy of Collect 2025.

Huimin Zhang x Collect Open – Photo by David Parry.