The Best Bits at Flow Gallery (in my opinion!)

Ciara Bowles, Jewellery Design Student

Coming to be an assistant at a gallery like Flow, to a wide-eyed young designer, is like being a child in a sweet shop. Although as I have been working at Flow for the past two weeks, progressively certain objects have been becoming more and more successful in getting my attention, twinkling out amongst the array of beautiful objects affirming themselves as my favourites. My selection of artists’ works will no doubt express my love of complex details, pattern and bold colours, but to judge whether I am right or not you will most definitely have to come to Flow and take a look for yourselves!

Amy Jayne Hughes

Part of the current ‘Blue’ show at Flow, I think Amy’s two blue vessels are fantastic. The general shape and colours used on the ceramic are everything you recognise from traditional French ceramics, but the texture of the surface and the illustrations of the patterns and details that might once have been bring them right up to date.

  

Mia E Göransson

It is the simplicity and the colour in Mia’s porcelain vessels that I love. The geometric centrifugal parts are contradicted by the thin rough edges and the cast elements of nature that appear only for decoration, and a sense of serenity and innocence in created by the texture of the porcelain fragility of the objects.

Bruce Nuske

Bruce Nuske’s teapots are stunning. The beautiful floral patterns covering the surfaces are there to celebrate nature. My favourite is the black and white, in which you can see the attention to detail and the intricate patterns that the artist strives for. Purely decorative, gorgeous objects. Fabulous.

Carola Bauer

Carola’s work thrills me because of its ability to appear simple but be so complex at the same time. I have found myself spending ages trying to work out how she constructs these beautiful liking chains, creating a beautiful infinite looping aesthetic.

Tania Clarke Hall

Leather is Tania’s material of choice because of its versatility. These fun earrings intrigued me at first, I picked them up, and they sprung to life quite literally and now I have fallen in love with them!