Articles - 24 August 2008
Collect 2005 - 2008
The International Craft Initiative (ICI) 2003 - 2008 was an Australia Council for the Arts strategic program that boosted opportunities for Australian craft and design practitioners in the international market. ICI was managed by the JamFactory on behalf of the Australian Craft and Design Centres network and showcased the best of Australia's artists at the leading events of Collect and SOFA, while highlighting emerging practitioners in the juried event of Talente.
Collect was launched in 2004 as the only international art fair in Europe that showcases the work of contemporary craft and design from around the world. It is held annually at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with visitors exceeding 15,000 and sales in excess of £1.5 Million.
The following is a selection of images from artists represented at Collect (UK) 2005 to 2008.
Collect 2005
Robin Best
Membrane, 2003
Cast embossed, engraved porcelain
W22xD23mm
Photographer: Grant Hancock
Neville French
Western Plains 2, 2003
Porcelain with inlaid decoration
W11xH22xD10mm
Photographer: Terence Bogue
Nyukana Baker and Robin Best
Visiting Pukatja, 2004
Porcelain, slipcast, painted
Merran Easson
Corrugated Skuttle, 2004
Stoneware
H58xW45xD29cm
Photographer: Greg Piper
Collect 2006
Bruce Nuske
Japonesque (pink), 2005
Hand built and modelled stoneware with sgraffito
H160xD220mm
Khai Liew
Rache's Holiday Chair, 2003
Queensland blackbean
H880xW460xD420mm
Prue Venables
White sieve, 2004
Limoges porcelain, hand thrown, pierced
H170xW155xD105mm
Julie Blyfield
Pod vessel and folded brooch, 2003-04
Pure silver, oxidised copper, sterling silver
Collect 2007
The Collect 2007 catalogue download 
Vito Bila
Stand II, 2005
Hand raised silver and copper
H110xD55mm
Kirsten Coelho
Vase and Bowl, 2006
Porcelain, matt white glaze, iron oxide
Vase H260xD110mm
Bowl H270xD750mm
Sally Marsland
Jewellery made with holes (Pendant), 2006
Poured, cut and joined polyurethane, resin, nylon thread
H95xW75xD25mm
Scott Chaseling
Amoungst The Masses, 2006
Painted, fused and blown glass
H550xD220mm
Collect 2008
David Pottinger
Pair of Neriage Tea bowls, 2007
High fired coloured laminated porcelain
H800xW1100xD750mm
Photographer: Andrew Barcham
Christopher Robertson
Teapot1 with infuser, 2006
Machined and fabricated stainless steel, turned Satin Boxwood, cast sterling silver
H170xD150mm
Photographer: Johannes Kuhnen
Jane Sawyer
Teapot and cups, 2007
Red earthenware, cream slip, trans leadless glaze
Teapot: H18xD16cm
Photographer: Terence Bogue
Kenji Uranishi
Tea set 07, 2007
Hand built porcelain
Photography courtesy of the artist
Kaye Pemberton
Sunday's child is full of grace, 2007
Teapot, porcelain with shards
Cup and saucer, porcelain with murini motifs
Dimensions variable
Photographer: ANU Photography
Jane Bowden
Here is my Spout
Teapot - a collaborative project designed with glass artist Emma Petersen, hand woven
Sterling silver, glass hand blown and hand finished
H17xW27xD21cm
Matt Dwyer
Curiouser, Curiouser Collection, 2005
Sterling Silver, ebony, hand raised vessels, engraving
Teapot: H120xD100mm
Teacups: H55xD90mm
Photographer: Peter Wanny
Julie Shepherd
Emperor's New Teaset, 2005
Teapot: H15xW24xD15cm
Photography courtesy of the artist
Sean Booth
Square Teapot , 2002
Silver 925, sandstone
H7xW16xD18cm
Photography courtesy of the artist
Oliver Smith
Petal spoons, 2006
316 stainless steel (marine grade)
Length 14cm
Photographer: Ben Manson
Anna Varendorff
Australian tree teaspoons, 2006
Average size W100xL25mm
Sterling Silver, brass
Photographer: Andrea Higgins
