Xuanbo Cao is an artist based in London whose work is deeply inspired by nature, plants, and everyday life. She collects colours, shapes, and compositions from these elements, seeking to find a balance between representational and abstract art. Her distinctive style is marked by vibrant colours and lively forms, achieved by combining various materials to create innovative and imaginative pieces.

Mudai, an artist from mainland China, is currently studying at Kingston University School of Art. Graduated in Architecture from the University of Liverpool in 2021. Born in a family of scientists, she also learned about various biological experiments. She endows each artwork with her interdisciplinary study experience, and firmly believes that natural materials can express the emotions of art workers. She hope to research deeper into the theme that opposition to anthropocentrism and the resistance against human intervention in nature. That is also the contradiction between culture, science, and nature.

This collection brings together several works exploring sea creatures through hand embroidery, all of which are newly created for this exhibition.

In my project, I draw attention to the processual nature of ceramic material, understood as its ability to shape itself, to become, and not merely to reflect the creator's intentions.

Places holding memories - Memories holding places
Peeling walls become a physical record of time and human presence.

Kinga Olah is a London-based jewellery artist. Trained as a goldsmith in Budapest, Hungary, she further expanded her practice through the MA in Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art. Her work is exhibited internationally, presenting perceptual pieces that explore the dialogue between the body and the object.
Notable accolades include the Venice Design Week Award (2024) and the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council Awards (2025). Exhibition highlights include the Contemporary Goldsmithing Exhibition at Madrid Design Festival, Venice Design Week, Romanian Jewellery Week, Cluster Contemporary Jewellery, Inflow Expo, Autor Contemporary Jewelry Fair, and Munich Jewellery Week.

Lena Heinrich is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist, designer, and environmental engineer. She trained in heritage millinery before studying water and environmental engineering in the UK, building an international career in the water sector. Alongside, she developed her craft and design practice. In 2019, she founded a design studio in Johannesburg, shifting to material-led work. After returning to Europe, she completed a further Master of Advanced Studies in craftsmanship-focused product design at ECAL, Lausanne. Her work appears in publications such as Vogue Italia, Le Temps, and House&Leisure. In 2026, she received the Ruskin Mill Trust Prize for functional art.

Theophane Ingold (1996) is a French artist working with wood, light, and material experimentation. He trained for four years with the Compagnons du Devoir as a timber framer before completing a Bachelor in applied arts and traditional chairmaking at École Boulle in Paris. He later attended La Cambre in Brussels for postgraduate studies in industrial design, before returning fully to workshop practice.
He spent a year and a half training with Nicolas Souchet, one of France’s leading chairmakers, and has been based in New York since 2024, working at Atelier Jouffre.
Alongside this, he develops an independent research practice around a translucent wood material made from hand-planed shavings ; a hybrid of craft, light, and surface.

My 3D-printed work explores my dialogical relationship with clay by examining how somatosensory experiences shift when transitioning from making by hand to a technological approach through the lens of neurodivergence.

I replace the physical, numerical, tangible meaning of the word weight, with its figurative one, more difficult to quantify because of internal and external reasons.

“Barren: A wasteland, devoid of life, bleak and fruitless.”

The Hollow(core) Bench is part of an ongoing body of work exploring how objects can register human presence and carry emotional trace.

Visual artist, designer, craftswoman, independent lecturer and researcher, PhD in Fine Arts, MA in Ceramic Art&Design. Focused on her concept of “Meaningful Glaze”, pushing its boundaries beyond aesthetics, towards deeper meaning. She works mainly with ash and natural glazes, investigating ontology of things, after their transformation from organic to inorganic form. Based in Warsaw, Poland

Ryan is a California born - London based ceramic artist exploring the intersection of digital fabrication and ceramic craft. He creates modular, tactile clay landscapes that champion the maker’s hand and invite play. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has previously worked at Ford, Tesla, and Google. In 2008 he started throwing stoneware vessels and since has travelled around the world to participate in various throwing workshops. In 2024 he decided to leave his engineering career to pursue an MA in Ceramics and Glass at the Royal College of Art supported by The Deputy Vice-Chancellor’s International Scholarship.

Kai-Hsuan Chang is a Paiwan Indigenous artist from Taiwan, currently based in London and completing an MA Fine Art at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. Working across sculpture, installation, moving image, and performance, his practice explores material boundaries and Indigenous memory. Through handcrafted processes, he re-tribalizes transformed landscapes, examining how energy infrastructures reshape land and memory. His work has been exhibited across international independent and institutional platforms, and continues to develop through research-led and process-based experimentation.

WHAT’S WRONG DUO is a collectable design practice based between Zurich and Bucharest, founded by Sandra Berghianu and Julien Hauchecorne. Bringing together backgrounds in ceramics, visual arts, furniture and interior design, the duo explores the intersection of craft, material experimentation, and conceptual making. Their work often transforms reclaimed, overlooked or industrial materials through intuitive, process-led methods, producing one-off pieces that sit between sculpture and functional object. They have presented work internationally, including at Dutch Design Week, and continue to develop site-responsive projects that foreground the dialogue between material, gesture, and space.

Riolab Ceramics is a London-based design studio founded by Chilean industrial designer Paulina Moreno Rios. With a background in Industrial Design, the studio explores the intersection of digital technologies and traditional craft, creating contemporary ceramic pieces that are both sculptural and functional. Working primarily with coloured porcelain, Paulina develops objects that celebrate form, texture, and colour through slip-casting and hand-finishing. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including Milan Design Week, and featured in ELLE Decoration NL. Each piece reflects a balance of experimentation and artisanal craftsmanship, inviting viewers to appreciate the care, process, and individuality behind the work.

Vessels 001 comes from a series of punch needle textile works exploring containment as both form and metaphor.

Founded in 2025, by designers Dan Jackson and Lulu Davey, THIS IS OINK make home & bespoke goods from their workshop on a Dorset farm. Dan is a product designer and skilled maker, while Lulu is a graphic designer; together they have developed their craft at notable studios and major institutions across London and Melbourne over the past decade. Their creative practice and refined yet playful style grows through a process of experimentation, combining traditional craft values with the possibilities of modern machinery. The studio’s Kruller Extra Mirrors were recently named Best New Product in Launchpad at Top Drawer S/S26.

Based in London and India, Shivangi Vasudeva is a designer working at the intersection of furniture and textiles. Her practice centers on material culture and endangered Indian crafts, reimagining processes like loin-loom weaving into a contemporary sculptural language.
A Central Saint Martins MA Furniture graduate, she was selected by Corinne Julius for the 10th edition of Future Heritage and named one of House & Garden’s "25 Rising Stars of 2025." With exhibitions across London, Paris, Copenhagen, and India, Shivangi’s work transforms overlooked narratives into vessels for memory, cultural continuity, and renewal.

ECHOES  is a handwoven steel wire sculpture inspired by the traditional Sardinian Mamuthones masks. The piece explores the boundary between ancestral ritual and contemporary craftsmanship.

Rosie May is a British ceramic designer working at the intersection of craft and contemporary lighting design. Based in Essex, she develops sculptural lighting as collectible design objects from her studio.

Porcelain remains central to her work for its translucency, allowing the light to be softened and shaped through the body of the material. Using slipcasting techniques, she develops forms that allow precise manipulation of wall thickness and surface to influence the diffusion of light.

Rosie graduated in Ceramic Design from Central Saint Martins in 2025. Since graduating, her work has been exhibited in London and featured in Architectural Digest. She is currently expanding her practice into a cohesive collection of studio-made lighting for contemporary homes.

TSUGI is an ongoing textile series that examines how traditional weaving can continue across shifting cultural and material contexts.

Ceramics is inherently energy-intensive, yet London-based ceramic artist and material researcher Neve Beill is committed to reducing its environmental impact by exploring overlooked resources and foraged materials. She challenges disciplinary boundaries through transforming unconventional materials that carry stories of residue and place. In 2025, she received the Cockpit Studio Make It Award, gaining studio space and business support for two years. Whilst earning a degree in Product Design, she developed her distinctive voice through sustained material experimentation. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions and publications.

This collection explores material memory through glazed porcelain forms defined by tension and precision.

This collection explores how fibre can behave like terrain, holding pressure, shifting under tension, and revealing slow, geological transformations.

The preliminary printing of this series was completed in collaboration with master paper maker Petra Fuzes at the Paper Mill Orfu.

In my response to designing for Verdi’s opera Un Ballo in Maschera, I decided to focus on textures and materials; letting their visual and symbolic properties lead the design.

Yiwei Huang is a jewellery designer and maker based in London, working with a range of metals and organic materials. She graduated from the MA Fashion Artefact and BA Fashion Jewellery programmes at London College of Fashion. Her work has been exhibited in European group jewellery exhibitions, including ENJOIA’T in Spain and Inflow in Hungary, and shown at galleries and museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington. Her practice explores questions of genuine human connection within a technology-driven, fast-paced world.

Seungjoo Mun is a Korean-born, UK-based jewellery artist working at the intersection of sculptural form and wearable object. A persistent curiosity about hidden structures drives her practice: the internal logic of how things are made, broken, and transformed, and what these processes expose about the nature of objects themselves.
A graduate of Birmingham City University's School of Jewellery and current Artist in Residence (2025–2026), her work has been recognised internationally, including as a Finalist in the Progold 3D DfAM Contest 2026. Through material experimentation, Mun redefines jewellery as a structural inquiry made wearable.

Yahvi Duggal is an Indian textile artist and educator based in London. She is the founder of Peel Studio, working with biomaterials, natural dyes and hand weaving to explore sustainability and material innovation. Using organic kitchen waste such as banana peels and eggshells, she transforms discarded matter into tactile textiles. Yahvi holds an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art completed in 2024 and a Bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Fashion Technology completed in 2021. Her work has been exhibited at London Design Festival, Surface Design Show and Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair and was part of Art’otel and Dazed x Mason & fifth Residency.

Timothy Davis is a self-taught sculptor based in the UK, working primarily with locally sourced wood, cast pewter and resin. His practice centres on material responsiveness, allowing grain, fissures and natural tension within the wood to guide form. Through a process-led approach, he captures moments of impact and transformation, often embedding cast metal forms within carved timber surfaces. His work explores the relationship between natural material and unseen forces, revealing how pressure, gravity and disruption become visible through material change.

Yuze Pan (b. 2001, Heilongjiang) graduated from the Metal Craft and Jewellery Studio at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and is currently pursuing an MA in Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art, London. His practice focuses on applied arts, exploring the properties of metal materials and their extended meanings. His work centres on boundaries, binary relations, and spatial transformation. Rooted in observations of his surrounding environment, he investigates potential connections between cultures, between people and objects, and between events. He draws on this interwoven state of making—together with a sensitive perception of the environment and an ability to synthesise abstractions—to translate lived experiences into works with a distinctive aesthetic language. Awards: 2026 GCDC.

e.L.s designs is a Glasgow-based textile artist who graduated with a BA (Hons) in Textiles from The Glasgow School of Art in 2024. Working primarily with colour thread warping on canvas and cork, their practice explores structure, movement, and materiality through complex, one-of-a-kind surfaces. Blending traditional textile processes with contemporary design, e.L.s designs is expanding into wood, stone, and interior-led applications. Their work sits at the intersection of craft, art, and functional design, celebrating texture, rhythm, and innovative material use.

Nao Nagamura is a London-based textile artist working primarily with hand embroidery. Trained at the Royal School of Needlework, her practice investigates the relationship between language and perception, time, and material through slow, repetitive processes. Rooted in traditional techniques and natural materials, her work explores duration, attention, and the quiet presence of hand-making. She has contributed to the Coronation work within the Embroidery Studio at the Royal School of Needlework. She is the founder of Goodness Makes, an ongoing project connecting art, care, and sustainability.

This project is a collection of small-scale furniture made from reclaimed materials and modular ceramic components.

Shane is a London-based contemporary jewellery artist currently pursuing an MA in Jewellery & Metal at the Royal College of Art. Trained as a jewellery appraiser and jade carving artist, his practice bridges high craftsmanship and conceptual inquiry, focusing on Eastern cultural contexts and identity. His work has been exhibited internationally, including in London, Beijing, and Los Angeles. In this year, he just received an Award from the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council. He has presented work at the Barbican Centre Conservatory, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and FORGE.

Silver fork pendants and necklaces rest within a translucent frame, as the pendulum of time swings.

Xinchen Li is a jewellery artist and sculptor from China, currently based in the United States. Evolving from small-scale wearables to immersive installations, her work navigates memory, migration, and cultural identity. She has exhibited internationally at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and Munich Jewellery Week. Her accolades include the Women's Jewelry Association June Herman Scholarship, The ALL Prize, and winning the Mixed Media Category at the 38th Materials: Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition. Her work is featured in Vogue China, Create! Magazine, and the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey.

Xin Yue is a London-based interdisciplinary artist with a background in architecture, jewellery design, and research. She holds an architecture degree from the University of Melbourne and the MRes from the Royal College of Art.and develops practice-based research through the lens of Buddhist and Daoist philosophy, exploring liquid identity, impermanence, and the relationship between self, nature, and cosmos. Working across lampworked glass, accessory, installation, and light/sound, she creates contemplative, immersive environments where materials act as co-authors. Her work has been exhibited in London and internationally.

Moving to the Netherlands, I encountered the daily presence of condensation on my windows.

Verona Shi (b. 2000) is a London-based Chinese ceramic artist, a researcher at the RCA, and an alumna of CSM. Her practice focuses on the synthesis of form and glaze. Grounded in an intimate understanding of ceramic characteristics, she balances the tension between artistic ambition and material constraints. Shi seeks to define a "New Modern Asian Aesthetic" by merging Chinese philosophy with form and material chemistry. Awarded a Special Mention for Research at the 2025 Crea Open, her recent exhibitions include the Swanfall Art Annual at The Mall Galleries, her solo exhibition Nature’s Metronome, and a collaboration with the Hands-On Project at Apsara Studio, London.

Severina Seidl is a German, award-winning artist and hand embroiderer who pushes the boundaries between embroidery and fine art. She studied fashion design in Germany before pursuing a degree in hand embroidery at the Royal School of Needlework in London. Her graduate piece, Maleficium, was recognised by the Worshipful Company of Needlemakers for Most Innovative Stitch and by Tex+ Trustees for Technical Excellence, and won first place in the Hand & Lock Prize in the Student Textile Art category. Her work has been exhibited at Heimtextil in Frankfurt and at the Knit & Stitch shows.

Dream Residues originates from a state suspended between wakefulness and dreaming.

Zifan Sun is a London-based artist and photographer whose work explores memory, human connections, and the sense of belonging. With a background in architecture from Scotland, she navigates the interplay of space, light, and cultural identity. Her journey spans cities and cultures, from China to London and beyond, shaping a nuanced perspective on place and self. Through her art, she reflects on the complexity of migration and the fluid nature of home, capturing fleeting moments that bridge personal history with collective experience.

‘THROWN AND ASSEMBLED’

Missed is a rose petal wall that blends nature and technology—real petals interwoven with digitally crafted metal ones, made through 3D printing and anodizing.

Salman Salad is a Bristol-based artist and designer working at the intersection of sculpture, furniture, and storytelling. A recent graduate of Fine Art and Contemporary Practice, his work draws from heritage, Afrocentric design, and mythological symbolism. Blending traditional craftsmanship with contemporary form, Salman explores themes of, identity, and diaspora through material experimentation and functional design.

This project began with a small, personal moment.

This painting marks my first attempt to give visual form to a long-standing emotional state—something difficult to articulate, yet quietly persistent.

Title: Within the Line, Beyond the Snow

This painting is part of Hyunah Koh’s Generative Soul series, where the surface becomes a living ecosystem, a space of transition, transformation, and tactile imagination.

Ping Chen is a London-based fashion designer and textile artist from South China, with a design background from Goldsmiths, University of London. His practice explores body, identity, and memory through experimental garment construction and textile-based research. His project Thing in Itself was selected for the London Design Festival 2025, and he is the recipient of the Christine Risley Award 2025. Ping has exhibited in London (UK), Shenzhen and Beijing (CN), with features in Horizont Magazine and an upcoming solo exhibition at the Constance Howard Gallery, curated by Selvedge Magazine as part of London Textiles Month 2025.

Celestial Stones Collection

Jimin Lee is a multidisciplinary artist based in London and Seoul. Trained in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and Fashion Media at London College of Fashion, her work explores memory, time, and emotional landscapes using layered materials like Hanji (Korean paper), sand, and pigment. She blends tactile textures with visual storytelling and creates quiet reflections on impermanence and coexistence. Her practice includes installation, photography, and moving image, focusing on how art can engage everyday spaces and connect personal and collective histories across generations.

L0re is a multidisciplinary artist based in London, with over ten years of experience working as a set designer and prop maker for photography and film. He studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths and later completed an MA in Jewellery and Metal at the Royal College of Art.

L0re’s mixed media practice explores ‘reality’ as a composite of timelines, streams, and feeds; sequential frames drawn from digital, physical, and cognitive realms. Engaging with the architectures of non-linear narrative, how stories are spatialised, mapped, and prompted by the mechanics of interaction and play.

Z.X. Zhao is a jewellery artist and designer from Guangzhou, China, currently residing in the United Kingdom. She earned a BA in Jewellery Design from the University of the Arts London and later completed her MA in Jewellery and Metal at the Royal College of Art. Her early interest in systems like the I Ching and Tarot sparked a curiosity about how people find spiritual comfort—not only through symbolism or prediction but also through personal rituals of reflection and connection. This curiosity deepened as she faced a long-term struggle with insomnia, prompting her to explore more grounded and sensory approaches to supporting emotional well-being. Rather than treating healing as an abstract concept, Zhao engages with the five senses—especially scent and sight—to create wearable pieces that provide calmness and a sense of gentle protection. Her work combines natural fragrances, body adornment, and domestic-scale installations, blurring the line between jewellery and emotional space. Through these intimate objects, she invites moments of quiet restoration into everyday life.

Latent RADDicals is a design research project and exhibition exploring Resource Availability Driven Design (RADD), a workflow for building with unpredictable, discarded materials like wood, stone, and architectural waste. When conventional manuals don't exist, we turn the unknown into a design driver.

"From Dust, To Dust" is inspired by dust, which is both material and infinitely close to nothingness, and is the "breath of matter".

Born in the highlands of China and based in the UK, I am a fifth-year architecture student at the Glasgow School of Art. My work explores the subtle emotional connections between the self and the natural environment.

Chen Linqing (Sophie), Li Xinping and Jin Luzi are a group of multidisciplinary artists studying at the Royal College of Art. They are committed to exploring the boundaries of sensuality and freedom in art, and their work is intended to be a medium to stimulate ideas.

Youyang Zhao is a metal artist based in London, specializing in handcrafted metal vessels and lacquerware. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Zhao’s practice explores the expressive possibilities of traditional craftsmanship and materials. His work focuses on the interplay between form, surface, and the tactile qualities of metal, creating refined objects that celebrate both innovation and heritage.

Mengyuan Xia is a jewellery artist based in London. She sees jewellery as a medium for communicating with the viewer's mind, and the appeal of the medium lies in the natural proximity of human beings, a proximity that encompasses both the physical and the psychological.

The Artisans of Paris is a photographic collection that celebrates craftsmanship and the profound art of creation.

We Have Forgotten More Than We Remember
Found objects and British rush
2025

Jundan Chen (b.1998) is a London-based multimedia artist exploring materiality, memory, and transformation through textiles, glass, and metal. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, she founded X.salis Studio in 2023. Her work has been exhibited in leading London galleries including Purist Gallery, and ArtSect Gallery, and has participated in major group exhibitions such as the London Design Festival at Surge Chapter. Her work has been featured in international and industry publications including 1883 Magazine and Schön Magazine.

Laetitzia Campbell is a British-French artist based in London. She studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie (BA) and the Institut Français de la Mode (MA), and worked for four years in the luxury industry in embroidery before returning to her own art practice.
She explores what she calls “second-hand memories”: emotions passed down through objects, stories, and gestures, and the quiet ways we try to hold onto them.

Tang Xiaotao is a male student at the School of Esports, Nanjing University of Media and Communication. He has participated in seminars organized by the Architizer A+ Awards. His work, recognized for its modern reinterpretation of the intellectual legacy from the Renaissance era, has garnered multiple Muse Design Awards and earned him interviews on the award's official website. He possesses dedicated research and distinct perspectives on both the trajectory of artificial intelligence development and the artistic and intellectual heritage of the Renaissance perio

As I am moving through different grounds the houses I lived in distort in my memory.

Sarah is a self-taught jeweller, making contemporary jewellery from found objects combined with sustainable semi-precious stones, eco-silver, recycled gold and re-purposed brass for 25 years.
She lives in St Austell, Cornwall where she spends as much time as possible outdoors on local beaches, reclaimed clay pits and in the woods with her family and dogs collecting beach plastic, sea-glass, driftwood, ghost-net, twigs and rusty metal.
Sarah’s work has been exhibited in Europe, at Autor in Bucharest, Schmuck in Munich, as well as Brussels and Milan jewellery weeks. She teaches jewellery-making in Cornwall and at West Dean College; she’s co-lead of ACJ Cornwall and co-founder of Terramater Art.

Miyuki Guo is a Chinese Canadian artist based between London and Shanghai. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the relationship between material and immaterial realms through glass, clay, and metal. Blending intuitive making with philosophical inquiry, she investigates duality, transformation, and the space between presence and absence. Her sculptural works act as both visual diary and material experiment. With a background in fashion design, media, and education, her approach remains fluid and research-driven. Miyuki holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and recently graduated with an MA in Ceramics & Glass from the Royal College of Art in London.

Tong Niu is a London based sound artist and deep-listening researcher whose work redefines experiential design, spatial interactions, and immersive aesthetics. Merging moving images, psychology, and cybernetic-psychedelic aesthetics, her art masterfully reveals the hidden sonic language of both natural ecologies and virtual spaces.

Through a refined practice of spectral ethnography, Tong Niu unveils the therapeutic potential of sonic narration. Her work evokes concealed emotions and memories, celebrating marginalized cultures and ephemeral histories. By engaging in dynamic sonic dialogues, she creates elevated sensory experiences that foster healing and inspire reconnection with heritage, nature, and the subconscious. This distinctive approach makes her creations a luxurious and transformative addition to any discerning collection and space.

Mingxuan is a London-based jewellery designer from Beijing, graduated from the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her work explores the psychological tension and emotional intimacy between individuals and environments. Shaped by her academic background in fine art, she approaches jewellery not merely as adornment, but as a wearable installations that navigate the space between personal emotion and collective urban identity.

Mair is a London-based concept jewellery designer. Her work explores where heritage intertwines with craft, using jewellery as a vessel for showcasing her affinity with making and design. She recently graduated from Central Saint Martins where she studied BA Jewellery Design. She has been exhibited at Vitsoe Gallery for Munich Jewellery Week, she collaborated with Swarovski and exhibited the work at SEASON Gallery, London. She also co-designed and made with CHRISHABANA a headpiece which was worn at the Met Gala, whilst completing her Diploma in Professional Studies in New York.

Megumi Ohata is a London-based interdisciplinary and special effects artist of Japanese heritage with mixed Korean background. Renowned for innovative wearable sculptures using artificial skin imprinted with their own textures, Ohata earned an MA with Distinction from the Royal College of Art in 2023. Their work has been shown at Tate Modern, Cromwell Place, and HSBC HQ, and is held in the Adamovskiy Foundation collection. Ohata was a finalist for the 2024 Ingram Prize, a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, and a Highly Commended Artist in the Winter 2025 Homiens Art Prize, marking their unique position in contemporary art.

Lixuan Huan is a visual artist based in China, working primarily with photography. She graduated from Newcastle University with a degree in architecture in 2022. Her creative practice is informed by a sensitivity to space, structure, and the unspoken layers of experience.

Part I, ‘Find Shan-shui in London’ : London’s skyline is translated into shan-shui ink panels; 1-point laser surveys set the geometry, while dilute carbon ink maps human scale against steel “mountains.”

Sitong Chen is a London-based artist and metalsmith, currently an artist-in-residence at Birmingham City University. She graduated from the Royal College of Art and uses jewellery as a poetic language to explore resilience, transformation, and the human–nature relationship.

This series explores how we can healthily cope with pressure—especially when no one teaches us how.

The Learning Market emerged from a personal process of intuitive construction during a time of social upheaval.

Shiying Bian (Eleven) is a London-based Chinese glass and porcelain artist whose material-led practice translates the Twenty-Four Solar Terms into spatial studies of time. Cast and lamp-worked glass, paired with hand-formed porcelain, register micro-transitions—thaw, humidity, stillness—at seasonal thresholds. Embracing cracks and slumps as generative events, she treats material behaviour as both method and theme. Exhibitions include the RCA Degree Show, “Oscillation” (Small Gallery) and “Un-palinodic Recurrence” (Purist Gallery). Her new installation Summer Solstice · Rooted in Transition appears in the 2025 LumiNoir Art Exhibition.

Yu Chi Cheung was born in Hong Kong and is currently based in London. They graduated from Central Saint Martins in BA(Hons) Ceramic Design.

With a background in fine and the performing arts, they channel their experiences into their current ceramic practice. Their current work bridges the gap between illustration and ceramics. They focus on the development of surface design through the alteration of the traditional making process.

Their work is illustrative, narrative, and they find fulfilment in detail. They frame the beauty in the mundane, treasuring the fragile moments in life. Finding significance in the insignificant, and the soul of the big picture.

Stitch is a hand-carved wooden bowl made from two London trees: a black ash tree from Ealing and a plum tree from Camden.

Born in China and shaped by a multicultural upbringing, Youwei Luo spent his teenage years in Morocco before settling in London, where he is now based. His early interest in form and structure grew into a broader investigation of spatial and visual language through sculpture and computational art. Informed by personal history and cross-cultural experience, his work explores the relationship between physical and digital media. Through abstraction and process-based experimentation, Luo engages with ideas of transformation, memory, and the shifting nature of identity. Luo continues to expand his practice through material exploration and conceptual research, with a focus on how contemporary experience can be expressed through visual form and constructed space.

Xinyu Lu is a London-based artist working across performance, textile, and object-based installation. Her practice explores intuitive making, embodied memory, and the quiet politics of everyday gestures. With a background in design and contemporary art, she works with discarded materials, fabric, and language to construct poetic structures that question failure, repetition, and unresolved transformation.She is currently studying MA Curating Contemporary Design at Kingston University, where her research investigates how tactile knowledge and bodily unlearning can become subtle forms of resistance and care.

Yoyojin’s practice explores the relationship between image and peace, and the meaning of individual existence within politically complex social systems. Working across illustration, animation, AI, sound, and live painting performance, he approaches multilayered contemporary issues with a strong sense of empathy.
His nearly ten years of living and working in Zambia continue to shape his artistic vision deepening his commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and reinforcing his belief in art as a powerful tool for human connection.

Qing Duan is a London-based spatial designer and interior ar­chitect working across space, installation, and visual narrative. Her practice investigates how spatial design can bridge scales, stories, and systems-from the collective conditions of human life to the intimate connections between psychological and physical space.
With a focus on reusing and reinterpreting existing structures, Qing often engages with overlooked corners, thresholds, and soft enclosures. Her projects combine material experimentation with quiet observation, creating environments that are inti­mate, layered, and responsive.
She holds a Master's degree from the Royal College of Art and continues to explore how spatial storytelling can offer alterna­tive ways of inhabiting the world.

Sofia Venetucci is a designer based in São Paulo, Brazil. Her practice combines artisanal processes, material experimentation, and a sculptural approach to furniture and objects. With over six years of experience, she spent five years as part of the design team at the acclaimed Campana Studio, where she deepened her interest in intuitive making and hands-on development. In her independent studio, Sofia explores form through repetition, instinct, and the physicality of materials. She has assisted in summer workshops at Domaine de Boisbuchet, supporting participants as a workshop staff. Her work has been exhibited at Salone Satellite and Fuorisalone (Milan), Dutch Design Week, and featured in both national and international publications.

Yilin is a ceramic artist and craftswoman based between London and Jingdezhen. She specializes in figurative and innocent pieces, characterized by delicate colors and brushstrokes inspired by watercolor techniques.

Luna is a versatile visual artist whose practice spans painting, installation, 3D art, and bookmaking. With a background in illustration and extensive experience in the arts, her work explores themes of female identity, intergenerational trauma in Asian families, and sexual violence. Central to her practice is the act of storytelling—both as a deeply personal East Asian experience and as a bridge for cross-cultural communication. Blending traditional techniques with contemporary perspectives, Luna creates powerful visual narratives that seek to form profound emotional connections with viewers.

My Shanzhai Theory explores the entanglement of language, meaning, and cultural hegemony through material poetics.

My practice bridges ancient craft, storytelling, and contemporary ceramics through a deep exploration of materiality.

Negative Gaze series is based on the power geometry of shirt collars, exploring the fluidity of power, identity, and visual control through folded metal structures.

Finger Food investigates the cultural themes around food and sharing through the lenses of South Asian heritage, art, and design.

“Confluência” is a hand-made sculptural jewellery collection that explores the transformative relationship between material, body, and meaning.

‘The Humble Needle’ was an opportunity to navigate my own position amongst a lineage of seamstresses.

Tianye An is a jewellery designer and metalsmith currently studying in the Jewellery and Metal programme at the Royal College of Art (RCA).
His recent practice focuses on precious metals, where material serves not only as a medium but also as a point of entry for thinking.

Shih-Han is a Taiwanese artist working between the UK and Taiwan. She holds a BA in Fashion Design and an MA in Textile Design from Chelsea College of Arts (UAL). Her practice blends storytelling, pattern drawing, and mixed media, incorporating techniques such as drawing, printing, and pattern cutting to create designs that bring emotion and narrative to life. She explores the intricate connections between imagination and perception, interlacing drawing and fabric to build visual languages inspired by nature. Guided by intuitive, ritualistic movements, her process is deeply personal—serving as a journal that preserves moments through patterns and textiles.

Zhuoqi experienced in working across multiple sensory media, with a focus on the interaction between sound, jewelry, and the body. Skilled in music production, workshop facilitation, and the application of media technology and sensors in healing and sensory practices. Demonstrates strong interdisciplinary capabilities in integrating art, material and technology.

Growing up between London and the Isle of Wight, Neve Beill has long been captivated by the tactile qualities of the island’s clay. Early experiences playing with local clays have left a lasting impression, shaping her practice today. She is influenced by found objects, letting these inform her work. Her approach weaves together exploration, material innovation, and historical discovery.
With a background in design and formative years spent studying at Fine Arts College, Neve brings both a conceptual and artistic approach to her practice. Her work has been featured in publications and she has been involved in numerous group exhibitions.