Cockpit at Neo Deco

Cockpit makers Shan Valla and Siân Matthews will exhibit new objects that hint at the past but also edge into the future at the Neo Deco Pop-Up Shop.

As you may have read on the London Design Festival blog http://tiny.cc/sq5bp Cockpit Arts' makers are popping up all over the London Design Festival this September as part of the Cockpit Trail and beyond.

From the 18-26 September, a host of contemporary designers and artists including our own Shan Annabelle Valla and Siân Matthews, will be presenting objects in antique dealers Corfield Morris' Neo Deco Pop-Up Shop. In the pieces they are exhibiting Siân and Shan have drawn inspiration from historical forms re-interpreting and refreshing with a contemporary twist. www.corfieldmorris.com

Shan Annabelle Valla will be exhibiting her halved ceramic busts from her quirky 'Half Objects' series, which is a radical take on the historical marble bust, alongside delicate glasswork from her Bud vases and ceramic objects from her Lady Lace series. www.shanvalla.co.uk

Siân Matthews will be showing work from her beautiful Organic and Traditional series of silverwork with decoration inspired by floral and historical pattern and motifs. Each bowl, vase and champagne bucket is crafted individually by hand, to create a stunning one-off piece which is smooth to the touch. www.sianmatthews.com

These arrestingly novel objects which will be on sale at affordable prices allowing you to own a one-off limited edition piece of contemporary design or art. The pop-shop shop will be held in space 54, 54 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3QN 10-6 Mon to Fri and 12-6 Sat and Sun.

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 See craft at its best this London Design Festival. Follow the Cockpit Trail to discover the festival's handmade highlights master-crafted by leading designer-makers from our incubators. Print out our map http://www.cockpitarts.com/docs/the-cockpit-trail.pdf and collect 5 stamps from the featured Cockpit designer-makers at the festival to get a free pass to our renowned Christmas Open Studios this year. On 26-28 November (Holborn) and 3-5 December (Deptford) - you can see behind the scenes and buy work direct from 165 leading designer-makers. www.cockpitarts.com