It's summer holiday season, and we're all dreaming of sun and sea. Whether you're looking to bring back memories of a gorgeous beach vacation back to your living room, or you're trapped at your computer and want to bring some sunshine and coastal breeze to your home office, we have something for you. From pearlescent jewellery pieces to beachy wooden sculptures, all of these pieces bring a wave of inspiration with them.
Rosa Wiland Holmes
Insipired by her upbringing on the Scandinavian coast, rising ceramic star Rosa Wiland Holmes' vessels are a swirling love letter to the sea. Growing up on the island of Bornholm in Denmark, Rosa spent her early days surrounded by shorelines, rocks and beaches, and these visual references have found their way into her porcelain vases, bowls and moon jars, whose pebble-like thrown surfaces are layered with sweeping glazes and rough, rocky outcrops that bring . Sand collected from Danish beaches is incorporated into her surfaces, bringing the shoreline to your home.
Claire Underwood
Claire Underwood describes herself as 'a collector of everyday details', creating intricate pieces which shine with a simplicity and dedication to materials. Her new collection, 'Sea Foam', is inspired by her observation of the sea in Vietnam, where she currently resides. Baroque pearls, which grow into unpredictable, organic shapes, are intertwined with silver 'bubbles' and tiny Keshi pearls into a sea foam symphony.
Delfina Emmanuel
Another maker inspired by a coastal upbringing, Delfina Emmanuel delicately renders fairytale visions of rockpools, coral reefs and sea creatures in Parian porcelain, each detail rimmed in gold lustre which shimmers in the light. A combination of memories of the traditions and perfumes of Sardinia, with its richly adorned and bejewelled costumes, and of imagined landscapes conjured up from the symbolism of classical mythology, Delfina's seascapes luxuriate in the visual richness of the sea. Incorporating sculptural works, trinket boxes and jewellery, her varied practice creates a fantastical escapist universe of Fabergé maximalism, whilst also reminding us of the fragility of the ocean as an ecosystem.
Gilly Langton
From her workshop by the sea in Scotland, Gilly Langton creates her playful range of elastic and sterling silver jewellery featuring bangles, earrings and multifunctional necklaces that can be worn at multiple lengths. Inspired by the colours and materials of the Scottish fishing industry, her pieces are a wearable homage to the everyday visual language of fishing harbours in the Hebrides. Perfect for injecting a bolt of colour into every outfit, her innovative use of materials gives her jewellery a bright, bouncy feel.
Jennifer Shellard
Jennifer Shellard's new collection of breezy linen summer scarves are a dreamy indigo and cream, ideal for keeping the sun away on the beach or to layer with on a summer evening. Hand-dyed with natural dyes and woven on unbleached linen using the traditional Indonesian ikat technique, the scarves' watery geometrical patterns are all unique and have a timeless boho look to them.
Jane Cox
Jane Cox's ceramics pop with bright, retro colours that roll around each cup in wave-like forms. Her mugs are a delightful memento, perfect for bringing a little reminder of the sea home to your morning coffee ritual.
Lindean Mill Glass
A duo from America and Sweden, David Kaplan and Annica Sandström's work is inspired by their timing studying in the Glass Kingdom of Sweden. Their new series of glass panels, Landscape and Reflections translate the movement of the sea into the language of Scandivanian minimalism.
Martin & Dowling
Made from limed and scorched oak, Malcolm Martin and Gaynor Dowling create hand-carved sculptural wood pieces which allow the natural grain of the wood to shine through. Their carving riffs on naturally occuring patterns to evoke waves and light-rays in totemic and monumental forms, while the driftwood tones of the oak make the sculptures the perfect centrepiece for a coastal-inspired home.
