Larger Than Life: Martyn Thompson’s ‘Jesture’ Collection.

Martyn Thompson has unveiled an extensive new collection of ceramics, photographs and jacquard textile screens in an array of spots, stripes and checks. Working with his long-term collaborators, Charlotte Lawton and Brian Reyes, the Australian artist brought to life his eccentric and evocative world.

“Jesture is part jester, part gesture—a theme that emerged as I was painting the initial artwork for the candles and the textiles,” explains Thompson. “The mix of colours and patterns began to remind me of the circus and the mediaeval jester. This became its own inspiration, and with it came a playfulness and larger-than-life exaggeration in certain elements like the oversized light shades.”

Continuing his partnership with the Stoke-on-Trent-based ceramics company 1882 Ltd., Thompson showcased an extensive new body of work, including vessels stacked with totems, planters, plaques and oversized hand-thrown vases painted in an array of metallic and earthy tones. The collection includes one-off pieces painted by Thompson as well as pieces created in collaboration with the expert craftspeople at 1882 Ltd.’s factory.

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Free-standing screens are made with new jacquard designs, the artwork is first hand-painted by the artist and then translated into textiles. The screens offer customisation, with the customer choosing their own combination of panels, whether painterly stripes, checks, or spots on the front and back, and the wooden frames are finished with bronze studs.

Held at Jo Malone’s townhouse in London, the installation introduces the Australian artist’s second design collection with the brand. There, in the first floor high-ceilinged rooms, each space was given its own distinct atmosphere—the first more gallery-like, with circus open tent-like structures and the second like a salon packed with curiosities.

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[Images courtesy of Martyn Thompson.]