SELECTED ARTISTS


INSPIRED BY STANDEN: THE FUTURE OF ARTS & CRAFTS


SELECTED WORKS: 2026 STANDEN HOUSE

Aidan Liggins — 'Oak before Ash' - hand block printed cushion — £83

Amber Ville — The Morris Vase — £85

Amy Bell — In the eye of the meadow — £420

Anne Kelly — Mr. B’s Bird Case — £360

Anne-Elise Angas — URBAN RHYTHM — £4200

Beverley Gee — 54.44N,2.63W — £1300

Bill Hall — Vintage Espalier I: Standen — £195

Cally Conway — Print Isn't Dead — £450

Chris Gilbert — Partridge in a Pear Tree — £250

Chris Gilbert — Jay — £250

Christopher Turrell — Cornucopia — £3200

Claire Scott — Stoneware Jug with ornate handle and clay sprigs — £95

Claire Scott — Stoneware Bowl — £135

Clare Spender — A Memory of English Paper Piecing — £1200

Clare Tatarek — Finches and Foliage Bowl — £300

Clive Bullivant — Caviar Set — £95

Clive Bullivant — Energy in Balance — £1075

Eleanor Walker-Todd — Summer Garden Silk Room Divider — £1985

Ellie Hipkin — Blush Canopy I — £400

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva — Segment X — £4000

Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva — Manometry I — £14500

Emily Barnett — Heritage Apples — £260

Emily Mackey — Rosa Glauca Handwoven Cushion — £85

Emily Wellen — On Embroidery — £1000

Emma-Jayne Sargent — Yellow Vase — £165

Eoghann Menzies — The Tulip Serving Board — £270

FollowTheSun — Breakfast is a recipe for success — £450

Grace Ayson — Drapery Study in Glass (I) in yellow — £3850

Grace Ayson — Drapery study in Glass (blue) — £3850

Harry Barnard — & Heart — £3440

Ingrid Press — Leafy Table Runner — £90

Isobel Brunsdon — The Garden by the Sea — £850

James Burial — Drip Bench in Elm — £3350

Jane Crowfoot — Fruit Garden Crochet Blanket — £835

Janet Sherwood — Multi Leaf Block Wallpaper — £577

Janine Shute — All About the Curves — £865

Jarrad Belton — Homage to Nature (2nd Ballad) — £4500

Jen Cable — Field to fork — £175

Jess Littlewood — The Dissolving Now — £4500

Jo Sharpe — Clover wallpaper — £200

Jon mills — Birds in a Tree — £14000

Jonathan Chiswell Jones — Storage jar — £350

Judy Dibiase — Dandelion — £450

Julie Rignell — Punctured — £375

Karen Lorenz — Flowers For May Morris — £120

Kate Montgomery — Drawing You Drawing — £2000

Kate Montgomery — Patchworker — £2000

Katharine Rabson Stark — A Garden of Bud Vases — £250

Kathy Coulter — Large ash glazed bowl with copper — £420

Katie Campbell — SPAB Scholarship 2025: A Journey through Print — £450

Katie Daniels — Torchon Lace Doily — £350

Lana Victoria — Bedfordshire Lace Pomegranate — £250

Lana Victoria — 4 Copper Lace Napkin Rings — £275

Lara Evans — Natures Honesty 1 — £155

Lara Evans — Natures Truth — £195

Laura Fricker — Autumn Gold — £55

Laura Wilkes — The Flock At Thirteen — £185

Lesley Farrell — Large Double-Walled Vessel Form — £769

Lucy Morrish — The Forest Clearing — £15500

Lydia Asscher — Honeysuckle — £2500

Madi Boyd — Rillenkarren Vase — £220

Matilda Grover — Apple Basket — £250

Matthew Merttens — Scorched Craft - The Wainwrights School Desk — £3750

Natalie Avella — Pebble Basket — £180

Olga Chekmazova — The Rustle of an Electric Bustle — £894

Oska Lappin — Visions Of Diana — £480

Pamela Atwell — Willow with Fish — £100

Rachel Worsley — Blue Trellis Table Runner/Wall Panel — £120

Rachel Lambert — Natural Coiled Daffodil Vase — £340

Rebecca Coates — Meadow Bench — £1750

Richard Walsh — Heavy copper table centrpiece — £1293

Rosa Harradine — Farmhouse Broom - Moss — £190

Rose Brettingham — Lion Jar — £200

Ruiyi Wang — Quail, Broad Bean, Wild Garlic & Pea — £5500

Ruiyi Wang — Mallard, Radicchio, Cherry, Chard & Shallot — £5500

Sarah Rickard — ‘I run through Spring and Spring runs through me’ — £545

Sarah Tyssen — Chevrons design woven blanket — £290

Sarah Tyssen — 'Borgund' design blanket — £290

Sarah Maddox — The Garden Prospect, Standen — £240

Sarah Arnett — Small Treasures — £150

Somerset Maitland-Robinson — Small Bench — £585

Sophie Symes — Encrusted Spoon — £185

Steph Tooley — Cuckoo Plate — £180

Sue Lawes — Big Orange Head (after William Morris) — £4200

Suzanne Lemieux — Geology — £450

Tori McLean — The Companions (Lightbox) — £565

Tori McLean — The Observers (Lightbox) — £565

Tori McLean — The Adventurers (Lightbox) — £565

Wendy March — Silk cushion dyed with madder and avocado — £90

Wendy Dolan — Fruit and Blooms — £950

Wendy March Jubal Prevatte — Turned oak stool with dyed willow cushion — £240

ARTISTS LABEL INFORMATION FOR CATALOGUE AND WEBSITE LISTINGS

Here is a link to the form we need you to complete by 5pm Thursday 18th June HERE

If you need to see a copy of the answers you gave on the submission form, you can view the sheet of answers HERE

Presented by Sussex Contemporary in Partnership with the National Trust

Inspired By Standen, the exhibition, has been born from a national open-call opportunity for makers, designers, craftspeople and artisans of the UK which will be presented at Standen House, West Sussex.

Standen House is well known for its significant expression of the ideas and principles behind the Arts & Crafts movement. Designed by the ‘father of Arts and Crafts Architecture’ Philip Webb with interiors by William Morris & Co. Standen embodies the belief that everyday life should be enriched by things that are both beautiful and useful.

Theme

Living Standen: A Contemporary Response to the Arts & Crafts Movement

Sussex Contemporary and the National Trust present an innovative exhibition that invited UK-based and UK-connected makers, designers, craftspeople, artisans and artists to create contemporary responses to the Arts & Crafts movement.

The theme encouraged submissions in all media including quilting, embroidery, painting, metalwork, tiles, domestic ware, rugs, wallpaper, furniture, dinnerware, kitchenware, glassware, lighting, textiles, ceramics, mixed media, illustration and many more.

The works to be shown in Standen House have been selected by a panel of world-leading expert judges, chaired by Ruth Howard, Property Experience Curator at Standen House.

The Standen House Open Call 2026 marked the start of a beautiful partnership between the National Trust and Sussex Contemporary, offering multiple benefits for selected works.

Leading Exhibition: Selected works showcased in the South Room, expertly curated by our Creative Director, Jo Myles.

House Display: Key pieces curated in every room of Standen, creating a living dialogue between contemporary making, makers and historic interiors. Curated by the National Trust’s Property Experience Curator, Ruth Howard.

Selling: All selected works will be available for purchase throughout the three-month summer show.

Additional Opportunities: Selected creatives may be invited to participate in events, talks, or workshops during the exhibition’s three-month run in July, August, and September 2026.

HERITAGE MAKES DAYS

There will be six Heritage Makes Days spread throughout the three month exhibition, two per month, on selected Wednesday’s. The dates will be 15th & 29th July, 5th & 19th August and 9th & 23rd September. Details still to follow but the general structure of the day will be : a spotlight prize winner, an industry highlight partner and a have-a-go making activity. These will be celebratory days highlighting the importance of craft, making and heritage and we hope to see you there!

THE JUDGES

We are delighted to officially introduce the first two members, of the esteemed four-person panel, selecting Inspired By Standen: The Future of Arts & Crafts. Two further judges will be announced in the coming weeks.

Ruth Howard

Property Experience Curator

The National Trust Nymans & Standen

Ruth Howard has developed her professional career within the museum sector, working predominantly in social history museums across Oxfordshire and West Berkshire. Throughout this time, she has specialised in collecting, conserving, and interpreting museum objects, with a particular focus on sharing the stories they embody in an engaging and accessible manner.

Her passion for the Arts and Crafts movement was first established during her study of Art History at school. She subsequently pursued a practical arts degree, specialising in ceramics, followed by a Master’s degree in Art Gallery and Museum Studies.

Tessa Wild FSA

Curator & Co-Director

The Attingham Trust Summer School

Tessa Wild FSA is curator of the Attingham Trust Summer School. She has worked for Houghton Hall, Chatsworth, and the National Trust, where she curated significant houses and collections for eighteen years, including Red House, Bexleyheath and Standen, West Sussex.

Her publications include William Morris and His Palace of Art (Philip Wilson, 2018), The Dog: A Celebration at Chatsworth (Chatsworth House Trust, 2019), and a chapter on Red House in The Cambridge Companion to William Morris (Cambridge University Press, 2024). She is also the co-author of Standen: Philip Webb, Morris & Co. and the Creation of an Arts and Crafts Home (Yale University Press, 2025).

  • ARTIST DROP-OFF & COLLECTION

    Artist Drop-Off:

    29th June 2026

    10am-4pm*

    *we will email more detailed drop-off instructions

    Artists collect unsold work from the venue:

    2nd October 2026

    10am-4pm

    Venue address:

    Standen House, West Hoathly Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 4NE

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  • EXHIBITION DATES

    Heritage Makes Days

    • 15th & 29th July

    • 2nd & 19th August

    • 9th & 23rd September

    Timings and running order TBC

    Exhibition Open To The Public

    2nd July – 30th September 2026

    Check opening hours on Standen House’s visit page here

  • SALES & COMMISSION

    All artworks in Inspired By Standen will be for sale, as agreed upon entry to the show and selection process.

    Sussex Contemporary handles all sales.

    The commission will be levied at 30% for all artworks sold, by Sussex Contemporary.

    Artists will be responsible for collecting their work at the end of the exhibition and arranging delivery directly with the buyer. We do this to encourage contact between artists and buyers.

    Artists will be paid for their sold art within fourteen days of the buyer receiving their work, and once invoice and payment details have been received.

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    Press release & associated images

    View the press release here.

    Terms & Conditions

    Please note; that by submitting an entry (or entries), you agreed to be bound to our terms and conditions and agreed that images of your work may be reproduced for use in marketing.

    For full terms and conditions, please click the link below:

    Standen House Terms & Conditions

THE SPOTLIGHT PRIZE

The Inspired By Standen open call prize consists of six funded spotlight days at Standen House.

Six selected creatives will each be awarded a fully funded day at Standen House, this summer, presented on the Goose Green.

Six dates are offered across the three month exhibition, promoted by both Sussex Contemporary and Standen House. A whole day dedicated to each winning creative’s work and practice.

Open opportunity for all submissions and every discipline and entry is considered for the spotlight prizes.