The First Private Exhibition of Laura Youngson Coll Champagne Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize Winner 2014

Champagne Perrier-Jouët is proud to announce the winner of the Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon Prize 2014, Laura Youngson Coll. Laura is a contemporary maker in leather and vellum, based in London who was selected by the Perrier-Jouët Arts Salon members from a shortlist of 10 candidates for her fulfilment of the criteria:
To evoke a contemporary interpretation of the ethos of the Champagne House Perrier-Jouët, reflecting its Art Nouveau heritage*, with work inspired by natural forms and organic structures.

Her work is inspired by the natural world. Techniques of on-laying, paring and manipulating saturated leather are utilised, disengaged from their familiar function within book binding and employed within intricate sculptural works. Her work is designed to question assumptions about the aesthetic of leather, provoking a closer look and to articulate the diverse and patient making involved in working with such a material.