About
Willow Bloomfield is a British sculptor working in metal, combining traditional forging and smithing techniques with experimental processes informed by metallurgical research. Working primarily with recycled copper, Bloomfield explores the geological origins, circularity and transformative properties of metal, revealing the organic potential of an industrial material.
Drawing inspiration from botanical structures, marine life and geological formations, Bloomfield investigates how complexity and form emerge from fundamental forces. His practice brings together deliberate handwork and electrochemical crystallisation, exploring the relationship between human intervention and material self-organisation. The resulting sculptures occupy a space between the human-made and the naturally occurring, revealing metal as a material in continual transformation.
Originally trained in furniture and product design, Bloomfield developed His metalsmithing practice through the Building Arts Programme, delivered by The King's Foundation. He subsequently received an emerging maker grant from QEST. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Homo Faber 2026: An Island of Light in Venice, where the sculpture Aeolus received the Open Call Jury's Choice Award.
"I am inspired by the beauty and complexity of the organic world. Through my work, I seek to express my curiosity about the forms and shapes of nature in beautifully unique, sculptural objects."
Exhibtions
2026
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Nov: Cluster Crafts - Anneal KOPPEL Collective Gallery (Group Exhibition)
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Sep: Aeolus at Homo Faber 2026, Venice, Italy (International Art Fair) - Jury's Choice Award
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May-Sep: ‘The Art of Welcoming’ by QEST x Mayfair Design District at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, London (Group Exhibition)
2025
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Oct: Decorex International (Interior Design Fair)
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May-Jun: 'Copper & Wool' Fen Ditton Gallery Cambridge (Group Exhibition)
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May: Future Icons: Selects - Shoreditch - London Craft Week (Group Exhibition)
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Jan-Mar: 'Making It' Make Southwest Bovey Tracey (Group Exhibition)
2024
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Oct: 'Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair' Victoria Baths Manchester (Group Exhibition)
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May: Craftworks - Shoreditch - London Craftweek (Group Exhibition)
Awards
2026
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Homo Faber 2026 Open Call Jury's Choice Award
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Shortlist QEST x Sanderson Rising star Award (Grant)
2024
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QEST Dalgleish Trust Emerging Maker (Grant)
2022
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QEST x King's Foundation Building Arts Programme (Scholarship Programme)