Artist
Emily Forgot
Emily Forgot is an interdisciplinary artist whose art, design and illustrative works draw inspiration from all-things-interiors. Currently working predominantly with wood, Emily creates sculptural compositions that are as unforgettable as her amusing alias.
Emily's Style
Her passion for spatial and 3D design is embodied by her construction of architectural “assemblages”, which are modelled on aspects of her day-to-day surroundings. Bright, colourful and faultlessly aligned, these contoured creations reflect an array of factual, fictitious and re-imagined buildings. They inhabit the curious space between 2D and 3D, intangible and concrete.
Originally from Sheffield, Emily has lived and worked in London since graduating from Liverpool School of Art and Design in 2004. While continuing to develop her dynamic visual language, she dedicates time to her popular blog Muse & Maker, as well as engaging with an array of impressive clients such as the V&A and Somerset House.
(Photography by Freya Clayton-Payne)
"Inspired by design history and architecture, places visited and spaces imagined my pieces are often about giving form to memories - they become a souvenir of a time, a place and a feeling” - Emily Forgot
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November Drop 2024
"Carousel explores the visual language of the circus. A theme that has enticed many an artist. It was an interesting and challenging maximalist subject to interpret through minimal shapes and abstract memories. The series is a continuation of the collage work developed over the last 2 years. Using bold stripes and block colour to build architectural structure and form. Introducing new patterning gives Carousel a playful feel and narrative." — Emily Forgot, Carousel
November Drop 2023
“INTERPLAY is an ongoing series that explores intuitive making, order and irregularity. Playing with opposing forms and pattern to see how visual collisions can create balance and tension. The collection finds beauty in its linear rhythms and spontaneous compositions.” - Emily Forgot, INTERPLAY
March Drop 2023
"Borders is a collage series inspired by the construction of Forgot's wooden assemblages but with the addition of playful patterning and linear interactions. As with previous collections an element of found materials and nostalgia feeds into the collection , with each unique painted collage piece laying on vintage paper. This additional element contributes a feeling of timelessness through the juxtaposition of modern forms and past patina." - Emily Forgot, BORDERS
Drop 5 - Winter 2022
With this collection the primary focus was on building forms so it was decided from the beginning to set colour constraints only using a monochrome palette. Once chosen shapes were selected and painted construction of the pieces followed intuitively. By setting new boundaries as part of the monoform collection's creation Emily was able to experiment with a different ways of achieving her signature relief pieces. - Emily Forgot, The Monoform Collection
Drop 2 - Summer 2022
"The Bricolage collection was developed through intuitive play with material elements to create compositions in the same way an initial sketch would be developed. In contrast to the architectural assemblage pieces this series began with no preconceived idea of how the final artwork would take shape. Wooden shapes were instinctively re-imagined into new structures and forms to create the Maquettes which form the collection." - Emily Forgot, The Bricolage Collection
Drop 4 - High Summer 2021
"'A room with a view' is a series of paintings and assemblages that focus on the interior and exterior. Surreal and abstracted imagined views are created from various apertures, playfully looking out but with a sense of being held within." - Emily Forgot, A Room With A View
