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[2] His interests include the British satirical tradition (in both printmaking and ceramics), commemorative wares, and the development of socio-political narratives in contemporary ceramics. In 2021 Dixon was awarded the prestigious British Ceramics Biennial AWARD for his installation 'The Ship of Dreams and Nightmares'.
The Great Pottery Throw Down is a British television competition programme that first aired on BBC Two from 3 November 2015 to 23 March 2017. It was then moved to More4 from 8 January to 11 March 2020, and has been broadcast by Channel 4 since 10 January 2021.
British Ceramic Tile (BCT) is the largest manufacturer of ceramic and glass tiles in the UK, based in Devon. The company has been in operation at the Heathfield site, Newton Abbot since the 1850s. In September 2009, a major expansion of the BCT factory was completed, [ 1 ] making it the largest and most efficient tile-making plant on one site ...
Terry William Moores (1949–2014) was an English ceramic artist, born in Ashton Under Lyne, a suburb of Manchester and brought up in Denton (now part of Tameside). He went on to develop a career in ceramic sculpture, examples of which are found in the collections of the University of East Anglia [1] and the British Museum.
Keith Brymer Jones (born 3rd June 1965) [1] is a British potter and ceramic designer who produces homeware with retro lettering and punk motifs. He is an expert judge on Channel 4 television programme The Great Pottery Throw Down .
In Britain since the 1980s, [2] there has been a distinct trend away from functional pottery, for example, the work of artist Grayson Perry. Some studio potters now prefer to call themselves ceramic artists, ceramists or simply artists. Studio pottery is represented by potters all over the world and has strong roots in Britain.
Battie suffers from the genetic disorder haemochromatosis and has also developed Type 2 diabetes. [5] He is an ambassador for the charity Antibiotic Research UK. [6] In 2022 and 2023 a number of Asian art, ceramics, antiques and historic textiles from the David & Sarah Battie Collection, were auctioned by Tennants and by
Portmeirion Pottery began in 1960 when pottery designer Susan Williams-Ellis (daughter of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, who created the Italian-style Portmeirion Village in North Wales) and her husband, Euan Cooper-Willis, took over a small pottery-decorating company in Stoke-on-Trent called A. E. Gray Ltd, also known as Gray's Pottery.