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Stylish slipware
Hull Daily Mail (UK); 9/3/2007; 238 words
; While it might only be a mix of water and clay, slipware is one of England's finest pottery traditions ... now on show at York Art Gallery. Spotlight On Slipware contrasts historical slipware with works by influential contemporary potters ...
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Ceramic style transcends divides
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/31/2004; JAMES AUER; 458 words
; ... art critic Wednesday, March 31, 2004 'Slipware Traditions,' Milwaukee Art Museum Much like English, slipware is a kind of vernacular speech that adapts ... thinned with water for easy handling. As "Slipware Traditions," the newly opened show at ...
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Gallery puts focus on centuries
Yorkshire Post; 9/1/2007; 294 words
; ... collection of ceramics. Spotlight on Slipware brings together historic pieces from ... feathered pattern or simply painting it on. Slipware is England's oldest type of pottery and ... of the best examples of 20th century slipware from the WA Ismay collection on display ...
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Join in slip celebrations
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 6/17/2008; 118 words
; A Special slipware workshop will be held at Longton's Gladstone ... Museum to celebrate a rare Thomas Toft slipware charger being donated to the Stoke-on-Tre ... to create a contrasting pattern. The Slipware Decorating Workshop will be held on Saturdayfrom ...
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PAST PERFECT USING CENTURIES-OLD TECHNIQUES, NEW ENGLAND ARTISANS REVIVE THE GLORY OF EARLY AMERICAN CRAFTS
The Boston Globe; 6/29/2000; Patti Doten, Globe Staff; 787 words
; ... 400? And forget about ceramics - most slipware, or redware, resides in museums or private ... makes decorative English and American slipware, or redware; Gerry Dunphy and Terry Wakeman ... studio/shop. "I've always been drawn to slipware because it's easy pottery to live with ...
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Ray keeps cardew's legacy alive
Gloucestershire Echo, The; 6/9/2007; 787 words
; ... with his son Mike, producing astonishing slipware snapped up by collectors and galleries ... Michael Cardew and the West Country Slipware Tradition. It's accompanied by a lavishly ... Cardew's work at Winchcombe but West Country slipware pots going back to the 18th century ...
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Journalist potty about antique bargain.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England); 9/25/2004; 295 words
; ... told him it was a rare, 17th-century Slipware cup, with an estimated price tag of pounds ... whose father, Henry, discovered another Slipware piece - nicknamed Ozzie the Owl - on ... celebrations. It is said to be a classic Slipware design using earthy colours. The term ...
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Craft sessions at museum
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 6/12/2008; 115 words
; Families can try their hand at making dishes, decorating slipware and doing other traditional crafts at a city museum. The Gladstone ... part of a series of workshops. The first session will focus on slipware and takes place on June 21, from 2pm until 4pm. It costs pounds10 ...
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Beautiful pottery by man of mystery
Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 5/26/2008; 102 words
; Thomas Toft is the best known of the 17th century Staffordshire slipware potters. He made his dishes in Burslem and designs attributed ... married in 1663 and was buried in Stoke on December 3 1689. Slipware is a kind of coarse earthenware decorated with a coloured clay ...
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Touchstones to the past; Numerous Lancaster County pieces are among the highlights of a new exhibit at New York's American Folk Art Museum.
Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 3/15/2002; Jane Holahan; 610 words
; THE ANONYMOUS person who created a small slipware child's plate sometime in the first half of the 19th century had no clue that his quick creation would someday inspire a museum ...
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