Colin Saunders (1938 − )
Colin Saunders was born in Northampton and studied at Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, and later at North Staffordshire College of Technology. He taught for a time and worked with industrial potteries on large scale manufacture. In 1980 he moved to rural Suffolk where he established a workshop. He uses traditional materials: white earthenware and terracotta, so as to avoid preciousness. Decoration is only employed to give life to a piece which otherwise would have none.
Glossary
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Earthenware
One of the three major types of pottery, the others being stoneware and porcelain. It is opaque, soft and porous unless covered completely with glaze. The firing temperatures can be low - 800ºC or high - 1200ºC, when it starts to vitrify, becoming stoneware.
Exhibition map
Currently on display
Past exhibitions
DISH OF THE DAY
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2002
- Colombia, Bogota, MUSEO DEL ARTSANIAS DE COLOMBIA
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2001
- Mexico, Monterrey, MUSEO DE ARTE CONTEMPORANEO DE MONTERREY
- Mexico, Mexico City, CENTRO CULTURAL/ARTE CONTEMPORANEO
- Venezuela, Caracas, FUNDACION CORP GROUP CENTRE CULTURAL
- Brazil, Recife
- Brazil, Curitiba, CULTURA INGLESA
- Brazil, Brasilia
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2000
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
- Romania, Sibiu, MUZEUL NATIONAL BRUCKENTHAL
- Romania, Bucharest, NATIONAL THEATRE GALLERIES
- Austria, Vienna, RESIDENCE OF BRITISH AMBASSADOR
- Czech Republic, Prague
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1999
- Czech Republic, Pribram
- Poland, Zabrze, MUSEUM MIEJSKIE
- Poland, Warsaw, CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, UJAZDOWSKI CASTLE
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1997
- Belgium, Kortrijk, CLASSIC VI
EVERYTHING BUT... CONTEMPORARY BRITISH KITCHENWARE
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2006
- Ireland, Letterkenny, LETTERKENNY ARTS CENTRE
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2005
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, STATE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
- Korea, Cheongju, INTERNATIONAL CRAFT BIENNALE 2005
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2004
- Indonesia, Jakarta, AKSARA/PRODAK
- Indonesia, Bandung, SELASAR SUNARYO ART SPACE
- Thailand, Bangkok, QUEEN SIRIKIT'S NATIONAL CONVENTION
- Thailand, Bangkok, BRITISH COUNCIL CENTRE
- Sri Lanka, Colombo, BAREFOOT GALLERY
- Singapore, Singapore, ESPLANADE
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2003
- Oman, Muscat, AL HARTHY COMPLEX
