Tiffany Scull MSDC

Ceramics

About Tiffany
Combining elegant ceramic forms rich colours and intricate sgraffito drawings each one of Tiffany’s unique pieces have been designed and created by hand. Inspired by the natural world with Art Nouveau influences she produces her own distinctive style of ceramic art.
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Every unique design created starts life as a detailed line drawing and this is transferred on paper by hand onto the clay surface. Each piece has been thrown on the wheel, left to slightly dry and then goes through many different processes and techniques developed over the many years as a ceramic artist to create her intricate images onto the damp clay surface.

Tiffany's decoration is a combination of painting with clay slips, carving and using sgraffito to draw the delicate lines onto each design. This takes many hours of work and no two pieces will ever look the same.

Once completed these are left to dry for a few weeks and fired twice in an electric kiln during which she has selectively glazed the main themes leaving the rest of the decoration matt.

She has developed all the clay slip colours making them unique and is always testing new and exciting colours.

Telling a story and trying to capture a fleeting moment in time Tiffany finds very fascinating. Birds and fish are particular favourites and being such nervous creatures she hopes to give the impression they may take flight from their ceramic home at any moment. Forms and designs are ever changing and she has numerous sketch books waiting to come to life.

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Education & History

2013 - To present day full time creating detailed sgraffito decorative ceramics

2013 - Teaching pottery and slipware decoration from my studio

2006 Wellbeloved Gallery Portland Dorset exhibiting work tutoring students

Throwing demonstrations and exhibiting work at Brewers Quay in Weymouth

2001 - Bonchurch Pottery Isle of Wight learning production throwing of domestic ware

1995 - 96 Surrey Institute of Art and Design 2nd year of a ceramics degree

1993 - 95 Worthing College of higher education Sussex HND in design

1991 - 93 Portsmouth Art College BTEC in design

Exhibitions & Shows

2018

Three person show with Gael Sellwood at Cambridge Contemporary Art

A pot in the hand exhibition at The Round House Gallery Derbyshire, DE65 5DL

2017

Art in Clay Hatfield House

John Noott Galleries Art fair 18th to 22nd October London

Foss Fine Art London mixed Christmas show 11th of November

Sunny Art Centre Gray's Inn road London

Making Dorset 7-20th December Bridport Art centre Dorset

2016

Art in Clay Farnham Maltings

Erwood Station Gallery Builth Wells Powys

Ferrers Gallery Staunton Harold Leicestershire

2015

The Junction Gallery Woodstock Winter show

Cambridge Contemporary Art three person show & demonstration of Sgraffito

Biscuit Factory Newcastle upon Tyne

2014

Walford Mill Crafts contemporary craft centre Wimborne

Harlequin Gallery with Helen Millard Taunton

Dorset Art Weeks open studios, my studio open to the public

Spring Discovery, National Trust Cotehele Gallery, Saltash, Cornwall

2013

Noel National Trust Cotehele Gallery, Saltash, Cornwall

Gallery On The Square Dorchester Poundbury

Flora & fauna Cambridge Contemporary Art Cambridge

2012

Make, Crafts for Christmas Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Dorset Art Weeks open studios

Cambridge Contemporary Art March

2011

Birds of a feather with Helen Millard at Gallery on The Usk

Imagine Gallery Suffolk Nursery Rhymes

Bovey Tracy Contemporary Crafts Fair

Cambridge Contemporary Art Cambridge

2010

Cambridge Contemporary Art Cambridge

Dorset Potters at Bridport Art Centre

West Country Potters at Saltram House

Affiliations

Devon Guild of Craftsmen

Bluecoat Display centre artist membership scheme

Society of Designer Craftsmen full member

Dorset Visual Arts full member

Craft Council makers directory

Craft Potters Association selected member

Dorset Pottery Group

West Country Potters

London Potters

Kent potters Association

Published

2017

Lorikeets & Gum tree vessel selected for the leaflet to advertise Art in Clay Hatfield

Cattleya Orchids vessel featured in June issue of Aesthetica

Interview with images in Inside artist magazine

2016

Kingfisher vessel selected for the leaflet to advertise Art in Clay Farnham

Ryukin fish vessel featured in August issue of Aesthetica

Moorhen dish featured in August issue of The World Of Interiors

ukhandmade online magazine article spring issue

On line interview with House of Coco featured in magazine

2015

On line interview with Zone One Arts www.zoneonearts.com.au

West Country Potters magazine no.136 front cover image article ‘an obsession with Sgraffito’

2014

Article published in May June issue of Ceramic Review ‘a potters day’

2012

Photo in Crafts Magazine ‘Woodpecker vase’ Nov Dec issue

Photo in Ceramic Review Magazine ‘Wrens in a tree vase’ issue 254

Drawing onto Clay with West Country Potters magazine

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