School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Sidney Tustin

Born: 1914, UK, England, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe   Died: 2005, UK, England, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe

Ceramicist. Tustin joined Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery when he was just 14 years old. His first work involved moving the heavy clay and pots and also turning the wheel for Elijah Comfort, who had joined Cardew at Winchcombe. He was soon apprenticed in the pottery and was a mainstay for over fifty years, becoming a highly skilled potter producing slipware with a light decorative touch.

He was possibly the most prolific Western potter, making over a million distinctive pieces of domestic ware. The pottery was bought by Ray Finch in 1947 and later went through difficulties. In 1960 it changed from slipware to stoneware production. Tustin however continued to make slipware until 1964 but he did make stoneware with command of reduced and ash glazes, as well as candle resist designs. He retired in 1978.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

C1380 Ceramics

[Jug] C268 Ceramics

[Lidded Mug] C1379 Ceramics

[Small jug] C256 Ceramics




 
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