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Dennis ChinaworksFounded in 1993 by Sally and Richard Dennis, the Dennis Chinaworks pottery is based in Shepton Beauchamp in Somerset. Sally Dennis established her professional name in design (she works as Sally Tuffin) after graduating from the Royal College of Art Fashion School and starting a design business with Marian Foale. Foale & Tuffin soon became one of the leading design houses of the 1960’s. Sally later took her skills and experience into ceramics, becoming partner and design director of the Moorcroft Pottery from 1986 to 1993. Richard Dennis trained with the auctioneers Sotheby’s before establishing an antique glass and ceramic business together with a publishing house producing specialist books for collectors. Each pot made by Dennis Chinaworks is prepared individually using traditional techniques of slip trailing and incising then painted with underglaze pigments, building layers of colour. Finally, each piece is signed by the painter, has the potter’s mark and is numbered with the date of manufacture. External links: |
