Ruthanne Tudball
Ruthanne Tudball's GalleryBorn and Educated in California, USA
1971 – 1974 University of Reading, BA (Hons) English, Further Education teaching Certificate (Dist)
1984 – 1985 Post Grad. Cert. In Ed., Bulmershe College, Reading
1987 – 1989 Post Grad. Dip. In ceramics, Univ. of London, Goldsmiths’ College (Commendation)
Membership of Societies
1990 Craft Potters Association – Fellow (Council Member)
Retail Outlets
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire Booth House Gallery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire
C Krempl, Keramic Galerie, Munich, Germany
Candover Gallery, New Alresford, Hampshire
Contemporary Ceramics, Marshall Street, London
Gibbs Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London
Jewell & Roberts, Holmfirth, Yorkshire
Keramic Galerie, Bowig, Hanover, Germany
New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Oxford Gallery, High Street, Oxford
Primavera, King’s Parade, Cambridge
St Ives Ceramics, St Ives, Cornwall
Recent Exhibition
Jan 1992 “Jugs, Mugs and Rugs” Oxford Gallery
Feb 1992 “New Work” Solo Exhibition, Harlequin Gallery
July 1992 “Ceramic Series” Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales
“Anyone for Tea?” Gibbs Gallery, Canterbury, Kent
Aug 1992 Summer Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
Nov 1992 “New Work” Solo Exhibition, Julius Gottlieb, Wallingford
March 1993 “Teapots and Teabowls” Harlequin Gallery
Work Experience
1976 – 1978 Set up pottery workshop
1982 – 1987 P/T pottery teacher special needs teacher and art co-ordinator, primary school teacher in Reading, running teachers’ pottery workshop for Reading Teachers Centre, P/T pottery teacher at Reading College of Technology.
1989 Full-time potter – own workshop
1991 P/T tutor – West Surrey College of Art and Design, Farnham
Grants
1990 Southern Arts – publicity and slides
1991 Crafts Council – setting up grant
Articles
Mar – Apr 1991 Ceramic Review – “Sodium Glazing”
July 1992 Artist’s Newsletter – Clay Supplement “Green Ceramics”
Statement
Mainly self-taught, I set up my own studio in 1978 combining potting with raising a family and teaching. Since leaving Goldsmiths’ I have worked full-time as a potter. All of my work is stoneware; slip decorated and once fired, soda glazed with sodium compounds other than salt. My main concern is with the clay and the pleasure of manipulating it during throwing. I endeavour to make forms that capture the soft plasticity of the material and have both dignity and a lively freshness. Soda glazing can have dramatic effects on the surface of the pots, emphasising the making process and path of the flames across the work, rendering each pot unique. I make my pots to be lived with, handled and used.