Angus Suttie Ceramics Artist

Died london 17 june 1993.

Angus suttie ceramics artist. Angus suttie 1948 1993 was one of the most original and sensitive ceramists of the 1980s producing surreal and richly ambiguous forms that moved well away from the familiar connotations of much sculptural as well as functional work at that time. Born 1946 tealing near dundee scotland. Although his work sometimes has an ironic and even playful edge he was deeply thoughtful about its humanist intentions and the references are present not just for play but for critical sometimes political provocation. Born in scotland he was educated at the camberwell school of art in london at a time when the faculty and students there were leading british ceramics into a new direction.

Angus suttie 26 november 1946 17 june 1993 was a studio potter and teacher of art ceramics most notably at morley college london suttie studied at camberwell school of art under glennys barton ewen henderson and colin pearson this education promoted experimentation which rejected the bernard leach derived anglo oriental style and emphasized wheel throwing. Angus suttie 1946 1993 although the span of angus suttie s ceramic art career was brief the work he produced in those years left ample evidence of his ability. Born tealing dundee 26 november 1946. Suttie left school at 15 and went to london to become an actor deciding in the 1970s to become a potter instead and he joined the ceramics course at camberwell college of arts and crafts london in 1975.