Angus Suttie [SEP] date of birth
Angus Suttie
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.
Background.
Suttie was born on 26 November 1946, in Tealing, Scotland. His initial interest was drama. After completing his education in Art Ceramics
Arts, having joined the staff in 1970 when the school was still called Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. His students included such notable studio potters as Jim Malone, Angus Suttie, and Sara Radstone. "Ewen Henderson was one of the most important and influential ceramic artists of the late twentieth century.
He preferred irregular, hand-built forms, and developed a technique in which a patchwork of different types of clay was used."
In 2002 a newly constructed hall of residence housing 260 students was named Ewen