RUTHANNE AMELIA TUDBALL

1948 Born and educated in California, USA
1971-1974 University of Reading, BA (Hons) English; Further Education Teaching, Certificate (Distinction)
1984-1985 Bulmershe College, University of Reading, Post Graduate Certificate in Education
1987-1989 Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, Post Graduate Diploma in Ceramics (Commendation)
2001-2002 City and Guilds Advanced Photography Certificate

2007 International Academy of Ceramics, Member
2004 Norfolk Contemporary Craft Society
1996 Contemporary Applied Arts (Member)
1993 Craft Council of Great Britain, Index of Selected Makers
1990 Craft Potters Assoc. of Great Britain (CPA) (Fellow),
2000-2005 vice-chairman CPA

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Western Art Collection
Ceramics Collection, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
WA Ismay Collection, Yorkshire Museum, York
Robert Pinchen Collection, Stoke-on-Trent Museum
Margaret H.Harlow Ceramics Teaching Collection, Bemidji State University, Minnesota, USA
Western Illinois University, Illinois, USA
Adolf Egner Collection, Germany
South London Gallery Collection 2000
Yingge County Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Jan van Houdt Collection, Institut Pieter Brueghel, NL
Norwich Castle Museum Contemporary Collection
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen Museum, Netherlands
Shanghai County Museum, Shanghai, China
Brown Forman Collection, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Clay Arts Museum & Educational Organisation, Houston, Tx. USA
Also: Private collections in England, Europe, USA & Asia

1976-1978 Set up pottery workshop
1982-1987 Part-Time (P/T) pottery teacher, special needs teacher & art co-ordinator, Reading, Berkshire; teachers’ workshops, Reading
Teachers’ Centre, Berkshire; P/T pottery teacher, Reading College
1989 - Full-time potting (own workshop)
1991-1997 P/T tutor, Surrey Institute of Art & Design, Farnham, Surrey
1997 - Visiting Lecturer Camberwell College (London University of the Arts)

1989 Commendation - Goldsmiths’ College, London
1990/1997 Grant (Publicity & Slides) – Southern Arts
1991 Setting-up Grant – Crafts Council
1994 Grant (To Rebuild Kiln) – Southern Arts
1997 Grant (Publicity) – Southern Arts
1997 Bursary for travel to conduct workshops and lecture in Israel
– Louis Bohn Designers Award Scheme
2007 Best of Show $1000 Purchase Award, Texas Teapot Tournament
2007 Arts Council Grant to travel to S. Korea to work and demonstrate
2008 Arts Council Grant to travel to China and attend the IAC conference

Articles
1991
Ceramic Review, “Sodium Glazing”
1992
Artists’ Newsletter (Clay Supplement), “Green Ceramics”
1993
The Studio Potter (USA), “Soda Glazing in England”
1994
Ceramics: Art & Perception - Issue 18 (Australia), “Soda Solutions”
1995
La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre – Tony Birks, “Gres a La Soude,
Ruthanne Tudball”
Ceramics Technical – Issue 1 (Australia), “Soda Vapour Glazed Ceramics”
1997
Revista Internacional Ceramica – Issue 61 (Madrid, Spain), “Esmaltado con Vapores de Sodio”
1998
Clay Times (Canada) Stephen Sell, “ Queen of Soda Glazing”
1998
Keramik Magazin (Germany), Front Cover “It’s Magic” – Peter Saunders,
“Leidenschaft, Ledenslanglich, Ruthanne Tudball Umvirbt ihr material”
1999
Ceramics Monthly (USA) – Tony Birks, “Ruthanne Tudball”
1999
La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre – Nicole Crestou, “Ruthanne Tudball, Le pot en mouvement”
2000
Ceramics In Society – Issue 42 – Paul Vincent, “The Spirit of Invention,
Ruthanne Tudball”
2001
“Soft Focus”, (Front Cover)  by Josie Walter Ceramic Review.
2003
"Backwards and Forwards" by Ruthanne Tudball,, Ceramic Review
2006
"Ruthanne Tudball" by Paul Dixon, Norfolk Journal
2007
Ceramics Monthly, "Soda With Sparkle" by Judy Adams
2008
Klei, Keramisch Magazine, “Decoratietechnieken: Ruthanne Tudball”
2009
Monthly Ceramic Art, Korea, “Ruthanne Tudball”.

1995
Throwing Pots. Phil Rogers. A&C Black, London.
1996
Single Firing. Fran Tristan. A&C Black, London.
1996
The Best of Pottery. Rockport Publishers, Massachusetts.
1997
The Complete Potters Companion (New Edition). Tony Birks. Conran
Octopus.
1999
Clay and Glazes in Studio Ceramics. David Scott. Crowood Press.
1999
Tableware in Clay. Karen Ann Wood. Crowood Press.
2000
Functional Pottery (2nd Edition). Robin Hopper. Krause Publishers.
Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery. 4th ed Robert Fournier. A&C Black
Clay and Glaze for the Potter, Rhodes/Hopper (Editor), Krause Publications
2002
Salt Glaze, Phil Rogers, A&C Black, London.
The Ceramic Surface, Matthias Ostermann, A & C Black, London
2004
Making Marks. Discovering the Ceramic Surface, Robin Hopper, Krause Pub.
2009
Contemporary Ceramics, A Global Survey, Emmanuel Cooper.           

1995
Soda Glazing. A&C Black, London/University of Pennsylvania Press,
Philadelphia.

 Before completing  post-graduate study at Goldsmiths’ College, London, I was mainly self-taught.  I set up my own studio in 1978, combining potting with raising a family and teaching.  Since 1989 I have worked full-time as a potter.

All of my work is thrown, manipulated, and assembled while fresh on the wheel to capture the soft organic quality of the clay and preserve that softness in the finished piece. Since the way I work calls for  pots to be completed as they are made, I tend to make pots in small series or families rather than as a larger production process. 

My inspiration comes from the natural world, celebrating the rhythms and creative forces of the earth and of the human body, all of which keep me thinking about the life in a pot made of clay. I also draw inspiration from classic forms from Korea, China, Japan and English Mediaeval  pots.  The work is slip-decorated stoneware fired once to 1300C in a wood/gas kiln.

Exhibitions:

2009               
Lantic Gallery, Tiverton, Devon  (solo exhibition)
Centre de Creation de La Borne, France (solo exhibition)
Grapevine at Burnham Market, Norfolk, UK (solo exhibition)
“Cup”, Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Devon, UK
“Salt of the Earth”, Salthouse 09, North Norfolk Exhibition Project,UK

2008
Gallery Top, Derbyshire “Afresh”
Octagon Gallery, Whichford “Celebrating Salt and Soda”, uk
Gallery at Bevere, Derbyshire, with Jack Doherty, Antonia Salmon and
Gary Woods, uk
Leach Pottery Gallery, “An English Tea Ceremony”, UK
Tim Andrews Contemporary Ceramics, “Clay 15”, Devon, UK
Model House Gallery, Llantrisant,Wales “Pottering in the Kitchen”
Rye Arts Center, Rye, New York, USA, “Atmospheric Pots and the
Penland Connection”

2007
Grapevine Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk (solo)
Texas Teapot Tournament 2007, Clay Art Museum, Houston, Texas
Bourbon Bottles in Bluegrass, Kentucky, USA
"The Pot, The Vessel and The Object", 50 years of CPA, Aberystwyth
Oakwood Ceramics, "Totally Teabowls III", Thoresby Gallery, Notts.

2006
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset
"A Pinch of Salt", Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire (solo)
Shanghai City Museum, "International Top 10 Teapot Masters"

2005-2006
"Table Manners" International Contemporary Tableware (touring)

2005
Contemporary Ceramics, London (solo)
"Gas It Up:Salt, Soda and Slip", Baltimore, Maryland, USA
"Krug oder Kanne", Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
"Who's Doing the Dishes?" Harleston Gallery, Norfolk 

2004
Third International Ceramics Biennial,  Brasschaat, Belgium
"Totally Teabowls", Oakwood Gallery, Edwinstowe, Notttingham
Pots in the Kitchen, Galerie du Don , Montsalvy, France
Autumn Exhibition, Stour Gallery, Warwickshire
"Coup De Bols", Traces Gallery, Hastiere, Belgium

2003
Showcase,  Galerie Goed Werk, Zulte, Belgium                       "Saltglazes". DeTiendschuur Tegelen, Netherlands
"Potters and their Books" Bakehouse Gallery, Chichester, W.Sussex
"Re-shaped"  Q2 Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
"Pots in the Kitchen", Rufford Crafts Centre, Ollerton, Notts.
New Work, Wellbeloved Gallery, Portland, Dorset
"Dish Wish", Brewery Arts, Cirencester
"Tea Total", Contemporary Ceramics, London
New Work, Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset

2002
Taipei International Teapot Exhibition, Taipei County Yingko County      
Ceramics Museum
Saltzbrand, Keramik, Germany
Rufford, Nottingham, Salt and Soda Exhibition
“Totally Teabowls”, Oakwood Gallery, Edwinstowe, Nottingham
25th Anniversary Summer Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK
“Cup”, Made Gallery, Bristol, UK.

2001
“Tea Ceremony”, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
Nykvarn Hantverk, Enkopeng, Sweden (solo)
“Ceramic Focus”, Contemporary Applied Arts, London (solo)
Art in Clay, Contemporary Ceramics (Tim Andrew), Exeter, UK

2000
Orton Cone Box Show (Travelling), USA
“L’Argile Vivant”, Galerie Pierre, Paris (Solo)
Biennale de la Ceramique, Andennes, Belgium
Contemporary Ceramics Gallery, Devon, UK
“New Work”, Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK (Solo Exhibition)
“Eat, Drink and Be Merry”, White Gallery, Brighton, UK
“Risk Takers-Pioneers”, Centenary Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts,
London, UK

1999
“Three Potters: Ruthanne Tudball, Jack Docherty and Nigel Lambert”,
Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset, UK
“Aspects de la Ceramique Britannique Contemporraine”, Printemps des
Potiers, Bandol, France
“Salt and Soda”, The City Gallery, Leicester, UK
“Gifts From The Kiln”, The Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone, Kent, UK
“Jugs and Pichets” (Jugs from England and France), Laburnum Ceramics,
Youlgreave, Cumbria, UK
“One Hundred and Two Jugs”, Candover Gallery, Alresford, UK
“Die Lust an Den Dingen”, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
“The Millennium Jug”, Loes & Reinier, Netherlands.

1998
“Twentieth Century Israeli and International Ceramics”, Sothebys, Tel Aviv, Israel
CPA Exhibition, Quay Arts Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
6th Ardennes Biennale, Belgium
Le Printemps des Potiers, Bandol, France
“Un et Plus”, European Crafts Conference, Namur, Belgium
“11 Ceramistes, Gres au Sel”, Centre Ceramique, La Borne, France
CPA Exhibition, Mid-Cornwall Galleries, Par, Cornwall, UK
“Teapots”, Montpelier Gallery, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Contemporary British Ceramics, Plymouth Arts Centre, Devon, UK

1997
“Songs In Salt”, Princesshof Museum, Leewarden, Netherlands
“Ceramic Selection”, Plymouth Arts Centre, Devon, UK
Grand Opening of New Gallery, European Ceramics, Knaresborough,
Yorkshire, UK
“11 Ceramistes, Gres au Sel”, Terre et Terre (Travelling), France
“Three Potters: Kyra Kane, Ruthanne Tudball and Josie Walter”, Rufford
Arts Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK
“Everything Stops For Tea”, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK
CPA Exhibition, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey, UK
“Salt of the Earth”, Leicester City Gallery, Leicester, UK
“Pottery In The Making” (Workshop and Exhibition), Museum of Mankind,
British Museum, London, UK
“Cool Clay: 40 Years of the CPA”, Rufford Arts Centre, Nottinghamshire,
UK

1996
“Salt and Soda”, Contemporary Ceramics, London, UK
“100%”, Dumfries and Galloway Region, Scotland
“Soft Clay” (Showcase), Contemporary Applied Arts, London, UK
“What’s Brewing?”, Art Connoisseur Gallery, London, UK
“100 Theieres”, Traces Galerie, Belgium

1995
“New Work”, Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset, UK. (Solo)
Winter Exhibition, Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany
“Boxes and Containers”, Rufford Arts Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK
“New Kiln, New Work”, Contemporary Ceramics, London, (Solo)
“Selected CPA Members Exhibition”, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK
“Britain In Greece Festival”, Ceramics Exhibition Centre, Amarusion,
Athens, Greece
“Festival of Ceramics”, University of Malta, Valletta, Malta
“Clay at the Park”, South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
(Workshop and Solo Exhibition)
“Saltglaze Ceramics”, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

1994-1996
“Teapotmania”, Norwich Castle Museum, Norfolk, UK (Touring)
(Sponsored by Twinings Tea)

1994
“Salt and Soda Glazed Ceramics”, Loes and Reinier International
Ceramics, Deventer, Netherlands
“Tenth Anniversary”, Candover Gallery, Alresford, Hampshire, UK
“Small Ceramics”, European Ceramics, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, UK
“Studio Ceramics ‘94”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
“Teapots”, Candover Gallery, Alresford, Hampshire, UK

1993
“Teapots and Teabowls”, Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London, UK
“High as the Flag: Americans Working in Britain”, Booth House Gallery,
Holmfirth, Yorkshire, UK
“Teapots”, C.Krempl, Munich, Germany
“Teapots”, Galerie Hans Bredow, Berlin, Germany
“Taste of Britain”, Rufford Arts Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK
“Boxes”, Contemporary Ceramics, London, UK
Fountain Fine Art, Llandilo, Wales

1992
“New Work”, Harlequin Gallery, Greenwich, London, UK
“Jugs, Mugs & Rugs”, Oxford Gallery, Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
“Ceramics Series”, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales. (Solo Exhibition)
“Anyone For Tea?”, Gibbs Gallery, Canterbury, Kent, UK
“Recent Work”, Julius Gottlieb Gallery, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK

1991
“101 Jugs”, Candover Gallery, Alresford, Hampshire, UK
CPA New Members Exhibition, David Canter Gallery, Contemporary
Ceramics, London, UK
“New Work”, Jewell and Roberts Gallery, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, UK (Solo)
“Showcase”, Contemporary Ceramics, London, UK. (Solo Exhibition)
“Five Women Potters”, Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

1990
“Clayworks”, David Canter Gallery, Contemporary Ceramics, London, UK
“CPA Comes South”, Bettles Gallery, Ringwood, Hampshire, UK

1995     
Barnet Collection, London, UK
University of Malta, Valletta, Malta
Duncan Jordanstone College, Dundee, Scotland
West Hertfordshire College, UK
Royal Forest of Dean College, UK
South Hill Park, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK
Kent Potters, Kent, UK
Wealdon Potters, UK
Buckinghamshire Pottery & Sculpture Society, UK

1996
Dudley, Midlands, UK
Farnham Sixth Form College, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Santa Monica, California, USA
Walnut Creek, California, USA
San Diego, California, USA
Oregon, USA
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Frankfurt & Koblenz, Germany
Royal Forest of Dean College, UK: Salt & Soda

1997
Fishguard, Dyfed, Wales
Rufford Arts Centre, Nottinghamshire, UK
Princesshof Museum, Leewarden, Netherlands
San Jose, California, USA
De Anza College, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
NCECA Conference Panel, Illinois, USA
Western Illinois University, Illinois, USA
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Museum of Mankind, London, UK: Pottery In The Making
Royal Forest of Dean College, UK
Tim Andrews Studio, Devon, UK
Bloxham, Oxfordshire, UK

1997-1998
Tel Hai School of Art: First Ceramics Symposium, Netanya, Israel
Bezelal School of Art, Jerusalem, Israel

1998
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Frostberg State University, Maryland, USA
Radcliffe Ceramics Studio, Boston, USA
Namur, Belgium: Un et Plus: Conference Europeene Des Metiers D’Art
Centre Ceramique, La Borne, France: 11 Ceramistes, Gres au Sel
(Workshop, Symposium and Exhibition)

1999
Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Salem Arts Centre, Salem, Oregon, USA
Rancho Pales Verdes Arts Centre, California, USA
Ventura Potters, Ojai, California, USA
Northern Potters Association, Harrogate, UK
Bandol, France: Le Printemps des Potiers (With Takeshi Yasuda and
Michael Flynn)
Pietro Maddelena, Le Meridiana, Certaldo, Florence, Italy
Scottish Potters (Salt & Soda Weekend), Caithness, Scotland
Farnham Arts Society Lecture, Farnham, Surrey, UK
Barn Galleries (Symposium), Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK

2000
Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, California, USA
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Laramie, Kentucky, USA
Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA
Juniata College, Pennsylvania, USA
Petersfield School, Hampshire, UK
Bedales School, Hampshire, UK
Contemporary Studio Pottery Gallery, Chagford, Devon, UK
Barnfield College, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK
North Wales Potters, Wales
Pietro Maddalena, Florence, Italy (2 Weeks)
Bornholm Glass & Ceramics School, Bornholm, Denmark (2 Weeks)

2001 
Irvine Arts Center, California, Usa
Hinckley Pottery, Washington DC, USA
North Carolina Claymakers, Durham, N.C., USA
Petersfield Ceramics Society, Southampton, UK
Enkopeng, Sweden
Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Vancouver Island, BC,
Wey Ceramics Group, Guildford, Surrey, UK
Dacorum and Chiltern Potters, UK

2002
North Carolina State University, USA
“Fusion”, Toronto, Canada
Kalkspitz, Benediktbeuern nr Munich, Germany
“The Wheel Conference”,Courtyard Arts Centre, Hereford, UK.
Taipei, Taiwan. Workshop Taipei County Yingko Ceramics Museum

2003
Michigan Potters Guild (1 week)
Southern Ceramics Group, Southampton, UK
Fashschule fur keramik, Landshut nr Munich, Germany (1 week)

2004
Thomastown, Ireland Craft Potters Society of Ireland
Brasschaat, Belgium, Third International Ceramic Biennial
Eugene, Oregon, "Oregon Crafted", workshop and kiln firing

2005
Australia:   Victorian Ceramics Group Festival in Ceramics, Ballarat
Masterclass and conference, Canberra
Residency 4 weeks at Australia National University, Canberra
Workshop, Sturt, Mittagong
Workshop, Perth
Wealden Potters, Sussex, UK
Dacorum and Chiltern Potters Guild,  Hertfordshire, UK

2006
Belfast, Northern Ireland, University of Belfast & Museum lecture
Greenwich, London,  Greenwich Community College, Teapot workshop
Kindrogan, Scotland. Scottish Potters annual workshop
Boulder, Colorado, USA Boulder Ceramics Group
Boulder, Colorado, USA Conference on World Affairs, Univ. of Colorado
Ateliers de Ceramique de Carouge, Switzerland

2007
Penland, North Carolina, USA
Gyearyongsan Bunchungsagi Festival, Korea
Woodfire Marathon, Skaelskor, Guldagergaard, Dennmark
Theater De Voorste, Venne Drunen, Holland

2008
Creative Clay, Taurus Crafts, Forest of Dean
Midland Potters, Pendrell Hall, Staffordshire

2009
Douglas Phillips Pottery, Somerset

2010
Southern Ceramics Group, Southampton
Austin Peay State University, Tennessee, USA