Alison Claire Britton OBE (born 4 May 1948) is a British ceramic artist, with an international reputation, known for her large sculptural, slab-built vessels. Born in Harrow,

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...

, the daughter of the educationalist James N. Britton, she studied at

Leeds College of Art Leeds Arts University is a specialist arts further and higher education institution, based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, with a main campus opposite the University of Leeds. History It was founded in 1846 as the Leeds Scho ...

(1966–7), the

Central School of Art and Design The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and ...

(1966–7) and the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...

(1970–73). She became a Fellow of the

in 1990 and has been a senior tutor there since 1998. She was awarded an OBE for her services to art in 1990. Her work is found in several collections including the

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

in London, British Council Collection and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Bibliography

* Britton, Alison. ''Seeing Things: Collected Writing on Art, Craft and Design.'' London: Occasional Papers, 2013 * Britton, Alison. ''Seeing Things: Collected Writing on Art, Craft and Design. (2nd Edition)'' London: Occasional Papers, 2022

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Britton, Alison 1948 births Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design Officers of the Order of the British Empire British ceramicists British women ceramicists People from Harrow, London Artists from London Alumni of the Royal College of Art Living people