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| == History == | | == History == |
| Andy Titcomb studied at Exeter College of Art and Design, earning an honours bachelor's degree in Art. | | Andy Titcomb studied at Exeter College of Art and Design, earning an honours bachelor's degree in Art. |
− | He began working with Paul Cardew's first business Sunshine Ceramics in 1978 and started his own business in 1983 in a converted pigsty in Topsham Devon UK. | + | He began working with Paul Cardew's first business Sunshine Ceramics in 1978 and started his own business in 1980<ref>Bramah Edward: (1992) Novelty Teapots: Five Hundred Years of Art and Design Quiller Press, London p 181 ISBN: 1870948726</ref> in a converted pigsty in Topsham Devon UK. |
| Early work was selected by the Design Centre of London. He made his first teapot...a black and white Harlequin in 1983. Encouraged by the support of The Teahouse in Covent Garden London, he made many more teapots. | | Early work was selected by the Design Centre of London. He made his first teapot...a black and white Harlequin in 1983. Encouraged by the support of The Teahouse in Covent Garden London, he made many more teapots. |
| In the mid 80's he moved to larger premises in Devon and began exporting to France, Germany, Italy and Japan as well as supplying many shops in the UK with a wide range of unusual teapots. | | In the mid 80's he moved to larger premises in Devon and began exporting to France, Germany, Italy and Japan as well as supplying many shops in the UK with a wide range of unusual teapots. |