Sabina Teuteberg was born in Switzerland and studied at the school of art in Zurich and later at Croydon College of Art and Design. She established a workshop in London in 1982 to make functional colourful tableware. The works in the British Council collection were made from coloured clay which had been cut and rolled into slabs; they were then shaped in or over plaster moulds. Known as the Jigger and Jolley method the pottery is formed in rotating plaster moulds with the use of a mechanical arm to which a metal template is attached. When the shape of the mould forms the inside shape of the pot, the process is reffered to as jigging, and the reverse, when the mould outside forms the shape: jolleying.

 

Glossary

  • Design

    The arrangement of elements or details in an artefact or a work of art.

  • Metal

    Metal is a medium frequently used by artists to make art works - from sculpture to printmaking. Surfaces can display an array of colours and textures, and are capable of being polished to a high gloss; metal can be melted, cast, or fused, hammered into thin sheets, or drawn into wire.