ANDREW CASEY

artist teacher author collector

NEWS
This terms Painting and Drawing class at the Cruising Club starts on Friday 20th September 10am
(events for further information)

Hornsea Pottery book
I have just finished my new book 
Hornsea Pottery Style for the Mass market 

The book is an authentic and well researched book about the Hornsea Pottery from 1949 to 2000. The author has interviewed several key people such as Lord Queensberry, several designers and pottery workers as well as spending time with John Clappison at his home many years ago. The book is illustrated with many archival images, pattern book images courtesy of the Hornsea Museum and brand new full colour images.

Hornsea produced some of the most innovative and creative ceramics for the British Pottery Industry over fifty years. The main designer John Clappison, who featured in one of my other books, was the designer that brought Hornsea to the forefront of British design with his new shapes, printing techniques and understanding of the market.

Hornsea Pottery, whilst not known by some collectors of twentieth century design, has a growing and dedicated collectors group. Watch this space.

Lectures
I offer a range of lectures on a range of subjects based on twentieth century design, I can deliver in person or on line with one session up to five on the same theme. Do contact me if you are interested

Andrew Casey
Studied at the Leeds College of Art and the University of East London
Andrew is a practicing artist and has exhibited his work both in London and locally at the Denis Taplin Gallery in Woodbridge, the Pond Gallery in Snape and the Upstairs Gallery in Beccles.

He has been associated with the Ipswich Art Society (est. 1874) since the mid eighties and is an Honorary Member. In 1987 Andrew formed the Young Blood group to promote the visuals arts created by young people

Andrew is a well established author on the subject of twentieth century design chiefly ceramics and textiles. He has curated several exhibitions including Susie Cooper Productions at the Ipswich Museums and Galleries in 1989, Dynamic Designers at Croydon Town Hall in 1999 and the first Susie Cooper Auction at Christies South Kensington in 2002.

He has written articles for several magazines including Mid Century Modern, Antique Collecting, The Lady, Collect It and the Decorative arts Society. He has written several books on the subject and lectured in several prestigious venues such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal Society of Arts and the Morley College in London. In 2004 he was invited by the Ceramic Society of New South Wales to lecture on the subject of twentieth century ceramics at the Power House Museum in Sydney and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.

His book, Twentieth Century Ceramic Designers in Britain, was awarded the Besterman/McColvin Gold Medal for the most outstanding work of reference, published in 2001, by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. His latest book Lucienne Day: In the Spirit of the Age, published by the Antique Collectors Club, was launched at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London in 2014.

Andrew has collected the work of ceramic designer Susie Cooper for over thirty years. In February 2020 he appeared on a Japanese television programme discussing the work by Susie Cooper and his own collection.

Recent Exhibitions:
Borders Exhibition, First Site, Colchester, July-August 2020
Borders Exhibition, Ipswich Art Gallery, May 2022
Small Works, Art Space, Woodbridge, Suffolk, October 2019
Ipswich Art Society Annual Show, Ipswich Art Gallery, July 2019, 2022
  •  05/10/2024 02:19 PM
  •   Aldeburgh Library

This talk will explore the many different responses to design following the devastation of the Second World War and how new designers emerged from the art schools to create a new response to design soon dubbed "contemporary". The talk will focus on ceramics, textiles and interior design. Andrew Casey has written several books on twentieth century design and met many of the designers discussed in the session. There will be time after the talk to show examples from your own collection

  •  21/09/2024 10:00 AM
  •   Cruising Club Woodbridge

This popular and friendly course covers the many important aspects in art through a wide range of artistic challenges and interesting activities designed to develop your artistic and observational skills. This summer we will be going to interesting locations to draw and paint. This course is ideal the beginner and the more experienced. Learners can upload their work onto the tutors Facebook web site Andrew Casey's Art Classes to be reviewed, shared and enjoyed.

  •  31/08/2024 02:38 PM
  • Location: To Be Announced

The Art Deco style originated in France and was showcased at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925. This exciting new style soon developed into an international style in western Europe and the United States during the 1930s. This course will look at how British designers embraced art deco through architecture, interior design, ceramics, glass and many other ways. We will discuss why the art deco style went out of fashion and how it was replaced by the new new 'Contemporary' style in the fifties. We will consider how mass production influenced design following the Second World War and how the mid century landmark the Festival of Britain, staged in London, in 1951 promoted the ‘Contemporary’ style. Andrew Casey is a published author of the subject including Twentieth Century Ceramic Designers in Britain (2002) and Art Deco Ceramics (2008) and has lectured at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Morley College in London.

  •  31/08/2024 02:38 PM
  • Online Event

This exciting short course explores the wonderful art deco period looking at its origins in France and how it influenced design in America and Europe. We will look at designers including Susie Cooper and Clarice Cliff as well as other areas that art deco influenced such as the interior, films and the decorative arts

  •  31/08/2024 02:18 PM
  • Online Event

This course celebrates the artistic achievements made by East Anglian artists over a hundred and fifty years and how they contributed to the reputation of the area as one of the most attractive places to live and work following the success of internationally renowned artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and John Constable. This course will focus on a range of artists, both male and female, that made a significant contribution to East Anglian art in different periods, styles and subjects but remain relatively unknown beyond the region. From the delicately conceived water colour studies by Leonard Squirrell, the “kitchen sink” dramas by Colin Moss in the 1950’s, the stunning commissioned work by Anna Airy, the first female war artist in the First World War and to the sculptural creations by Bernard Reynolds. Andrew Casey produced a small book on the life and work to accompany a special exhibition at the University of Suffolk in 2014 to mark the start of the First World War. He has been a member of the Ipswich Art Society for over thirty years and is currently Deputy Chairman

  •  31/08/2024 02:18 PM
  • Online Event

This course will explore one of the most important and influential decades of the twentieth century. Following the devastation of the Second World War we will explore how the British Government recognised that good design meant good business. They promoted good design through exhibitions, promotional tours in schools culminating with the Festival of Britain in 1951. This mid-century event showcased the best news in every aspect of British culture.This course will feature the new generation of designers including Lucienne Day, Jessie Tait, Robin Day and Abram Games, who emerged from a war torn Britain to bring to the wider public good design known today as 'contemporary'

  •  31/08/2024 02:17 PM
  • Online Event

This course will explore the innovative and pioneering designers that came to the forefront of the textiles industry from the twenties onwards and how changes in British industry due to world events and economic changes prompted a new response to designer and new machinery enabled high quality textiles to reach everyone not just the elite. Andrew Casey met and interviewed Lucienne Day in 1992 for his final degree dissertation. His book Lucienne Day: In the Spirit of the Age was published in 2014.

  •  31/08/2024 02:17 PM

This popular and friendly course covers the many important aspects in art through a wide range of artistic challenges and interesting activities designed to develop your artistic and observational skills. Each week has a different subject such as the still life, shop fronts, landscapes to drawing the figure and portraiture using different media. This course is suitable for the beginner and the more experienced Learners can upload their work onto the tutors Facebook web site Andrew Casey's Art Classes to be reviewed, shared and enjoyed.

  •  31/08/2024 02:16 PM

This course will explore the human form through a range of themes, poses and times using different media to develop your drawing and observational skills as well as helping you to develop your own individual style. A range of long and short poses will be used to build your confidence and appreciation of the human body. All abilities welcome. Please bring a range of materials with you.

  •  31/08/2024 02:16 PM
  • Online Event

This course will explore the innovative contribution made by pioneering women designers working within British Industry during the twentieth century and how, despite being predominately a role for men, they were able to achieve equal status and recognition for their contribution in fashion, wallpaper, textiles, glass, ceramics and many other areas of design. We will explore the changes in society, the impact of the Second World War and the recognition of the important role of the designer for British industry. The course will focus on designers including Lucienne Day, Marion Dorn, Enid Marx, Susie Cooper and Jessie Tait alongside several other less known designers

  •  31/08/2024 02:15 PM
  • Online Event

This course will explore the arts in Vienna at a time of when it was renowned as the great city of high culture and wealth known today as the fin de siele. Art, music and philosophy thrived in the city attracting innovators and leading artists to the city. The course will look at artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and designers including Josef Hoffman and Koloman Moser. We will also look at the Secession group and the Weiner Werkstatte. Andrew Casey has been an admirer of both Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele since his college days. He has visited Vienna on several occasions and more recently visited the studio of Gustav Klimt