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Alison Appleton (born Liverpool 1965) is a British ceramic designer specialising in porcelain tea ware. Her collections are influenced by a range of sources, from eighteenth century chinoiserie to fairy tales, using specialist clays and glazes to create different textures and finishes. She works from her design studio in the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool. == Background == Appleton has a degree in printed textile design from Liverpool College of Art and established her studio in 1998. In 2001, when approached to design plates for a factory in Portugal, she spent time with the mould makers there and found her real design passion was in creating form, rather than pattern. Her work went on to retail in Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Debenhams, Zara Home, Crate & Barrel, Anthropologie and others. She then worked with La Cafetiere, a British tea and coffee ware company, based in North Wales, where she designed a range of products, including the Lexi cafetiere and California teapot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.lacafetiere.com/alison-appleton.html?SID=f5f4c3mff5omcamqgg1l539bm0 )〕 In 2014, Appleton is still one of two designer brands (along with Nick Munro) for the company. She met ceramics agent Sidney Huang at a trade fair in China and after that meeting, began to work almost exclusively on tea ware. Appleton has been retailing her collection of tea pots, tea cups, tea towels and speciality teas under her own brand since 2012. She works closely with partners in Dehua in China, the home of Blanc de Chine porcelain. Mr Liu, an expert ceramicist, creates glazes and experiments with different types of clay in line with her requirements and designs are translated into three dimensions by master mould maker Su Kun Shui. In 2013 she picked up the Innovation award at Merseyside Woman of the Year for her work in establishing international trade.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.womeninbusiness.co.uk/index.php/Winners-Runners-Up-2013/alison-appleton.html )〕 She gave tea making demonstrations at the Cake and Bake Show in Manchester in 2014 and visits trade and exhibitor fairs all over the world, including Maison et Objet in Paris, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.modenus.com/blog/interiordesign/alison-appleton-british-ceramics-at-icff )〕 and Ambiente in Frankfurt. The blenders at English tea importer and retailer Twinings recently invited her to help them create an Alison Appleton Single Origin tea blend.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://shop.twinings.co.uk/shop/alison-appleton-single-origin-tea-blend.html )〕 In November 2014, Appleton was appointed an Export Champion by (UK Trade and Investment ), and will work with the Government trade body to help more British companies up onto the export ladder. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alison Appleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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