"including Martin Battersby, an early devotee of 20s and 30s design, the first author on that period to publish major works, and a devotee of Cliff's ceramics. Then, on 23 October 1972, Cliff died suddenly at Chetwynd House. The exhibition and the first book published privately in 1976 'Clarice Cliff' by Peter Wentworth- and Kay Johnson (L'Odeon publishing) marked the start of a major revival of interest in Cliff's work, which has continued to be sought after by Art Deco ceramic collectors ever since. In 1982 the ORIGINAL ""Clarice Cliff Collectors Club"" was formed and promoted her and her work"
"Shorter, and this gradually developed into an affair, conducted in secrecy. The couple worked closely together on creating awareness of 'Bizarre ware' to catch the attention of buyers in the middle of a major financial depression, and with a skilful eye and great foresight, Colley Shorter registered Clarice's name and even some of her shapes. It was her ability to design both patterns and also the shapes they were to go on that distinguished Cliff above any other designers in the Staffordshire Potteries at this time. Her first modelling in the mid 20s was of stylised figures, people, ducks, the"
". The work of the CCCC culminated with the centenary exhibition"" 'Clarice Cliff, the Art of Bizarre' ""at the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent. Nowadays, with 26 years of experience the club is based online (see below). It should not be confused with an organisation who used the same name from 2001 after registering it in 1997. The CCCC was then the consultant for the BBC Radio 4 drama 'The Bizarre Girl', written by Lizzie Slater which was described as "" 'an uplifting drama exploring the dramatic rise of Clarice Cliff from the shop floor to Company Art Director ~ illustrating"
"Clarice Cliff Clarice Cliff (20 January 1899 – 23 October 1972) was an English ceramic artist active from 1922 to 1963. She began as an apprentice potter. By reason of her talent and ability, she became a ceramic artist, becoming the head of the factory artistic department. The Cliff family moved to Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, from the Eccleshall area in about 1725. Cliff was born in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, England. When Clarice was born their home was on Meir Street on a terrace of modest houses. Cliff's father Harry Thomas Cliff worked at the local iron foundry in Tunstall, her mother Ann"
"also four boys – who hand painted the ware under her direction. Many of these workers were traced in the 1980s and 1990s and they totalled over 100. Their names and work for Clarice Cliff were recorded in the centenary book. The factory produced a series of small colour printed leaflets (quite unusual for this time) which could be obtained by post, or picked up from stockists. This promotional device was clearly successful, as one young girl was employed whose only job was to put the leaflets in stamped addressed envelopes sent into the factory. At this time, many women"
"1930s. ""Crocus"" was unusual in that it was produced on both tableware, tea and coffeeware, and 'fancies', novelty items made primarily as gift ware. The pattern had many colour variations, including ""Purple Crocus"" (1932) ""Blue Crocus"" (1935), ""Sungleam Crocus"" (1935) ""Spring Crocus"". It was even produced after the war, the final pieces with ""Clarice Cliff"" marks being made in 1963, though Midwinter (who bought the factory) continued to paint it to order until as late as 1968. By 1929, Cliff's team of decorators had grown to a team of around 70 young painters, mainly women (called her 'Bizarre girls') but"
"sifters, again hand painted, with the exception of the aforementioned Crocus which was lithographed. Whilst the purists still scoff at these pieces some 30 years later they are actually a very accurate representation of the originals they were copied from and in themselves are now becoming sought after not least because they allow collectors to acquire excellent pieces and a more affordable price. A chain of mergers finally led to Wedgwood owning the Clarice Cliff name, and from 1992 to 2002 they too produced a range of reproductions of the highly sought 1930s pieces. These were made to a high"
"patterns were made in larger quantities by Wedgwood during and after this time. These reproductions should not be confused with forgeries (of which a number are found), the Wedgwood ones are clearly marked as 'Wedgwood Clarice Cliff'. An original Cliff painter Alice Andrews, then in her 80s, was employed to appear at launches of the ware in stores throughout Britain. In the mid 90s Cliff's position as a major artist of her era was confirmed when she was included in major international reference works; the massive ""Dictionary of Art"" by Macmillan Publishers, and ""Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon"" by K. G. Saur Verlag"
"colourway variation on this by simply changing the trees to shades of blue and pink, and this was then called ""Rudyard"" after a local Staffordshire beauty spot. Clarice Cliff's fame and success in the 1930s are hard to fully appreciate now, but at that time there was no such thing as 'career women'. The publicity she received in the national press was unprecedented. Research by a PhD student into the contemporary press between 1928 and 1936 found "" '360 articles about Cliff and her work were published in the trade press, women's magazines, national and local newspapers'."" This was put"
"Clarice Bean series The Clarice Bean series is a series of children's books written and illustrated by the English author Lauren Child from 1999. The main character and narrator is Clarice Bean and the stories feature her challenges navigating the complex ethical and social questions children deal with at school and at home. A spin-off series called Ruby Redfort, which the US publisher called a ""six-book middlegrade fiction series"" in advance, was inaugurated in 2011. Both ""That's Me"" and ""What Planet?"" were bronze runners-up for the Smarties Prize in ages category 6–8 years and the latter won the Kids Club"
"her shared passion with Shorter. After the war, although Cliff was occasionally nostalgic for the 'Bizarre' years, as witnessed in personal letters to friends, she seemed to be realistic and accepted the commercial taste was for conservative ware. Clarice seemed to enjoy playing a lesser role at the factory, knowing that she could not recapture those crazy days of the thirties. Much of the post-war production went to Australia, New Zealand or North America, where the taste was for formal ware in traditional English designs such as ""Tonquin"" rather than the striking patterns and shapes that had established Cliff's reputation;"
"examples were produced under her direction, and the artists included such notable names as Duncan Grant, Paul Nash, Barbara Hepworth, Vanessa Bell, and Dame Laura Knight. The project 'Modern Art for the Table' was launched at Harrods London in October 1934 but received a mixed response from both the public and the press, though at the same time Cliff's own patterns and shapes were selling in large quantities around the world. Cliff's patterns are highly stylised and interpreted in strong colours, such as the 1933 ""Honolulu"" pattern. The trees are enamelled in red (coral) orange and yellow. Cliff produced a"
"were added by holding the piece upside down and painting thin lines amongst the flowers. Being made from the individual brushstrokes, the ""Crocus"" pattern was clearly completely hand-painted, and the vibrant colours instantly attracted large sales. Initially, Clarice had just one young decorator produce ""Crocus"", Ethel Barrow. But as orders flooded in by 1930 a separate decorating 'shop' was established underneath the top floor of the building which housed the 'Bizarre' shop, and Ethel became responsible for training young painters how to do the pattern. Twenty young women painted nothing but ""Crocus"" 5½ days a week, for much of the"
"how a working-class Staffordshire girl brought modern art to the people'."" The drama was broadcast in December 2000. In 2002 Peter Wentworth- and Kay Johnson, the authors of the original 'Clarice Cliff' book from 1976 returned to Britain to lecture at a CCCC event at Christie's, South Kensington. They spoke about the early days of collecting when their first purchase had been,"" 'a Summerhouse Athens jug for 7 shillings and 6 pence, 35 pence'. "" Peter had actually spoken to Cliff on the phone, but she had declined to be interviewed. They revealed that they had both been working for"
"Strawberry Cliff Strawberry Cliff is a 2011 Hong Kong thriller film written and directed by Chris Chow, who has participated in writing scripts for films such as ""Fearless"" and """". It stars Eason Chan and Leslie-Anne Huff and was filmed in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The film also features Eason Chan in his first English language role and Chris Chow in his directorial debut. Kate has a supernatural power, that with one look, she can tell a person's time of death without any mistake. One day in a restaurant in Seattle, she meets Jason who is going to"
"Michelle Cliff Michelle Carla Cliff (2 November 1946 – 12 June 2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included ""Abeng"" (1985), ""No Telephone to Heaven"" (1987), and ""Free Enterprise"" (2004). Cliff also wrote short stories, prose poems and works of literary criticism. Her works explore the various, complex identity problems that stem from post-colonialism, as well as the difficulty of establishing an authentic, individual identity despite race and gender constructs. A historical revisionist, many of Cliff's works sought to advance an alternative view of history against the established mainstream narrative. Cliff was a lesbian who was born in British"
"relief to Maling's patterns, giving a tactile effect to floral depictions. Maling's art deco lustre ware is prized for its iridescent sheen. Norman Carling Norman Carling (1902–1971) was an English designer/modeller in ceramics, who created a large number of Art Deco models and joined Maling pottery in 1935 from the firm of A.J. Wilkinson, a company which also employed Clarice Cliff. Mostly these were one of a kind or in very small runs, but which never saw full production. He was responsible for Maling's classic 1930s art deco design called """"Blossom Time"""". Carling was one of a talented design team"
"Jim Cliffe Jim Cliffe is an award-winning writer, director and artist, with a professional background in illustration and animation. His first feature, ""Donovan's Echo"", was released in 2012. Cliffe was born in British Columbia, Canada. He showed strong artistic skills at an early age, and developed his first newspaper published comic strip with his brother Jason at the age of 11. As a kid, Jim's love of movies were often a creative driving force with his art. He also experimented with animation, and made video shorts with his friends, mimicking stunts and sequences from some of his favorite movies. Professionally,"
"modelling figurines and vases, gilding, keeping pattern books and hand painting ware: outlining, enamelling (filling in colours within the outline) and banding (the radial bands on plates or vessels). In the early 1920s the decorating manager Jack Walker brought Cliff to the attention of one of the two factory owners, Arthur Colley Austin Shorter, who managed it with his brother Guy. Colley Shorter was 17 years older than Cliff, and as well as playing a major role in nurturing her skills and ideas, he was married but was later to be her husband. Cliff was given special attention by her"
"were issued to enlarge the range. ""Bon Jour"" had 20 shapes created during 1933, with about 10 more being added in 1934. There were also many other innovatively shaped vases, bowls and 'fancies', such as the ""Liner vase"", ""Flower tube vase"" and the (now rare) ""Lido Lady"" ashtray and ""Age of Jazz"" musicians and dancers. Through the depths of the Depression Cliff's wares continued to sell in volume at what were high prices for the time. Her ""Bizarre"" and ""Fantasque"" ware was sold throughout North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, but not in mainland Europe. In Britain many top"
"in Santa Cruz, California, with her partner, poet Adrienne Rich. The two were partners from 1976; Rich died in 2012. Cliff died of liver failure on 12 June 2016. in 1981, Cliff became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press. Michelle Cliff Michelle Carla Cliff (2 November 1946 – 12 June 2016) was a Jamaican-American author whose notable works included ""Abeng"" (1985), ""No Telephone to Heaven"" (1987), and ""Free Enterprise"" (2004). Cliff also wrote short stories, prose poems and works of literary criticism. Her works explore the various, complex identity problems that stem from post-colonialism, as"
"and Guilds of London Art School. She started her own company, Chandeliers for the People, making lampshades. Between 1998 and 2003 she worked for the design agency Big Fish and includes its founder Perry Haydn Taylor in the dedications of her books. Two picture books both written and illustrated by Child were published in 1999, and also issued in the U.S. within the year: ""I Want a Pet!"" and ""Clarice Bean, That's Me"". The latter, published by Orchard Books, inaugurated the Clarice Bean series, was a highly commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal, and made the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize"
"humor pieces, collegiate financial aid, and Christianity. She has written advice columns for ""Elle"" and Catapult's magazine, and in January 2018, became an advice columnist, with Carvell Wallace, at Slate. Their column, offering parenting advice, is called ""Care and Feeding"". In December 2017, Cliffe joined the board of directors of Electric Literature. Cliffe lives in Utah with her husband and three children. An atheist since college, she converted to Christianity in 2015. She identifies as bisexual. Nicole Cliffe Nicole Cliffe (born September 2, 1982) is a Canadian writer and journalist living in Utah. Cliffe co-founded and co-edited the website The"
"most famously she and Shorter had the idea to actually pay major 1930s celebrities to endorse the ware. This was done both in magazine articles and by appearances at large stores. The celebrities included 'actresses ""Adrienne Allen"", ""Marion Lorne"", ""Marie Tempest"", the BBC presenter ""Christopher Stone"", musical comedy star ""Bobby Howes"" '. Even Sir Malcolm Campbell who had just broken the world land speed record appeared at a promotion at the First Avenue Hotel, London in 1930. Cliff's worldwide impact was made clear by a story in the 'Pasadena Evening Post' in California. It pictured her with a five-foot-high 'horse'"
"and when he married his star designer Clarice Cliff in 1940, she moved into the house and lived there until 1972. It is her association that has made the house particularly famous since. In 1902 Parker and Unwin were asked to design a model village at New Earswick near York for Joseph and Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, and the following year they were given the opportunity to take part in the creation of Letchworth (loosely based on the Utopian plan of Ebenezer Howard), when the First Garden City Company asked them to submit a plan. In 1903 they were involved with"
"new projects, including one with an extraterrestrial theme, inspired by the events of Roswell and Project Blue Book. Jim Cliffe Jim Cliffe is an award-winning writer, director and artist, with a professional background in illustration and animation. His first feature, ""Donovan's Echo"", was released in 2012. Cliffe was born in British Columbia, Canada. He showed strong artistic skills at an early age, and developed his first newspaper published comic strip with his brother Jason at the age of 11. As a kid, Jim's love of movies were often a creative driving force with his art. He also experimented with animation,"
"Jess Cliffe Jess A. Cliffe is a video game designer who is best known as the co-creator of the ""Counter-Strike"" series, along with Minh Le. He is also the ""voice of ""Counter-Strike"""" via the radio commands and sound effects and has also worked on maps for """". He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1999 to 2003. After graduating Cliffe took a job with Valve Corporation, where he is still currently employed as a game designer. However, he was suspended from Valve in early 2018 due to criminal charges. On February 2, 2018 at 1:17 a.m. PST, Cliffe"
"one of the most influential artists ever to come out of Jamaica”. In 2011, Cliff worked with producer Tim Armstrong, lead singer of American punk band Rancid, on the EP ""The Sacred Fire"" and the full-length album ""Rebirth"". ""Rebirth"" was nominated for a Grammy Award for 'Best Reggae Album'. The album was listed at #12 on ""Rolling Stone""'s list of the top 50 albums of 2012, saying ""There's ska, rock steady, roots reggae, a revelatory cover of The Clash's ""Guns of Brixton"" delivered in Cliff's trademark soulful tenor, grittier but still lovely more than 40 years after his debut."" In"
"at the University of Southampton. In October 2005 Cliff was appointed Director of a UK national research consortium, addressing issues in the science and engineering of Large-Scale Complex IT Systems (LSCITS): this £14m ($28m) research project involved approximately 250 person-years of effort over the years 2007-2014. In July 2007, Cliff moved to become Professor of Computer Science at the University of Bristol. The LSCITS Initiative shared much with the research effort in the USA directed at Ultra-Large-Scale Systems (ULSS). In 2011, Cliff and Linda Northrop (Director of the USA's Software Engineering Institute's ULSS Project) jointly authored a paper on the"
"Cliff (album) Cliff is the debut album by British singer Cliff Richard and his band the Drifters (later known as the Shadows). The album is a live-in-the-studio recording of their early rock and roll in front of an invited audience of several hundred fans. It was recorded over two nights during February 1959 in Studio 2 at EMI Recording Studios (later known as Abbey Road Studios) with Norrie Paramor as producer. The album contains renderings of Richard's hit single ""Move It"", both tracks of the yet to be released Drifters' instrumental single ""Jet Black"" and ""Driftin'"" and covers of rock"
"winning the Tattoo Artist of the Year award from the First Annual International Tattoo Convention in February 1976, Cliff and his partner Buddy Mac McFall, and partner Dale Grande bought out Lyle Tuttle’s Sunset Strip Tattoo Shop in California as Cliff was looking to expand his work in the area of full body Japanese aesthetic Tattooing. Cliff subsequently swapped his interest in the Chicago operations for a full ownership of the West coast operations. He and a partner quickly established Tattoo Works—two sister studios, with one in Los Angeles (Cliff Raven Studios, now known as Sunset Strip Tattoo) which was,"
"tells her the tale of the strawberry cliff, emphasizing on how sweet death is. Strawberry Cliff Strawberry Cliff is a 2011 Hong Kong thriller film written and directed by Chris Chow, who has participated in writing scripts for films such as ""Fearless"" and """". It stars Eason Chan and Leslie-Anne Huff and was filmed in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles. The film also features Eason Chan in his first English language role and Chris Chow in his directorial debut. Kate has a supernatural power, that with one look, she can tell a person's time of death without any mistake."
"Clarissa Explains It All Clarissa Explains It All is an American teen sitcom created by Mitchell Kriegman for Nickelodeon. In the series, Clarissa Darling, played by Melissa Joan Hart, is a teenager who addresses the audience directly to describe the things that are happening in her life, dealing with typical adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra, and an annoying younger brother. A total of 65 episodes were produced and aired from March 23, 1991 to October 1, 1994. From August 1992 onwards, the series headlined the popular SNICK (Saturday night Nickelodeon) lineup. Reruns of"