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Amy Abbott’s Handmade Book: A Journey in Natural Dyeing
News17 July 2025 -
Great excitement today as we received a gift of ceramics and supporting archive material for our collections from former MMU senior lecturer Alex McErlain. Alex is a well known and loved potter, author and curator who is a long time supporter of Special Collections, past and present students and potters everywhere. A wonderful resource - thank you!
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see Art UK's latest curation of Joan Hargreaves work Out from the shadows: Joan Hargreaves (1920–2007) at Manchester Metropolitan University by David Saywell Joan Hargreaves (1920–2007) was born into a cotton-mill owning family in Lancashire. She studied at Manchester School of Art before being awarded a scholarship and completing her post-graduate studies at the Royal College of Art in 1949. She exhibited in Manchester at the Whitworth Gallery as a member of the Manchester Society of Modern Painters in the 1950s, as well as in London with the London Group, as well as lecturing on anatomy and movement at the Slade School of Fine Art. Dutch Girl 1948 Joan Hargreaves (1920–2007) Oil on canvas Manchester Metropolitan University: Special Collections Museum
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Mr & Mrs by David Clarke Material Ceramic, old pewter Year 2018 Manchester Metropolitan University: Special Collection Museum.
