Roger Law

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Law speaking at the TYPO Berlin conference in 2014

Roger Law (born 6 September 1941) is a British caricaturist, ceramicist and one half of Luck and Flaw (with Peter Fluck), creators of the popular satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image.

Early life and education

Law was born in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. Law went to Littleport Secondary Modern School in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, and attended Cambridge School of Art (now part of Anglia Ruskin University). He met Peter Fluck during his time there.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

He was an illustrator, comics artist <ref name="auto"/> and cartoonist for The Observer from 1962–65, then for The Sunday Times from 1965–67 and 1971-75 (where his colleagues included Francis Wyndham and Bruce Chatwin).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> At the Sunday Times he was active as a courtroom sketch artist. <ref name="auto"/> Law also co-designed the album covers of Axis: Bold As Love by Jimi Hendrix and The Who Sell Out (1967) by The Who. <ref name="auto"/>

After Spitting Image finished in 1996, Law became the artist in residence at the National Art School in Sydney.<ref>"The spitting image of a happy Pom", The Daily Telegraph, 4 September 1999</ref> He subsequently moved to Jingdezhen, China where he makes large porcelain vessels.<ref>Ceramic Review Magazine, Issue 235, Jan/Feb 2009</ref> It was meeting the Australian-Chinese ceramicist Ah Xian, who in turn introduced him to the pottery workshops of Jingdezhen, that led Law to embark on a new artistic career.

A film by Catherine Hunter – described by one critic as "a cautionary tale of fame and the possibilities of new beginnings"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> – follows Law as he prepares work for an exhibition of ceramics at London's revered Victoria and Albert Museum.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A feature documentary by Michael Coulson, called Still Spitting, was being produced in 2013, but as of 2020 it remains unreleased. The film tells the story of how Law's life as a caricaturist was dramatically changed by the demands of the Spitting Image TV show, reveals what happened to him after the show finished in 1996 and follows him as he strives to achieve his dream of making a "big pot" in China.

Personal life

He married Deirdre Amsden (a quilt designer) in 1960 in Cambridge. They have a son (born 1962) and daughter (born 1965).

External links

• Roger Law - ThreeHumanSinc
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• Biography
• Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
• The Times March 2005Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore
• Whatever happened to the teapots?
• BBC Four- Arena
• Roger Law Biography
• Roger Law: spitting and spinning
• Roger Law's Odyssey from satire on TV to China's porcelain city
• Roger Law Fen Ditton Gallery
• Roger Law Scottish Gallery
• Roger Law on discogs.com
• Roger Law spitting image Sainsbury Centre
• John Lloyd Oldie Puppeteer of the Year: Roger Law
• BBC Radio 3 The ceramics of Roger Law
• BBC Radio 4 Roger Law: Art and Seoul
• BBC Radio 4 Roger Law and the Giant Pot
• BBC Radio 4 Roger Law: Art and Seoul
• BBC Radio 4 Extra The New Silk Road with Roger Law
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities
• BBC Radio 3 Private Passions, Roger Law
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Roger Law and the Chinese Curiosities
• BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs
• BBC Radio 4 Midweek, Roger Law
• BBC Radio London Rober Elms With Roger Law, Kate Robbins, Joseph Connolly and St John Stephens
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Roger's Rabbits
• BBC Radio Manchester Becky Want, 30 years of Spitting Image
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Spitting in Russian
• BBC Radio 4 Extra South Africa spits back
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Spitting Images
• BBC Radio 4 Best of Today
• BBC Radio 4 The Museum of Curiosity
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Whatever happened to the Teapots?
• BBC World Service Witness History Spitting Image
• BBC Radio 4 Extra Wow! How Did They Do That?
• BBC Radio 4 Art Made in China
• BBC Radio 4 Satire: The Great British Tradition
• BBC Radio 4 I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Into Here
• BBC Radio Scotland Spitting Images
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