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{{short description|British ceramic designer}}
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{{Notability|Biography|date=December 2023}}
'''Alison Appleton''' (born 1965) is a British [[Ceramic art|ceramic designer]] based in the [[Baltic Triangle]], [[Liverpool]], specializing in [[porcelain]] [[teaware]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-16 |title=Women in Business: Alison Appleton - Liverpool Daily Post |url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/smes/women-in-business-alison-appleton-6399174 |access-date=2023-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216225924/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/smes/women-in-business-alison-appleton-6399174 |archive-date=16 December 2013 }}</ref>
== Work ==
Appleton has a degree in printed textile design from [[Liverpool College of Art]], and established her own studio in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Leonard|first1=Damian|title=Cup Winner|work=Your Move magazine|issue=356|date=31 January 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2013-08-28 |title=Profiles: Alison Appleton |url=https://homegirllondon.com/profiles-alison-appleton/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Homegirl London |language=en-US}}</ref> She has been retailing under her own brand since 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Benedetti|first=Ginevra|title=High Street Heroes: Alison Appleton|newspaper=Ideal Home magazine|date=February 2014}}</ref>
Her collections are influenced by a range of sources, using specialist [[Clay|clays]] and [[Ceramic glaze|glazes]] to create different textures and finishes,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Leonard |first1=Damian |date=31 January 2014 |title=Cup Winner |work=Your Move magazine |issue=356}}</ref> and all her [[Teapot|teapots]] include [[Stainless steel|stainless-steel]] fine-mesh filters for us with fine and long-leafed teas.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nicholls |first=Mark |title=Introducing Alison |url=http://twinings.co.uk/about-twinings/latest-news/introducing-alison,-a-conversation-with-mark-nicholls |accessdate=26 May 2014 |publisher=Twinings Tea}}</ref>
Her products have been featured in various publications and magazines.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 May 2013 |title=Get This! |work=S Magazine |publisher=Sunday Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 November 2013 |title=Luxury Gift Guide: Women |work=Sunday Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=7 June 2013 |title=Style Buys: the perfect brew |work=Yorkshire Post}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Benedetti |first1=Ginevra |date=February 2014 |title=High Street Heroes: Alison Appleton |work=Ideal Home}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=October 2013 |title=This Week We're Loving.... |work=Bella}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Silk |first1=Paul |date=26 April 2013 |title=Designer Coffee Pots |work=Shortlist}}</ref> In 2013 Appleton was awarded the Winner of Innovation Award by Merseyside Women of the Year for her work in establishing international trade,<ref>{{cite web|title=Alison Appleton Winner of Innovation Award|url=http://www.womeninbusiness.co.uk/index.php/Winners-Runners-Up-2013/alison-appleton.html|publisher=Merseyside Women of the Year|access-date=2014-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122223600/http://womeninbusiness.co.uk/index.php/Winners-Runners-Up-2013/alison-appleton.html|archive-date=2016-11-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the following year she was appointed an Export Champion by [https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-trade-investment UK Trade and Investment] North West.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hodgson |first1=Neil |date=21 November 2014 |title=Ceramics designer Alison Appleton is an Export Champion |work=Liverpool Echo |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/ceramics-designer-alison-appleton-export-8142178 |accessdate=21 November 2014}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://alisonappleton.com}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023}}
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Alumni of Liverpool College of Art]]
[[Category:British ceramicists]]
[[Category:British women ceramicists]]
[[Category:Living people]]