Roderick Bamford

  • Maker (Ceramist),
  • Designer
Designer, ceramicist and sculptor. Bamford designed 'The Artist Cup Collection' for Australian coffee company, Manfredi Enterprises, Sydney, in 1999.
Tags: ceramicist, designer

Roderick Bamford is a ceramicist, designer and sculptor. In 1993 he established Cone Nine Design studio with Janine Brody on the NSW Central Coast.

In 1998 Stefano Manfredi and Julie Manfredi-Hughes approached Bamford to help develop a suite of contemporary coffee cups and also a range of tableware for their Sydney restaurant, bel mondo. Bamford made prototypes by hand and in digital format and the Manfredis took the project to first, the Royal Thai Porcelain factory and later, Monno Ceramic Industries Limited, in Bangladesh. The Artist Cup Collection (1999), which is in the Powerhouse Museum collection, was part of this suite.

In 2005 Bamford was awarded an Australia Council grant to develop industrial production techniques to make his own limited edition production ware. In 2007 his work was included in the Powerhouse Museum exhibition 'Smart works: design and the handmade’.

Writers:
Powerhouse Museum
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Date written:
2012
Last updated:
2012
Source of info:
(1994), 'The Artist Cup Collection', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.