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Ralph Levy<br />
Remembering a maker<br />
The Artists Open Houses festival returns this<br />
month, with more than 180 homes and studios<br />
opening to the public. But there will be one<br />
notable venue missing from the map: The Handmade<br />
House – the Ditchling home and studio<br />
of the self-taught ceramicist, product designer<br />
and teacher Ralph Levy, who died suddenly in<br />
January.<br />
“He was always very inspiring and encouraging to<br />
other creative people,” recalls Lucy Greenaway,<br />
who worked with Ralph and at one time shared<br />
The Handmade House. “He had a particular way<br />
about him and was quite experimental. He never<br />
had one particular style. He was always trying<br />
something new.”<br />
Originally from New Zealand, Ralph came to<br />
Sussex by way of Australia and Greece, picking up<br />
inspiration from ancient Roman and Greek pottery<br />
along the way. He arrived in Brighton in the<br />
80s where he set up studio in one of the seafront<br />
arches, and moved to Ditchling in 2001 when a<br />
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