Roger Law

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

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Early life

He went to Littleport Secondary Modern School in Littleport, Cambridgeshire. He attended Cambridge School of Art (now part of Anglia Ruskin University) from which he was expelled in 1960. He met Peter Fluck during his time there.

Career

He was an illustrator and cartoonist for The Observer from 1962-5, the for The Sunday Times from 1965-7 and 1971-5.

After Spitting Image finished in 1996, Law became the Artist in residence at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia.[1] he subsequently moved to Jingdezhen, China where he makes large porcelain vessels.[2]

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ "The spitting image of a happy Pom", Daily Telegraph, 4 September 1999
  2. ^ Ceramic Review Magazine, Issue 235, Jan/Feb 2009

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