Truda Carter

Following their marriage the couple moved to South Africa, to teach at the School of Art at Durban Technical College.

[1] Returning to Britain, Truda and John joined the pottery at Poole, Dorset, in 1921, with the formation of the new company "Carter, Stabler and Adams Ltd" by its directors Cyril Carter (who Truda was later to marry), Harold Stabler and John Adams.

[2] Initially adapting the designs of her predecessor at Poole Pottery, James Radley Young, Carter went on to develop more complex patterns with clear influences from European Art Deco pottery and prints, as well as contemporary abstract modernist painting.

Carter created the vast majority of the patterns that decorated Poole Pottery during the 1920s and '30s.

Truda Carter remained resident designer at Poole Pottery until her retirement in 1950.