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Born in North Shields, England, Harbutt studied at the National Art Training School in London, and eventually became an associate of the Royal College of Artist
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William Harbutt
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Harbutt invented around 1897 as a non-drying modelling clay for use by his students. At the time he was living in Hartley House, Alfred Street, Bath. Later moving to The Grange, High Street, Bathampton.
In 1899 Harbutt was awarded a trade mark, and in 1900 a factory was set up at nearby Bathampton to manufacture the product for commercial sale.
Harbutt travelled widely to promote the product, and his theories about the teaching of art by allowing children free expression. He died of pneumonia while on a trip to New York in 1921.
The Paradise in garden, a creation of journalist and presenter James May displayed at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show included a bust of Harbutt sculpted by Jane McAdam Freud.
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British