Paul Scott, "Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 7 (After Stubbs)", 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75". transfer print collage on pearlware jug designed by Paul Scott and Ed Bentley. Model made by Ed Bentley, fabricated by "Ceramics by Design", Longton, Stoke on Trent, England The inside, ‘Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug No:7, (After Stubbs)'. Decal collage on pearlware jug, 390mm x 350mm x 50mm. Paul Scott 2021 transferware; blue & white; pearlware; Cumbrian Blue(s); sampler; Stubbs; Black Lives Matter Protests; Police riot; New American Scenery; collage; decal; pearlware; Paul Scott; Joseph Stubbs; Detroit Ghost gardens; Angola 3: Pipelines and Peltier; Standing Rock; Belle Island; Cape Coast Castle; Portland; Selma; Uranium

Paul Scott Souvenirs & Samplers Series

Series of artworks that remixes patterns drawn from New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives on “Sampler” & “Souvenir” forms.

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  • Pattern Sampler, No. 4

  • Pattern Sampler (after Stubbs), Detroit Souvenir No. 6

  • Sampler Jug No. 10, Shelburne & Sugar

Samplers & Souvenirs Series

Series of artworks that remixes patterns drawn from New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives on “Sampler” & “Souvenir” forms.

Please check back as new works and available selections are added continually with developing displays and informational pdfs.

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Souvenir of Albany 1


Souvenir of Albany 2


Sampler Jug No. 7


(after Stubbs)

Sampler Jug No. 6


Fleurs.de.Sel’s New York (after Stubbs)

Sampler Jug No. 10


Shelburne & Sugar

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Sampler Jugs


Sampler Jugs, the pitcher, or “jug” in the UK, is a prototypical transferware vessel. This series remixes patterns drawn from other New American Scenery motifs to create new, layered narratives within the series

Paul Scott, "Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 7 (After Stubbs)", 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75".transfer print collage on pearlware jug designed by Paul Scott and Ed Bentley. Model made by Ed Bentley, fabricated by "Ceramics by Design", Longton, Stoke on Trent, England The inside, ‘Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug No:7, (After Stubbs)'. Decal collage on pearlware jug, 390mm x 350mm x 50mm. Paul Scott 2021 transferware; blue & white; pearlware; Cumbrian Blue(s); sampler; Stubbs; Black Lives Matter Protests; Police riot; New American Scenery; collage; decal; pearlware; Paul Scott; Joseph Stubbs; Detroit Ghost gardens; Angola 3: Pipelines and Peltier; Standing Rock; Belle Island; Cape Coast Castle; Portland; Selma; Uranium

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 7 (After Stubbs)”, 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75″.

Paul Scott, "Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 6, Fleurs.de.Sel's New York (after Stubbs)", 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75". transfer print collage on pearlware jug designed by Paul Scott and Ed Bentley. Model made by Ed Bentley, fabricated by "Ceramics by Design", Longton, Stoke on Trent, England

Paul Scott, “Cumbrian Blue(s), New American Scenery, Sampler Jug, No. 6, Fleurs.de.Sel’s New York (after Stubbs)”, 2021, transfer print collage on pearlware jug, 15 x 14 x 11.75″.

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Paul Scott’s over-sized sampler jugs were inspired by historical transfer-printed jugs in museum collections. They were slip cast in Staffordshire using a mould that was developed from his drawings and photographs. Each is decorated with a selection of motifs – in the form of print decals from the New American Scenery series. He has described this jug as his most resolved example because it constitutes the most comprehensive sampling of border patterns and themes developed and explored throughout the whole series. The American Eagle motif that appears in several places was taken from the Spread Eagle motif used by the Staffordshire firm of Joseph Stubbs (active c1824–36).

There is a rationale for Scott’s treatment of every inch of surface. The first stage involves applying historical transfer-printed border designs as frames for selected imagery. He calls this ‘creating an architecture … I do the neck,’ he says, ‘I do the spout, I do the handle and then I create the spaces on the surface to infill with the graphic.’

Essay by Jo Dahn

Paul Scott, New American Scenery Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 1-2, featuring article by Jo Dahn on left with ceramic sampler jug

Paul Scott, NAS Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 1

Paul Scott, New American Scenery Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 3-4, Spread featuring about Paul Scott with a portrait of the artist with a ceramic sampler jug, a row of two plates, and a paragraph of captions for the artworks in the brochure.

Paul Scott, NAS Artwork Series Brochure, 2023, Pg 4