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Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, John Dermer, Salt Glazed Stoneware Pot by John Dermer, 1977
John DERMER (1949- ) Born Melbourne, Victoria John Dermer studied Ceramics at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Hawthorne State College (Diploma of Education), before working in potteries in England. Upon his return to Australia he established "Kirby's Flat Pottery" studio at Yackandandah, Victoria in 1974. John is proudly a product of the Leach/Hamada movement in ceramics. He sees this as a tradition that for him represents the essence of working with clay. The lines are pure and balanced while the forms are honest, proud and passionate. Yars of research and experience in salt glazing were rewarded in 2006 when John Dermerwon the highly prestigious Saltzbrand Keramik International Award in Koblenz, Germany. Another avenue of ceramics for which John is renowned is in the field of terra sigillata. This passion had its foundation back in 1987 when he received a major commission from Romaldo Giurgola and Pamille Berg for the new Parliament House in Canberra. During the completion of these massive pieces for the Prime Minister’s suite and Cabinet entry he had to invent and develop methods for decorating and firing the pots successfully. The completed pieces are still regarded by John as some of his finest works. John Dermer was a visiting lecturer to the Gippsland Centre of Art and Design (GCAD). This work is part of the Jan Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection. Jan Feder was an alumna of the Gippsland Campus who studied ceramics on the campus. She passed away in the mid 1980s. Her student peers raised funds to buy ceramic works in her memory. They bought works from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught there.Salt glazed stoneware pot This work is part of the Jan Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection. Jan Feder was an alumna of the Gippsland Campus who studied ceramics on the campus. She passed away in the mid 1980s. Her student peers raised funds to buy ceramic works in her memory. They bought works from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught there.Signed on base 'John Dermer'john dermer, ceramics, artwork, artists, gippsland campus, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, salt glaze, kirby's flat pottery, stoneware -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Artwork - Ceramics, Stoneware Bowl by Robin Welch, 1980
Robin WELCH ( 23 July 1936-5 December 2019) Born Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England Robin Welch is one of the most highly respected contemporary British potters. The full range of his work includes large vessels with related paintings, fine drawings, and distinctive bowls and vases which explore colour, surface texture, form, detail of edge, and line. He is one of small group of significant British potters who expanded the language of throwing pots on the wheel through post-wheel additions and alteration. This gave his generally cylindrical forms a more organic and sculptural aspect, but their heavily coloured and textured surfaces were as much about painting, too, as Robin sought an integration of the visual disciplines he enjoyed. As he once wrote: “There’s no divide between art or craft. You decide to be an artist and you’ll use anything. If marooned on a desert island you’d use driftwood.” (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/27/robin-welch-obituary, accessed 23 March 2021) Initially studying at Penzance School of Art under Michael Leach (son of Bernard Leach) and the Central School of Art, London Robin Welch then worked part-time at the Leach Pottery between 1953 and 1959 before opening his own pottery in London's west end (1960 to 1962). After a couple of years of world travel, including working in Australia from 1962 to1965 helping Ian Sprague set up his Mungeribar Pottery and exhibiting in Melbourne, Robin Welch returned to England setting up Stadbroke Pottery in Eye, Suffolk in 1965. Apart from his studion work Robnin Welch was a skilled designer for industry including Wedgwood. When not in his Suffolk studio Robin Welch spent much time in Australia where he appreciated the outback’s arid earth, brilliant light, grittier textures and luminous colour. Stoneware bowl on a tall foot. Calcium matt glaze, underglaze colour with underglaze metallic lustre. ceramic, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, robin welch, gippsland campus, mungeribar pottery, stadbroke pottery -
Duldig Studio museum + sculpture garden
Ceramic, Karl Duldig, Gumnut Bowl by Karl Duldig c.1948, c. 1948
... such as the Primrose Pottery Shop, and the story of Australian studio ceramics ...Karl Duldig’s ceramic bowl is a particularly interesting example of Karl’s ability to creatively respond to a new environment with a fresh visual repertoire, in this case, the flowering Eucalyptus in a design reminiscent of traditional European folk art. The bowl is an excellent example of the utilitarian and decorative studio pottery produced by Karl and his wife Slawa Horowitz-Duldig between 1944 and 1960. Clay was an important medium for Karl. When he was forced to flee Austria for Switzerland, working with clay became a convenient medium; and he continued to expand his use of clay in Singapore. In Australia his work in clay extended from domestic hand-made pottery to public sculptures and architectural reliefs. In 1944 Duldig purchased a kiln, which was installed in the garage of the family’s St. Kilda flat, soon after a pottery wheel was acquired. It was the beginning of a cottage industry that supplemented the family income during the war years and beyond. Duldig initially sold his decorative ceramic wares through a local florist in St. Kilda, and subsequently through shops such as the Chez Nous French Art Shop (Howey Place) and Light and Shade (Royal Arcade), and the Primrose Pottery shop in Collins Street. The Primrose Pottery shop was an extremely important commercial outlet, and hub, for emerging artists, potters and designers from 1929 until 1974. Its proprietors Edith and Betty MacMillan worked closely with their suppliers, commissioning and taking items on consignment. In the post war period important Melbourne studio potters such as Allan Lowe, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval and Neil Douglas exhibited and sold domestic wares in the Primrose Pottery shop. The Duldigs studio pottery provides a counterpoint to the ceramics produced at Arthur Merric Boyd Pottery in Murrumbeena, which was established in 1944 by Arthur Boyd, John Perceval and Peter Herbst. The emphasis on painterly decoration was important and the AMB potters also produced simple household wares decorated with Australian flora and wildlife, for example Neil Douglas also made small bowls decorated with the fairy wrens, lyrebirds, gumnuts and eucalypts. Ann Carew 2016The Duldig Studio’s collection of ceramics has national aesthetic and historic significance. It contains a representative sample of works of art in ceramics created by Karl Duldig during his lifetime, including small sculptures, as well as functional and novelty items for the tourist market during the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games. The artist’s working methods and the development of his practice are comprehensively demonstrated in the collection. This in-situ collection demonstrates the philosophy of the Vienna Secession and its inheritors that handcrafted, simple functional domestic wares might enrich both the lives of the maker and the user. This bowl is part of a collection of ceramics that has national historic significance in providing a rich illustration of an immigrant and artistic experience, and touching on the themes of settlement adaptation of artistic practice. The collection is also associated with places of cultural and historical significance in Melbourne such as the Primrose Pottery Shop, and the story of Australian studio ceramics in the post-war years. Ann Carew 2016Cream earthenware bowl with flowering gum motif and sponged green background.Duldig in script incised under. -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, [Vessel] by Tony Nankervis
... ceramics collection ceramics woodfire Australian Studio Pottery ...Tall cylindrical wood fired form. If you are able to assist with information of this artist or artwork please use the email link below right. jan feder memorial ceramics collection, ceramics, woodfire, australian studio pottery, tony nankervis -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Bruce Stewart
... Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection Australian Studio Pottery ...jan feder memorial ceramics collection, australian studio pottery, bruce stewart, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork - Ceramics, Ceramic Forms by Elsa Adern
Elsa ADERN (1918-2006) Born New Zealand Arrived Melbourne 1942 Elsa Ardern was living at Warrandyte in 1954 when she started studying pottery under John Bernard Knight at the Melbourne Technical College. In 1961 she was a founding member of Potters' Cottage at Warrandyte with friends Sylvia Halpern and Kate Janeba. She worked from a studio under the family home, exhibiting at the cottage and also through the Victorian Ceramic Group when it was set up in 1969. In 1980 she established a workshop at Tathra on the far south coast of NSW, sharing her time between Tathra and Warrandyte for the next 25 years. Amongst the work made at Tathra were some very large pieces which she fired in the Stafford Brothers' wood-fired brick-kiln at Kalaru. Part of the clay for these came from the Staffords' clay-pits. Elsa Adern is known for her strong form of her pots, enhanced by her characteristically subtle wood-ash glazes. Her works are signed with an incised 'Elsa Ardern' or 'EA'. (http://www.australianpotteryatbemboka.com.au/shop/index.php?manufacturers_id=32)available, elsa adern, available ceramics, ceramics -
Federation University Art Collection
Artwork - Ceramics, Ceramic Form by Rene Sutherland, c1945
Rene SUTHERLAND ( - c1993) Geelong based studio potter from 1940s and 1950s. Rene Sutherland left a generous bequest in her will to the Geelong Art Society which was put towards building a new art studio, named the Rene Sutherland Studio in her honour. A small, hand molded ceramic floweravailable, available ceramics, ceramics, rene sutherland, flora -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, 'Ceramic Bowl' by Gwyn Hanssen Piggot, 1990
Gwyn HANSSEN PIGGOT (1935-11.07.2013) Born Ballarat Gwyn Hanssen Piggot completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Melbourne University in 1954. She spent three years apprenticed to Ivan McMeekin at Sturt Pottery, Mittagong, New South Wales. Between 1958 and 1965 Gwyn Hanssen Piggot worked at various potteries in the United Kingdom, including Winchcombe Pottery in Gloucestershire, Leach Pottery at St Ives, and Wenford Bridge Pottery and Aldermaston Pottery in Berkshire. In 1960 she established her own studio in London. The essence of her work is purity, simplicity and form. She worked with porcelain for strength and for its translucent nature, and fired with wood to add a dine ash bloom to glazes. In 1992 Gwyn Hanssen-Piggott visited the Ballarat School of Mines Ceramics students, under the direction if lecturers Neville French and Prue Venables In 1994 she was artist in residence at the Ballarat School of Mines for six months. Gwyn Hanson Piggott received the Order of Australia Medal in 2002. Born Gwynion Lawrie John at Ballarat on 01 January 1935, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott died in London on 11 July 2018 London where she was for a solo exhibition of her new work. This item was purchased by the Ballarat University College Acquisition Committee. It is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 2000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007. A bowl by internationally renowned ceramicist Gwyn Hanssen-Piggott. Photograph: HStudioart, artwork, ceramics, bowl, ballarat, gwynn hanssen piggot -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Porcelain, 'Nocturnal Jar' by Peter Pilven, 1989
Peter PILVEN (1956- ) Born Ballarat Peter Pilven is acknowledged by his peers for his high level of tacit skills, including throwing, and for his sound technical knowledge of materials.Training with John Gilbert's Edinburgh Pottery from 1972-1975, Pilven trained with Joan Campbell in Fremantle in 1976. In 1977 Peter Pilven obtained a Diploma of Fine Art (Ceramics) from Ballarat College of Advanced Education (now Federation University). The following year he worked with Ian Dowling at Geraldton, WA, and with the Western Australian Aboriginal Education Unit in 1979. He next trained with Alan Cagier-Smith in England between 1980 and 1981. Peter Pilven established his own studio in 1982. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Wheel thrown high-fired oxidised porcelain, multi layered painting with stains and oxides.art, artwork, pilven, peter pilven, ceramics, high fire -
Ballarat Heritage Services
Ceramic - Artwork - Ceramics, Pottery Vase by Mark Reid
Mark REID Mark Reid began working with clay in the early 1980s, working for a time at Kairi Pottery in North Queensland. In 1985, he and his wife Robyn set up the Torvil Pottery at Buninyong, Victoria. In 1991, they relocated to a 10 acre property in nearby Magpie and set up the Ballarat Clayfire Gallery with a working studio, gallery and residence. In 2005, the Clayfire Gallery was located to Daylesford. Reid signs his work with an incised 'Mark Reid' or 'MR'. Photograph of a hand thrown ceramic vase. australian landscape pottery, gilbert buchanan, graham wood, landscape, redbyrne pottery, ceramics, shepparton, torvil pottery, ballarat clayfire gallery -
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Ceramic - Ceramics, Jill Giles, Pottery Teapot by Jill Giles, c1985
Jill Giles is a potter who was active in Geelong from the mid 1970s until the mid 1990s. Her work may be marked 'J Giles' (painted), 'Giles Geelong Australia' (impressed) or G over J (impressed). Her daughter Melinda Solly also makes ceramics.Photograph of a hand thrown and decorated ceramic teapot by Jill Giles. ceramics, studio pottery, teapot, jill giles, coffee pot -
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Ceramic - Ceramics, Ceramic Canister by NPCP
... ' design. ceramics gumleaf decoration studio pottery Australian ...Photograph of a hand thrown glazed stoneware canister with 'Gum Leaf' design. ceramics, gumleaf decoration, studio pottery, australian studio pottery -
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Ceramic - Ceramics, Ceramic Cup
... studio pottery Australian studio pottery wartook Pottery ...Photograph of a hand thrown cup with glaze decoration. ceramics, landscape, studio pottery, australian studio pottery -
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Ceramic - Studio Pottery, John Gleeson, Ceramic Platter, 2007
... Ceramics Australian Studio POttery John Gleeson ...John GLEESON Living at Campbell's Creek for over 30 years, John Gleeson makes a range of functional stoneware pottery. He fell in loved with pottery during a hobby class in Geelong in 1972. He worked for a year at Canny Ridge Pottery in Harcourt. John Gleeson uses white stoneware and porcelain clay from The Bendigo Pottery, and buff clay from Bennetts Pottery in Adelaide. He mixed all his own glazes from commercially sourced raw materials, sometimes supplemented with ash from his fire and local red clay to get special effects.Large celadon platter with incised fish design. john gleason, studio pottery, ceramics, australian studio pottery -
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Ceramic, Lidded Container, c1988
Sweenies Creek Pottery was located at 1507 Strathfieldsaye Rd, Axe Creek. Owned and run by Graham Masters, he specialises in a patented technique of low relief stoneware depicting Australian animals and landscapes. Graham Masters graduated from Bendigo Institute of Technology in 197 with a Diploma of Art and Design in Ceramics. He operated a pottery for a year in Bendigo, before working at Maldon Pottery, Maldon, Victoria, with Neville Wilson and Thomas Metcalf. He left Maldon to set up his own pottery at Sweenies Creek in 1984 and has been there ever since. ceramics, sweenies creek pottery, graham masters, australian studio pottery -
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Ceramic, Lidded Container, c1988
... Australian Studio Pottery ...Sweenies Creek Pottery was located at 1507 Strathfieldsaye Rd, Axe Creek. Owned and run by Graham Masters, he specialises in a patented technique of low relief stoneware depicting Australian animals and landscapes. Graham Masters graduated from Bendigo Institute of Technology in 197 with a Diploma of Art and Design in Ceramics. He operated a pottery for a year in Bendigo, before working at Maldon Pottery, Maldon, Victoria, with Neville Wilson and Thomas Metcalf. He left Maldon to set up his own pottery at Sweenies Creek in 1984 and has been there ever since. Pierced lidded container by Sweeney Creek Potteryceramics, sweenies creek pottery, australian studio pottery -
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Ceramic, Ceramic Vase, c2000
... . ceramics Australian Studio Pottery ...Pottery with flower design.ceramics, australian studio pottery -
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Photograph - Image, Peter Pilven, Ceramic Form by Peter Pilven, c2010
... pilven ceramics Australian Studio pottery Peter Pilven ...Colour photograph of a ceramic form by Peter Pilven.peter pilven, ceramics, australian studio pottery -
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Photograph, Ceramic Bottle by Maldon Pottery
... or an impressed 'N'. Maldon pottery ceramics australian studio pottery ...Maldon Pottery was established in 1973 by Neville Wilson (1946-1996), Tom Metcalf (1948- ) and Graham Masters (1950- ) on Barringhup Road, Maldon, Victoria. Tom Metcalf and Graham Masters Masters graduated from Bendigo College of Advanced Education all Bendigo graduates. Wilson ) He was a skilled drawer and did all the brushwork. Metcalf (1948- ) graduated in 1968, did two years' work experience at Non-porite in Melbourne, then worked as a thrower and decorator at Bendigo Pottery from 1971-73. He is T.M. on Epsom ware. Masters (1950- ) graduated in 1973 and established the Enterprise Pottery at Myers Flat with Morris Hesse in 1974, so must have joined the partnership later than the others. He left in 1984 to set up his own Sweenies Creek Pottery. Metcalf left in the late 1980s, leaving Wilson to operate the pottery by himself until his death in 1996. As well as using the Maldon Pottery stamp, Wilson signed some of his work with his name or an impressed 'N'. Photograph of a hand thrown ceramic bottle, with glaze design depicting an Australian landscape in the 'continuous trees' pattern.maldon pottery, ceramics, australian studio pottery -
Mentone Grammar School
Sculpture (collection), 'Boy', 1967
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Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Artwork - Ceramics, Woodfired Lidded Jar by Stewart Scambler, c1986
... campus woodfire 86 bohemian ceramics Australian Studio Pottery ...Stewart SCAMBLER Stewart Scrambler is also a woodfirer, making ceramic forms inspired by the Western Australian landscape from local clays and glazes and a mix of native timbers from his York property. He used an incised or impressed 'Stewart' for his mark on early works but later started incising his full name.Wheelthrown and woodfired lidded jar. stewart scrambler, ceramics, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, gippsland campus, woodfire 86, bohemian ceramics, australian studio pottery -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Artwork, Wood Fired Pot by Russell Thorpe, c1979
... memorial ceramics collection russell thorpe Australian Studio ...Russell THORPE Russell Thorpe was a Diploma of Visual Art student at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD) from 1977 to 1979.Ana-gama fired stoneware with seaweed markings.jan feder memorial ceramics collection, russell thorpe, australian studio pottery, alumni -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Stoneware by Jan Feder, c1980
Wheel thrown reduction-fired stoneware with feldspar hoc crackle and tenmoku glaze. This collection of work is part of the Jan Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection. Jan Feder was an alumna of the Gippsland Campus who studied ceramics on the campus. She passed away in the mid 1980s. Her student peers raised funds to buy ceramic works in her memory. They bought works from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught there. The reduction fired stoneware includes feldspathic crackle and Tenmoui glazes. ceramics, jan feder, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, churchill, gippsland campus, stoneware -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Sue Ferns, Raku Sculptural Form by Susan Ferns, c1983
... collection alumni Australian Studio Pottery Sue Ferns ...Susan Ferns was a Diploma Student at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design.Raku sculpture Formsusan ferns, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, alumni, australian studio pottery -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Artwork - Ceramics, Jan Feder, Lidded Stoneware Casseroles with iron glaze by Jan Feder, 1981
Jan FEDER ( - 1981) Jan Feder is an alumna of Federation University having studied ceramics at the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (now Federation Univesity Gippsland campus). Jan Feder was respected by all students for her diligence and technical ability. Her tragic death in 1981 evoked an immediate response from her peers for a memorial. Students discussed a number of memorial options, such as funds for equipment, scholarships and awards. The decision to commence a collection was made based on the idea that all future students culd benefit from the availability of a collection, whereas only a very few individuals could benefit from a scholarship. Students immediately set about raising money by selling 'seconds' called 'Junque Sales'. a total of $760.00 was raised and the first two works purchased were by Victor Greenaway and Victoria Howlett. Ceramic works were purchased from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught at the Gippsland Campus. The Artist in Residendence Program assisted the collection, with many resident artists conrtibuting to the Collection (ie Robin Welch, Anna Zamorska, Sandy Brown), as well as international guests. Ceramic events such as 'Strzelecki Spotkanie 1984' and 'Woodfire 86' also resulted on major contributions to the collection. Three lidded pots by Jan Feder made in 1981.jan feder, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, ceramics, gippsland campus, alumni, casserole -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Grant Finke, Vessel by Grant Finke
... Grant Finke Jan Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection Australian ...Bulbous shaped ceramic vesselgrant finke, jan feder memorial ceramics collection, australian studio pottery -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic, Giuseppe Ranieri, Majolica Candle Holder by Guiseppe Raneri, 1980s
“My main aim is to develop a sense of understanding in the mystery of the human condition, both in the reality of life and the spirituality of death. My work uses figurative imagery, both painterly and sculptural in the ceramic medium.” (http://gallery.baag.com.au/?p=34)Giuseppe RANERI (1959- ) Born Italy Giuseppe Raneri completed a Bachelor of Arts in Ceramic Design in 1982, followed by a residency at the Meat Market Craft Centre before travelling extensively overseas. Upon his return to Australia he set up his own studio in Fitzroy from 1988-1997. His work includes colourful hand-painted tablewareCeramic candlestick with majolica decoration. ceramics, gippsland campus, giuseppi raneri, jan feder memorial ceramics collection -
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Ceramic - Studio Pottery, Pottery Vase with Crystaline Glaze by David Williams
David WILLIAMs David Williams established Toolangi Pottery in Toolangi, Victoria, in 1977. In 1980, he completed a BA in Fine Art from Phillip Institute of Technology (now part of RMIT University). He produces mainly crystalline glazed bowls, platters, vases, lampbases and other domestic ware. His works are marked with an impressed stamp reading 'David Williams' or 'David WIlliams Handcrafted in Australia ' and he also used a cursive 'DP Williams'.Photograph of a hand thrown ceramic vase with crystalline glaze. It is signed on the base with a cursive 'DP Williams'. ceramics, pottery, david williams, crystaline glaze, crystalline glaze, toolangi pottery, studio pottery, australian studio pottery -
Federation University Art Collection
Ceramic - Ceramic - -Stoneware, Russell Thorpe, 'But Is It Art' by Russell Thorpe, c1977
... collection russell thorpe Australian Studio Pottery alumni wall ...Russell THORPE Russell Thorpe was a Diploma of Visual Art student at the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD) from 1977 to 1979.Australian Studio PotteryStoneware ubglazed mpsaic wall hanging.Stamped with the words "But is it art"jan feder memorial ceramics collection, russell thorpe, australian studio pottery, alumni, wall plaque, wall hanging -
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Ceramic - Artwork - Ceramics, John Eagle, 1979
... at Ballarat Grammar School between 1980 and 1994. ceramics australian ...Mark EAGLE (1942 - ) Mark Eagle studied at RMIT and first exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1975. He is known for his copper red glaze on hand thrown stoneware and porcelain, and won the National Bicentennial Art-Craft Award for Functional Pottery in 1988. He taught ceramics at Ballarat Grammar School between 1980 and 1994.Photograph of a lidded bowl with glaze decoration ceramics, australian studio pottery, john eagle