Historical information

Sandra JOHNSTONE (1936-Jan 1991)

Born Southern California, USA


Worked California, USA


Sandra Johnstone was awarded a MA in Ceramics and an MFA in Plastic Arts at San Jose State University, where she later also lectured. Specialiing in functional and sculptural forms, with emphasis on wheel-thrown shapes and salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain, her work is best known for salt glazing, using surface texture and colour to enhance the character of the clay.

Sandra Johnstone was a visiting artist to the Gippsland Centre for Art and Design (GCAD).

Physical description

Salt glazed platter.

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.

Inscriptions & markings

"Johnstone" on base