Walter Keeler Ceramics

Walter keeler walter keeler is a british studio potter specializing in salt glaze pottery.

Walter keeler ceramics. 2009 age of experience the ruthin craft centre galleries catalogue 2009 welsh table the ruthin craft centre galleries catalogue public collections. Victoria albert museum. Keeler was born in london and attended harrow school of art london from 1958 until 1963 where he was trained by michael casson. Walter keeler i encountered the world of studio pottery on being appointed to my first job as assistant keeper in the ceramics department of the v a in the 1970s.

Walter keeler s pottery is mainly domestic and functional in salt glazed stoneware or more rarely earthenware. Walter keeler b 1942 is a british studio potter and was professor of ceramics at the university of the west of england from 1994 to 2002. 2008 walter keeler an artist s selection glyn vivian art gallery swansea. Walter keeler salt glaze earthenware a potter of international reputation walter keeler has done much to reinvent the language of british functional ceramics over the past thirty years and has been hugely influential both as maker and teacher.

Trackbacks are closed but you can post a comment post a comment. Keeler makes salt glaze pottery influenced by early staffordshire creamware. Though a specialist in islamic art i was asked if i would be interested to take on the studio pottery as well. He trained at the harrow school of art studying under victor margrie and michael casson and later returned there to teach.

Walter keeler is a british studio potter and was professor of ceramics at the university of the west of england from 1994 to 2002. Named welsh artist of the year in 2007 walter s work is held in a number of public collections including victoria albert museum american craft museum new york los angeles county museum of art and the museum of modern art tokyo.