C.V.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born : England, U.K.
APPRENTICESHIP
1965 – 69 : Toolmaking and Electrical Engineering at Crompton Parkinson’s Ltd, Chelmsford .
FURTHER EDUCATION
1965 – 69 : Chelmsford Tech College, day-release student.
(first became interested in making studio pottery with Joanna Constantinidis at Chelmsford College)
1969 – 70 : Foundation in Art at Southend School of Art
1970 – 73 : Dip. AD in Ceramics at Northumbria University (Newcastle Polyversity)
1981 : Teacher Training, Cert Ed. at Leeds University
LECTURING
1973 – 83 : Part-time and Visiting at various Colleges and Universities
1988 – onwards : visiting lecturing, and running classes and workshops from my studio(see classes page)
2011 : Porcelain Project – working in conjunction with the Oriental Museum in Durham and a local school - Cultural Olympiad
WORKSHOPS :
2008, 2009 and 2010
Running Pottery and Art sessions with Crisis Skylight and Helix Arts, and team building workshops with Sage Software Ltd.
STUDIOS :
1974 : Set up my first pottery studio at Beamish Hall, Co.Durham.
1980 : Set up my 2nd pottery studio, in Cails Yard, Haymarket, Newcastle upon Tyne.
1983 – : Set up my 3rd (and current studio) and supervised the Architectural Ceramics Program for the construction of the new Arts Centre in Newcastle; and also conducted and supervised all the archaeological excavations carried out during the rebuilding program at the Centre.
1988 – : Continuing to work independently in my studio in Blackswan Courtyard at Newcastle Arts Centre.
AWARDS :
1979 & 1981 : Northern Arts production awards.
1987 : BBC Design Awards, selected for floor tile designs produced at Newcastle Arts Centre (pictures)
1989 : Newcastle City Council – production/development award.
1999 & 2000 : Grainger Town Project, Newcastle.
1999 : Cultural Business Venture Award – Northern Arts.
2011 : Craft & Design magazine – Silver Award for ceramics
SELECTED COMMISSIONS :
1994 : Presentation piece to HRH The Princess Royal (Picture)
1996 : Presentation piece to the Government of Kyonggi Province, Korea. Piece now on display in the Samsung Museum of Ceramics, Korea. - see film
1997 : Malmaison Hotel Group – large serving platters.
1998-2000 : Architectural features for the reconstruction of Roman buildings in Tyne &Wear.
2000 : Presentation piece(wedding present) to the Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown .
2003 : Presentation piece for Northumbria Police, Golf Champion (picture)
2004 : Piece purchased by Lord and Lady Inglewood for their collection at Hutton in the Forest, Cumbria (picture)
2005 : Presentation piece for the ‘North East Large Company Award’ (picture)
2007 : Educational Tile panels for the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle.
2011 : A piece for the Prague Fringe Award
2011 & 2012 : Cultural Olympiad with the Oriental Museum Durham
- see also the commissions page
TELEVISION :
1996 : BBC feature on the making and presentation of the Korean presentation piece – see film
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS :
1984 : AJ Architects Journal – article and photographs on my Tile project.
1987 : Building magazine – main feature on my Tile Project.
1988 : Britannia 19 (1988) 153-62. publication of my Roman Milecastle discovery.
1989 : Artists Newsletter December issue – article on my Tile project (front cover photograph)
1997 : Ceramic Review No.167 – article on my quest for a Jun glaze. (see article)
1999 : Ceramic Review – No.176 – letter on the plight of the Bernard Leach Studio. see page
2001: Business Matters magazine – issue 46 – main feature on my work.
2010 : Feature – Newcastle Journal Culture Magazine on my studio.
2011 : Feature – Newcastle Journal Culture Magazine for the Northern Clay exhibition.
EXHIBITIONS :
2011 : Co-organising The Northern Clay exhibition- see web site Northern Clay
2009, 2010, 2011 : part of The Late Shows
2011 : Potfest in the Park – see the Film
- also see my Events page and Previous Exhibitions page.