School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Colin Pearson

Born: 1923, UK, England, Hertfordshire, Barnet   Died: 2007

Ceramicist. He studied fine art and ceramics at Goldsmiths College where he was taught by Kenneth Clark. He worked for a year with Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery and later with David Leach in Aylesford. In 1961 he set up his own pottery in Aylesford and taught at Camberwell School where amongst his pupils were Mo Jupp, Ian Godfrey and Ewen Henderson. His work often has distinctive wings or attachments of convolute handles, which balance the pieces. In 1996 he was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from The London Institute in recognition of his outstanding achivement in the field of ceramics. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Craft Potters Association, but is no longer actively potting

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

'Winged Pot' C1076 Ceramics




 
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