Walter Keeler
Illustration — Thrown, altered, salt glazed teapot • Illustration — Cut branch teapot (2008), Harris Museum Walter Keeler (born 1942) is a British studio potter and was professor of Ceramics at the University of the West of England from 1994 to 2002. Keeler makes salt glaze pottery influenced by early Staffordshire Creamware. He established his first pottery at Bledlow Bridge, Buckinghamshire in 1965 and in 1976 he moved his studio to Penallt Wales, where he lives with his wife Madoline.
Walter Keeler
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Writer Oliver Watson described him as "one of the most important and influential potters of the 1980's" Keelers work is held in a number of public collections including Victoria & Albert Museum, National Museum Wales, American Craft Museum, New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Keeler is the president of the South Wales Potters and in 2007 was named Welsh Artist of the Year.
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Cut Branch Teapot (2008) by Walter Keeler, Harris Museum, Preston.
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Extruded jug with branches by Walter Keeler, 2014, earthenware with green, black yellow glazes. Victoria and Albert Museum item number C.241-2014
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- 1.- Biography - Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Information Centre. bmagic.org.uk. 2014.
- 2.Watson Oliver. Studio Pottery. Phaidon. 197. 1993. 071482948X.
- 3.Hopper Robin. Functional Pottery: Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose. Krause Books. 222. 978-0873418171.
- 4.Walter Keeler - Biography & Works - Bircham Gallery. birchamgallery.co.uk. 2014.
- 5.Dish | Walter Keeler | V&A Search the Collections. collections.vam.ac.uk. 2014.
- 6.Walter Keeler. miararts.com. 2014.
- 7.IT'S THE WEEKEND: The popular world of pottery (From South Wales Argus). southwalesargus.co.uk. 2014.
- 8.Keeler named Welsh Artist of the Year for the joy of 'W.I.'. - Free Online Library. thefreelibrary.com. 2014.
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