PERSONAL DETAILS

Professional Member Craft Potter’s Association of Great Britain
Member of North Staffordshire Guild of Craftsmen
Member of Cheshire Artist’s Network

EDUCATION

Stourbridge College of Art 1966-1970 Dip A.D (Hons) Glass with
Ceramics

SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS

2005-6 Potteries Museum and Art Gallery - Stoke on Trent
2005 Oswestry Heritage Centre - Shropshire
2004 Millenium Galleries Christmas Crackers - Sheffield
2004 Kaleyards Gallery(August) - Chester
2003 Cheshire artists Grosvenor Museum - Chester
2003 Stockport Art Gallery - Artlink Exhibition
2002 Bluecoat Display Centre - Liverpool
2001 Wrexham Arts Centre - Clwydd
1998 Wavertree Gallery - Newcastle under Lyme
1997 The Red Gallery - Southsea
1997 Bear Court Gallery - Burford, Oxfordshire
1996 Platform Gallery - Clitheroe, Lancashire
1995 One from the Heart - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
1994 Bluecoat Display Centre - Liverpool
1993 Ceramic Spectrum Guildhall - Winchester

RECENT/CURRENT FAIRS/GALLERY TRAILS

2003 Oxford Studio ceramics (CPA fair) - St Edwards school
2001/5 Wirksworth Art and Architecture trail - Derbyshire
2004 Cheshire Open Studios - Home
2004/5 Tredegar House Contemp Ceramics Fair - Newport, South Wales
2004 Potter’s Market Gladstone Museum - Stoke on Trent
2004 Art in Clay Farnham - Surrey
2005 Ceramics South East (July) - Aylesford, Kent

WORK IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Stoke on Trent City Museum and Art Gallery
Derbyshire School Library Service
Worthing Art Gallery, Sussex
King Alfred’s College, Winchester
St John’s College, Portsmouth
Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council
Alan Bleasdale, Play write/screenwriter
Nick Hancock, TV personality
Jag Mehta, potter/Superclubs director, Jamaica

COMMISSIONS

1998 3 Wall pieces for TV show - Granada Television
1997 8 giant sports boots for TV show - Granada television
1996 2 sculptures for TV show - Yorkshire television

PUBLICATIONS

2004 Art of England-Midlands and the Counties (January/February)
2003 Craft in Focus Reading Show Guide
2003 The Staffordshire County Magazine
2003 Ceramic Review
2002 Potters guide to Ceramic Surfaces. Jo Connell. Quarto Publishing
2000 The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics. Susan Bruce. Crowood
1998 Potters 12th Edition (Illustrated directory of professional CPA members)
1995 One from the Heart. Exhibion Catalogue.
1994. Eastern Daily Press (Norfolk)
1993 Craft Potters Association News
1992 Ouest France.
1988 Northwest Tonight BBC.TV news item
1986 West Sussex Gazette
1984 Portsmouth Evening News
1984 Brighton and Hove Leader
1983 Ceramic Review (letter)
1982 Ideal Home
1978/79/80 Arts Review

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1985-1997 South Cheshire College - Lecturer in 3D Design, ceramics
1991-1992 South Manchester College - Lecturer in ceramics (City&Guilds)
1989-1991 Dewsbury College - Lecturer in ceramics
1983-1984 Choir School, Hayling Island - Teacher art/ceramics
1979-1984 South Downs College, Havant - Lecturer art/ceramics
1974-1982 Wakeford School, Havant - Teacher art/ceramics
1973-1974 Grove Comprehensive, Newark - Teacher art/ceramics
1971-1973 West Bridgeford College - Lecturer/sculpture/ceramics
1970-1971 Aylesbury College - Lecturer 3D