Name
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott
Also known as:
  • Gwyn Hanssen
  • Gwyn John (Birth name)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • Teacher (ANZSIC code: 8212) -
Tags:
Ceramics
Ballarat Techncial Art School
Birth date
1935
Birth place
Ballarat, VIC
Death date
6 July 2013
Death place
London, UK
Active Period
  • 1955 - c.2012
Residence
  • 1999 Bundamba, Ipswich, QLD
  • 1989 - 1999 Netherdale, QLD (Set up pottery )
  • 1981 - 1988 Brisbane, QLD (Set up production pottery at the Kelvin Grove Campus of the Brisbane College of Advanced Education. )
  • 1980 Adelaide, SA (Tenancy at the Jam Factory Craft Workshop, Adelaide for over a year. )
  • 1975 - 1979 Tasmania
  • 1973 Dural, NSW (Worked at Malina Reddish's studio )
  • 1963 - 1973 Archères, France
  • 1960 - 1964 London, UK
  • 1960 Alan Caiger-Smith Aldermaston Pottery, Est 1955 Berkshire, UK ( A co-operative workshop of potters)
  • 1959 Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 - 1959 Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire, UK
  • 1955 - 1957 Mittagong, NSW
Training
  • 1961 Camberwell School of Art, London, UK
  • A co-operative workshop of potters, 1960 Alan Caiger-Smith Aldermaston Pottery, Est 1955 Berkshire, UK
  • 1959 Wenford Bridge Pottery, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 - 1959 Leach Pottery, St. Ives, Cornwall, UK
  • 1958 Winchcombe Pottery, Gloucestershire, UK
  • Apprenticeship, 1955 - 1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
  • 1954 Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
  • Artist in Residence - Ceramics, 1994 Ballarat School of Mines, Ballarat, Vic.
  • 1950-1959 - Ballarat Technical Art School (a division of the Ballarat School of Mines), Lydiard Street South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Languages
  • English