Les Blakebrough b. c.1930

  • Designer (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Renowned ceramicist and ceramics educator, first at Sturt Workshops, later in Hobart, Tasmania. Last studio in Coledale, NSW. Pioneer in Australian porcelain clay, described as Southern Ice Porcelain Clay.
Tags: Porcelain, Ceramics, Southern Ice porcelain

Citations

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’98/135/1 Covered jar, 'Sphere’, porcelain, with triassic sandstone and wood ash glaze, and triassic sandstone rock trail, made by Les Blakebrough, Hobart, Australia, 1986’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/161192

  • Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond ship-form’ by Les Blakebrough’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/12133

  • Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond platter’ by Les Blakebrough’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/12134

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/135314

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/135317

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/143524

  • Powerhouse Museum, ’95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.

    http://from.ph/143531

  • Holmes, Jonathan (2007) 'Les Blakebrough’, D*hub, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

    http://www.dhub.org/les-blakebrough/

  • Andrew Darby, Les Blakebrough obituary, 13 December 2022

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-visionary-who-helped-mould-australian-ceramics-20221208-p5c4sc.html

Initial data sources

  • Powerhouse Museum