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
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Courtesy of: Powerhouse Museum
'Diamond ship-form' by Les Blakebrough
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http://from.ph/12133

1/06/2003

 
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'Diamond platter' by Les Blakebrough
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http://from.ph/12134

2/06/2003

 
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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
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http://from.ph/161192

98/135/1

 
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95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970
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http://from.ph/143524

95/187/1

 
95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970
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http://from.ph/143531

95/187/2

 
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93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967
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http://from.ph/135317

93/356/2

 
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93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969
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http://from.ph/135314

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Residences
  • - Hobart, Tas. (date of arrival unknown)
  • - (East Sydney Technical College)
  • - Mittagong, NSW (Sturt Pottery)
  • - Hobart, Tasmania (Ceramics, School of Art)
  • - Hobart, Tas.
Trainings
  • apprenticeship, c.1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
  • Art programme, - East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • unknown studio, - Kyoto, Japan
  • apprenticeship, c.1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
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Place Toleworth Rise, London, England England, UK
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Place Coledale, NSW, Australia
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