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Thomas, Gwilym (1931 scholarship to Swansea School of Art
1935-38 Royal College of Art, London - studied under William Staite Murray
1937-38 taught evening classes for the LCC at Putney School of Art
1939 taught in boys' clubs in London's East End
1946 part-time teaching, Bromley School of Art (to 1949) and Maidstone School of Art
1951 part-time teaching, Hammersmith College of Art
1956 moved to Orpington, Kent; built pottery studio with 24 cu. ft. gas kiln for reduced firings
1970 exhibition at the Commonwealth Institute, London
1973 full-time Head of Ceramics, Hammersmith College of Art
1975 retired from full-time teaching
Author of 'Step to Step Guide to Pottery' (Hamlyn))
Vase, stoneware, standing on a narrow foot rim that widens into a round bulbous body, and with a tapering neck that ends in a wide mouth with everted lip; the body is moulded with three circular protrusions surrounded by two incised concentric rings from the top of which are three groups of incised and stained vertical lines travelling up the length of the neck, the vase is stained with metal oxides giving the bottom of the vase and the rim a brown wash of colour.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34354
Creation/Production
Thomas, Gwilym
Date: 1965 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/9/1999
Measurements
Height
(cm): 36.5
Width
(cm): 25.8
Height
(in): 14
Width
(in): 10
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
hand formed
forming
Applied Art
sgraffito
decoration
Applied Art
Material
stoneware
metal oxides
Location
In store
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