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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))
Tall cream-coloured stoneware pot, standing on a spreading foot, slender, ovoid body, narrowing at the shoulders into a long narrow neck ending in a wide upright rim. Deep sgraffito decoration of elongated ovoid shapes, the outer margins cross hatched and stained with iron and copper oxides.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34352
Creation/Production
Thomas, Gwilym
Date: 1965 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/9/1999
Measurements
Height
(cm): 71
diam
(cm): 13.3
Height
(in): 27
diam
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
sgraffito
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
stoneware
metal oxides
Location
In store
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