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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, of baluster form, standing on an unglazed foot rim, spreading towards shoulders, narrowing at neck with wide, flared lip. Covered with a matt grey glaze, painted in oxides with leaping figures and ears of corn and grasses.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34353
Creation/Production
Thomas, Gwilym
Date: 1938 ca
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/9/1999
Measurements
Height
(cm): 46
diam
(cm): 23.6
Height
(in): 18
diam
(in): 9
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
Material
stoneware
metal oxides
Location
In store
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