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
Name
Les Blakebrough
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Designer (Ceramist)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • Senior Lecturer, then Head of Department, ceramics (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1973 - University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas.
Tags:
Porcelain
Ceramics
Southern Ice porcelain
Birth date
c.1930
Birth place
Toleworth Rise, London, England
Death date
1 January 2022
Death place
Coledale, NSW, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1957 -
Arrival
  • c.1948
Residence
  • - Hobart, Tas. (date of arrival unknown)
  • - (East Sydney Technical College)
  • - Mittagong, NSW (Sturt Pottery)
  • - Hobart, Tasmania (Ceramics, School of Art)
Training
  • apprenticeship, c.1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
  • Art programme, - East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • unknown studio, - Kyoto, Japan
Initial Record Data Source
  • Powerhouse Museum
Website