Les Blakebrough b. c.1930

  • Designer (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Renowned ceramicist and ceramics educator based in Tasmania.
Tags: Porcelain, Ceramics, Southern Ice porcelain
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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
England, UK
Active Period
  • c.1957 -
Arrival
  • c.1948
Residence
  • - Hobart, Tas.
Training
  • apprenticeship, c.1957 Sturt Pottery Workshop, Mittagong, NSW
Initial Record Data Source
  • Powerhouse Museum
Website

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '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', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond ship-form' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond platter' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Holmes, Jonathan (2007) 'Les Blakebrough’, D*hub, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney>, <ExternalResource: Andrew Darby, Les Blakebrough obituary, 13 December 2022>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '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', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond ship-form' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Diamond platter' by Les Blakebrough', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/1 Covered jar, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1963-1969', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/356/2 Plate, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Mittagong, NSW, Australia, 1967', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/1 Dinner setting, plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '95/187/2 Table setting, side plate, entree plate, main plate, soup bowl, cup, saucer, stoneware, Les Blakebrough, Sturt workshops, Mittagong, NSW, 1970', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Holmes, Jonathan (2007) 'Les Blakebrough’, D*hub, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney>]