Milton Moon b. 1926

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Milton Moon has been a key figure in developing close links between Japanese studio pottery and Australia. In 2012 he wrote: 'I remain concerned, if a little obsessed, with the challenge of making pots, which although belonging to a ceramic tradition of some eight thousand years or more, are undeniably and uniquely Australian.'
Tags: Stoneware, Japanese influence, Calligraphy
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Name
Milton Moon
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • (ANZSIC code: 760) - 1947 Australia
  • Broadcasting and television (ANZSIC code: 56) 1947 - c.1952 Brisbane, Qld
  • Senior Pottery Instructor (ANZSIC code: 810) 1962 - 1967 Department of Technical Education, QLD, Australia
  • Art Tutor (ANZSIC code: 810) 1967 - 1968 Architecture Department, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • Senior Lecturer, Head of Ceramics (ANZSIC code: 810) 1969 - 1975 South Australian School of Art, Adelaide, SA
Tags:
Stoneware
Japanese influence
Calligraphy
Birth date
1926
Birth place
Melbourne
Death date
6 September 2019
Death place
Adelaide, SA
Active Period
  • c.1950 -
Residence
  • 1926 - c.1944 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1947 Sydney, NSW
  • 1947 - c.1965 Queensland
  • 1966 Travelling, Europe, Asia
  • 1967 - 1968 Brisbane, Qld
  • 1969 - 1973 Adelaide, SA
  • 1974 Japan
  • 1975 - 1995 Summertown, SA, Australia
  • 1995 - Adelaide, SA
Training
  • painting and drawing, 1949 - 1952 Brisbane Central Technical College, Brisbane, Qld.
  • Wheel throwing, 1950 - c.1950 Mervyn Feeney workshop, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
  • Working with master potters, 1974 Japan
Initial Record Data Source
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
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References [<ExternalResource: Jackie Menzies (24 April 1976), 'Project 13: The Calligraphic Image'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '2000/8/1 Vase, 'River Red Gum', stoneware, ash and rock glazes with oxides, designed and made by Milton Moon, Summertown, South Australia, Australia, 1991', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Catherine Speck, Milton Moon: the Australian artist who brought a Zen Buddhist, modernist and painterly sensibility to pottery. The Conversation, May 29, 2023 >] [<ExternalResource: Jackie Menzies (24 April 1976), 'Project 13: The Calligraphic Image'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '2000/8/1 Vase, 'River Red Gum', stoneware, ash and rock glazes with oxides, designed and made by Milton Moon, Summertown, South Australia, Australia, 1991', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]