Penny Smith b. 1947

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Ceramicist based in Hobart who established the Ceramics Research Unit at the University of Tasmania in 1995-1997 with Les Blakebrough.
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Penny Smith was born in England and qualified as a furniture designer at the High Wycombe College of Art and Technology, Buckinghamshire in 1969 before emigrating to Australia in 1970. Self-taught in ceramics, by 1974 she was teaching pottery and adult education classes at the Hobart College of Advanced Education. By 1977, she had set up a studio on Mt Nelson and was lecturing at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania. She went on to become Head of the Ceramics Studio there, specialising in architectural ceramics and tableware products. From 1983-85 she studied for a Master of Fine Arts (Ceramics) at the University of Tasmania. In 1995, she established the Ceramics Research Unit at the University of Tasmania with Les Blakebrough. She retired in 1999 to concentrate on research and on her own studio practice. Her mark is an impressed 'PS’.

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