Peter Rushforth b. 4 December 1920

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Peter Rushforth's pots are a synthesis of European and Japanese aesthetic influences. He came to an appreciation of the Japanese Mingei (folk) aesthetic in unusual circumstances as a prisoner of war in Singapore during the 1939-45 War. Later he became one of the nation's most influential ceramics teachers.
Tags: Woodfired stoneware, Influence of Japan, Zen, Prisoner of War, Mingei
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associate of
Ceramic Study Group
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patron of
associate of
Potters' Society of New South Wales
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co-founder

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Trainings
  • Pottery, c.1946 - c.1949 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Churchill Fellow, 1963 Tatsuzō Shimaoka + Kyoto Art University, Japan
  • Pottery, c.1946 - c.1949 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Churchill Fellowship - Tatsuzō Shimaoka + Kyoto Art University, 1963 Japan