Born in Southport, Lancashire in 1951.

I studied industrial design and furniture design at Ravensbourne College of Art in London from 1970-1973 and whilst at college maintained an interest in ceramics.

In 1973 I helped set up a pottery in Scotland making thrown domestic stoneware and developed an interest in one-off pots and sculptural pieces.  I opened my first studio in Kent in 1975 and worked there, making only one-off pieces, until moving to Leamington Spa in 1995.

My current work is a mixture of thrown and hand-built pieces in oxidised stoneware fired to 1290°C, using combinations of shiny, matt and semi-matt glazes, built up in layers prior to firing to create textural surfaces in a range of pastel shades and some stronger colours.  Wax resist is used extensively to create patterns and to isolate the glaze layers during application.

Since 1975, I have taken part in over 100 group exhibitions and 45 one man shows in many countries.

My studio is open at any reasonable time, by appointment.
 

Achievements

2004: Awarded a major research grant into new media for "Arts For The Individual" from the Arts Council England, West Midlands. Project currently under way.

2002: Winner of a Silver Medal at XV111 International Biennial of Ceramic Art, Vallauris, France

2002: Purchase award, The 2002 International Orton Cone Box Show, USA

2000: Winner of the Pot d’Or at Keramisto, Holland

1999: Elected member of  The  Academy of International Ceramics

1996: Author of "Resists and Masking Techniques in Ceramics"

1996: Winner of the 1996 INAX Design Prize, Japan

1995: Awarded funding by South East Arts for travel and research in Japan

1993-1995: Employed as a consultant by the charity, Project Ploughshare, to carry out an on-site feasibility  study in Ethiopia with a view to setting up a pottery to provide employment for destitute women  and thereafter providing support and advice

1992:  Lecturing and workshop tour of New Zealand and Australia supported by the British Council

1990: Awarded Award of Merit, Fletcher Challenge International Ceramics Competition, New Zealand

1990:  Awarded travelling scholarship by South East Arts to study in Egypt

1989:  Elected to the Council of the Craftsmen Potters Association

1976:  Elected Fellow of the Craftsmen Potters Association of Great Britain
 
 

Forthcoming Exhibitions

Terra, Delft, Holland
 
 

Private and Public Collections Holding Peter's Work

Ballantyne Collection, UK

Buckinghamshire County Museum

Burnley City Art Gallery, UK

Ichon World Ceramic Center, Kyonggi Province, Korea

INAX Corporation collection, Japan

Keramion Museum, Germany

Köln Museum, Germany

Leamington Spa Museum, UK

Museum Ariana, Switzerland

Museum for  Moderne Keramik, Germany

Neue Samlung Museum, Munich, Germany

Norwich Museum, UK

Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear Museums, UK

Stoke on Trent City Museum, UK

Library Collection, University of Kansas, USA

Work represented on the Crafts Council index of selected members
 
 

Publications

"Electric Kiln Ceramics" by Richard Zakin. Krause Publications 2004 (ISBN 0-87349-604-3)

"Contemporary Studio Porcelain" by Peter Lane. AC Black 2003 (ISBN 0-7136-6637-4)

"Ceramic Review" Lead article, Number 203,  2003  (ISSN 0144-1825)

"The Complete Potter" by Steve Mattison.  Apple 2003 (ISBN 1-84092-363-6)

"Antiques Price Guide 2003" by Judith Miller.  Dorling Kindersley 2002 (ISBN 0-7513-4637-3)

"The Ceramic Surface" by Matthias Ostermann. A&C Black 2002 (ISBN 0-7136-5427-9)

"The Glaze Book" by Stephen Murfitt. Thames and Hudson 2002 (ISBN 0-500-51043-1)

"The Ceramic Surface" by Matthias Ostermann. A&C Black 2002 (ISBN 0-7136-5427-9)

"The Potter's Guide to Ceramic Surfaces" by Jo Connell. Krause Publications 2002 (ISBN 0-87349-359-1)

"Clays and Glazes" edited by Emmanuel Cooper. Ceramic Review Publication 2001

"Studio Potter" Vol 30 Number 1, 2001

"Ceramics - Mastering the Craft"  by Richard Zakin. Krause Publications 2001 (ISBN 0-87341-867-0)

"The Art of Handbuilt Ceramics" by Susan Bruce.  The Crowood Press 2000 (ISBN 1-86126-362-7)

"The Complete Practical Potter" by Josie Warshaw.   Lorenz Books 1999 (ISBN 0-7548-0195-0)

"Neue Keramik (New Ceramics)" vol 11, 1999 (ISSN 0933-2367)

"The Potters Dictionary of Materials and Techniques" by Frank and Janet Hamer. A&C Black 2002 (ISBN 0-7136-4418-4)

"Resist and Masking Techniques"  by Peter Beard.  A&C Black 1996  (ISBN 0-7136-3747-1)

"The Hand-Formed Ceramics - Creating Form and Surface" by Richard Zakin.  Chilton Book Company 1995 (ISBN 0-8019-8505-6)

"Contemporary Porcelain - Materials, Techniques and Expressions" by Peter Lane. A&C Black 1995 (ISBN 0-8019-8635-4)

"Throwing Pots" by Phil Rogers. A&C Black 1995 (ISBN 0-7136-5723-5)

"National Ceramics" Quarterly Number 30, 1994 (ISSN 1015-2369)

"Ceramics and Print" by Paul Scott. A&C Black 1994 (ISBN 0-7136-3746-3)

"Studio Monthly" Article in November Issue, 1993

"Sculptural Ceramics" by Ian Gregory.  A&C Black 1992 (ISBN 0-7136-3580-0)

"The Complete Potter - Glazes" by Emmanuel Cooper.  Batsford 1992 (ISBN 0-7134-6717-7)

"Ceramic Review" Article in Issue No 138, 1992

"Ceramics; Art and Perception" Article in No 6, 1991

"Ceramic Review" Number 109,  1988  (ISSN 0144-1825)

"Ceramic Form" by Peter Lane.  Collins 1988  (ISBN 0-00-412102-3)

"Studio Ceramics" by Peter Lane.   Collins 1983 (ISBN 0-00-411862-6)

"Studio Porcelain"  by Peter Lane.  Pitman House 1980 (ISBN 0-273-01538-9)
 
 
 

©Peter Beard 2005, 2006, 2007