CV
Personal History
1947
Born in Sheffield
1966
Introduced to ceramics during education degree studies Bretton Hall College.
1970 - 1981
Full time art teaching in secondary schools. Increasingly concerned with making pots, initially in stoneware, changed to Raku in late 1970’s.
1981
Ceased full time teaching to concentrate on making pots.
1981
Received Yorkshire Arts Association Travel Award which funded a visit to the U.S.A.
1983
Awarded a three week residency at Art Park, Lewiston, New York, U.S.A.
1984
Elected council member of Craft Potters Association
1985-88
Chair of Craft Potters Association
1986
Invited onto Crafts Council Selected Index
1993
Member of Crafts Council Setting up Grants Committee
1994
Selected as Full Exhibiting Member of Contemporary Applied Arts, London.
2000
Elected as member of The International Academy of Ceramics
1981 - 2000
Associate lecturer Batley College of Art.
Has also been a visiting lecturer at:
Edinburgh College of Art
Cornwall College of Art & Technology
Wrexham College of Art
Chesterfield College of Art
Leicester Polytechnic
Liverpool Institute of Higher Education
Bretton Hall, Wakefield
Loughborough College of Art
University of the West of England
Dundee University, Scotland
