Walter Keeler (1942 – )
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TEAPOT 1988/89 Walter Keeler (1942 – ) P5867 © copyright The Artist
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POLYCHROME TEAPOT 2002 Walter Keeler (1942 – ) P7520 © copyright The Artist
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JUG ON BASE WITH CRABSTOCK HANDLE 2002 Walter Keeler (1942 – ) P7531 © copyright The Artist
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JUG 1991 Walter Keeler (1942 – ) P6048 © copyright The Artist
Walter Keeler was born in London and studied at Harrow School of Art. In 1965 he established his first workshop in Hertfordshire, moving to Wales in 1976. He has held a number of teaching positions, and his work has been exhibited worldwide. Keeler began by making functional oxidised stoneware pots, but after moving to Wales his work began to acquire a more sculptural feel that took 18th Century Staffordshire-ware and tin oil-cans as points of reference; the pieces made were wholly functional. These more sculptural works offered a range of possibilities with the salt glazing techniques he then employed to create a new and more inventive form of domestic-ware. His more recent work has moved on from the precisely pitched forms of his salt glazed works to become more whimsical; the somewhat austere grey, blue and green salt glazes have given way to works inspired by 18th Century English Whieldon-ware made from earthenware and glazed with colour to give a tortoiseshell effect.
Further reading:
Emmanual Cooper and Amanda Fielding, Walter Keeler, Denbirghshire County Council, 2004 (ISBN 1900941716)
Glossary
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Earthenware
One of the three major types of pottery, the others being stoneware and porcelain. It is opaque, soft and porous unless covered completely with glaze. The firing temperatures can be low - 800ºC or high - 1200ºC, when it starts to vitrify, becoming stoneware.
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Stoneware
One of the three major types of pottery, the others being earthenware and porcelain. A buff, gray or brown clay is mixed with other clays and ceramic materials to make a heavy, opaque, highly plastic clay body that is fired at a high temperature - above 1200ºC. It is in between earthenware and porcelain in its character. The term stoneware also refers to the clay body and objects made from it.
- Ireland, Letterkenny Arts Centre
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, State Museum Of Fine Arts
- Korea, Changeup International Craft Biennale 2005
- Indonesia, Jakarta, Aksara Prodak
- Indonesia, Bandung, Selasar Sunaryo Art Space
- Thailand, Queen Sikrit's National Convention
- Thailand, Bangkok, British Council Office - Bangkok
- Sri Lanka, Colombo, Barefoot Gallery
- Singapore, Esplanade
- Oman, Muscat, Al Harthy Complex
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/time-for-tea-1997">TIME FOR TEA- Poland, Poznan, Centrum Kultury Zamek
- Poland, Krakow, BWA Gallery
- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- Romania, Constanta, Constanta Art Museum
- Romania, Buchrest, Cotroceni Palace
- Romania, Sinaia, Peles Castle
- Estonia, Rakvere Linnagaleri
- Estonia, Tallinn, Linnagalerii
- Lithuania, Vilnius, Centre Of Contemporary Art
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, State Museum Of Fine Arts
- Singapore, British Council Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Peru, Arequipa, Centro Cultural Chaves De La Rosa
- Mexico, Mexico City, British Council Office - Mexico City
- Colombia, Bogota, Deimos Gallery
- Bolivia, La Paz, Museo Nacional De Arte
- Peru, Trujillo, Banco Wiese
- Peru, Lima, Museo De La Nacion
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brasilian Society For Japanese Culture
- Brazil, Belo Horizonte, Banco De Desenvolviment O De Minas Gerais
- Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brasileira Sao Paulo
- Brazil, Blumenau, Cultura Inglesa
- Brazil, Curitiba, Cultura Inglesa
- Brazil, Museu Da Republica
- Brazil, Brasilia, Cultura Inglesa
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/dish-of-the-day-1997">DISH OF THE DAY- Colombia, Bogota, Museum Of Artsanias De Colombia
- Mexico, Monterrey, Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey
- Mexico, Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo
- Venezuela, Caracas, Fundacion Corp Group Centre Cultural
- Brazil, Recife, British Council Office - Recife
- Brazil, Curitiba, Cultura Inglesa
- Brazil, Brasilia, British Council Office - Brasilia
- Kazakhstan, Almaty, State Museum Of Fine Arts
- Romania, Sibiu, Museum Brukenthal
- Romania, Bucharest, National Theatre Galleries
- Austria, Vienna, Residence Of British Ambassador
- Czech Republic, Prague, British Council Office - Prague
- Czech Republic, Pribam
- Poland, Museum Miejskie
- Poland, Warsaw, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Arts
- Belgium, Classic VI
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/cloth-clay-wood-1985">CLOTH CLAY WOOD- Turkey, Istanbul, Ataturk Kultir Merkezi
- Turkey, Antalya, Belediye Kultur Salnou Fuayesi
- Turkey, Izmir, EGE Universitesi Ataturk Kultir Merkezi
- Belgium, Poperinge, Gasthuiskapel
- Oman, Oman
- Turkey, Ankara, Halkbank Sanat Galerisi
- Korea, Seoul, National Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Brunei, Malay Technology Museum
- Malaysia, Penang, University Art Museum
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Sarawak, Sarawak Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Art Gallery
- Colombia, Colombia
- Venezuela, Venezuela
- Ecuador, Ecuador
- Chile, Chile
- Peru, Peru