Walter Keeler Ceramics Artist

Keeler makes salt glaze pottery influenced by early staffordshire creamware.

Walter keeler ceramics artist.

He trained at harrow school of art and established his first studio at bledlow ridge buckinghamshire in. Walter keeler artist ceramics bircham gallery walter keeler was born in london in 1942. Walter keeler b 1942 is a british studio potter and was professor of ceramics at the university of the west of england from 1994 to 2002. Keeler was born in london and attended harrow school of art london from 1958 until 1963 where he was trained by michael casson.

Walter keeler is a british studio potter specializing in salt glaze pottery. A potter of international reputation walter keeler has done much to reinvent the language of british functional ceramics over the past thirty years and has been hugely influential both as maker and teacher. Keeler was born in london and attended harrow school of art london from 1958 until 1963 where he was trained by michael casson. 2008 gallery at bevere worcester walter keeler takashi yasuda ceramics.

Named welsh artist of the year in 2007 walter s work is held in a number of public collections including victoria albert museum american craft museum new york los angeles county museum of art and the museum of modern art tokyo. Though a specialist in islamic art i was asked if i would be interested to take on the studio pottery as well. Walter keeler i encountered the world of studio pottery on being appointed to my first job as assistant keeper in the ceramics department of the v a in the 1970s. 2008 walter keeler an artist s selection glyn vivian art gallery swansea.