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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

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Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Alan Barrett-Danes

Born: 1935, UK, England, Kent, Rainham (Alan), Plymouth (Ruth)   Died: 2004

Ceramacist. Alan Barrett-Danes came from a family of potters from Upchurch Pottery in Kent. In his early career, he worked in the ceramic industry at Stoke-on-Trent, but in the mid 1960s was appointed to Cardiff College of Art, where he was an influential teacher for over 30 years. In the 1960s and 1970s, he worked together with his wife Ruth on joint pieces. Ruth Barrett-Danes modelled the figures while Alan specialised in the technical aspects of casting, glazing and firing. Later, Alan made 'pelican' pots influenced by his grandfather; these were small pots and jugs, decorated with lustre. He collaborated with Ruth again after his retirement, making domestic ware which Ruth decorated with figurative illustrations.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Fourteen pieces of industrial table ware including a coffee set and lidded casserole] C1699 Ceramics




 
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