Alan Caiger-Smith






Plaque commemorating the Aldermaston Pottery, founded by Alan Caiger-Smith in 1955.


Alan Caiger-Smith MBE (born 1930) is a British studio potter and writer on pottery.




Contents






  • 1 Life and work


  • 2 Bibliography


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Life and work


Caiger-Smith was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts and read history at King's College, Cambridge (1949-1952). He trained in pottery at the Central School of Art & Design in 1954 under Dora Billington.[1]


According to Grove Art, Alan Caiger-Smith established the Aldermaston Pottery in 1955, "a cooperative workshop of about seven potters making functional domestic ware and tiles, as well as individual commissions and one-off pots. He used tin glaze and painted pigments on red earthenware clay, and the firing of lustres on to tin glazes."[2] However, in Lustre Pottery, Caiger-Smith refers to earlier revivals of lustre by William de Morgan, Vilmos Zsolnay, Clément Massier and Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery.[3] He was joined at Aldermaston Pottery by a number of other potters, including Geoffrey Eastop (1921–2014).[4]


Alan Caiger-Smith's book on Tin-Glaze Pottery (1973) covers its history and much of its technique.[5] He co-translated and annotated with R.W. Lightbown a detailed contemporary description of the materials and methods of Renaissance maiolica, Cipriano Piccolpasso's I Tre Libre Dell'Arte Del Vasaio (The Three Books of the Potter’s Art) (1980). His history of lustre ware, Lustre Pottery, was published in 1985.


Caiger-Smith was Chairman of the British Crafts Centre (1973–1978) and was awarded the MBE in 1988.[1]
He ceased employing assistants in 1993 to concentrate on personal work and in 2006 announced his decision to sell the Aldermaston Pottery.[6]



Bibliography



  • Caiger-Smith, Alan, Tin-Glaze Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World: The Tradition of 1000 Years in Maiolica, Faience and Delftware (Faber and Faber, 1973). .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
    ISBN 0-571-09349-3.

  • Caiger-Smith, Alan, Lustre Pottery: Technique, Tradition and Innovation in Islam and the Western World(Faber and Faber, 1985).
    ISBN 0-571-13507-2.

  • Caiger-Smith, Alan, Pottery, People and Time: A Workshop in Action (Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1995).
    ISBN 0-903685-39-6.

  • Piccolpasso, Cipriano, The Three Books of the Potter's Art (I Tre Libri del Arte Vasaiao) (trans. A. Caiger-Smith and R. Lightbown) (Scolar Press, 1980).
    ISBN 0-85967-452-5.

  • Caiger-Smith, Alan, Said el Sadr 1909-1986. Potter, Painter, Sculptor, Teacher. (ACS Shalford Publications, 2010).
    ISBN 0956416608

  • Caiger-Smith, Alan, Times and Seasons (I Tempi e le Stagioni) (Published 2012 in English and Italian).
    ISBN 9788897738244

  • Jane White, 'Alan Caiger-Smith and the Legacy of Aldermaston Pottery', Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 2018 Template:EAN 13: 978-1-910807-25-5



See also



  • Tin-glazed pottery


  • Primavera Gallery in Cambridge



References





  1. ^ ab Watson, Oliver (1993). Studio Pottery. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714829487.


  2. ^ Niblett, Kathy. "Caiger-Smith, Alan". Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. (Subscription required (help)).


  3. ^ Caiger-Smith, Alan (1989). Lustre Pottery. London: Faber & Faber.


  4. ^ "Geoffrey Eastop: An artist's life in pots". Newbury Weekly News. Newbury, Berkshire. 15 January 2015. pp. 44–45.


  5. ^ Caiger-Smith, Alan (1973). Tin-Glaze Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World: The Tradition of 1000 Years in Maiolica, Faience and Delftware. Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571093493.


  6. ^ "[title missing]". Ceramic Review (221 (September/October)): 17. 2006.




External links


  • National Electronic and Video Archive of the Crafts








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