Alan Caiger-Smith was a British ceramicist and writer who established Aldermaston Pottery, and specialised in tin-glazed earthenware and lustreware.
Alan Caiger-Smith first studied painting and drawing at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts in 1947, going on to study history at King's College, Cambridge. He trained in pottery at the Central School of Art and Design in 1954 under Dora Billington.
In 1955 Caiger-Smith established Aldermaston Pottery in Berkshire with Geoffrey Eastop. Aldermaston began as a cooperative workshop of seven potters making functional domestic ware and tiles, as well as individual commissions and one-off pots. Caiger-Smith has become world renowned for his tin-glazed earthenware with lustrous surfaces decorated with complex patterns of calligraphic brush strokes against a white ground. His work can be seen in many public collections worldwide.
Alongside his work as a potter, Caiger-Smith has published works on the history of tin glazed earthenware and lustreware.
Caiger-Smith was Chairman of the British Crafts Centre 1974-1978 and was awarded an MBE in 1988.
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Dates
1930 Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1947-9 Camberwell School of Arts
1954 Graduated from Cambridge University
1955 Set up Aldermaston Pottery
1973 Publishes 'Tin-Glaze Pottery'
1985 Publishes 'Lustre Pottery'
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