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Peter Rushforth b. 1920

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Peter Rushforth's pots are characterised by a synthesis of both European and Japanese aesthetic influences. He came to an appreciation of the Japanese Mingei aesthetic in unusual circumstances when he was a prisoner of war in Singapore. Later he became one of the most influential teachers of ceramics.

Tags: Woodfired stoneware, Influence of Japan, Zen, Prisoner of War, Mingei

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Powerhouse Museum, 'Jar by Peter Rushforth’, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.
http://from.ph/158889
Jackie Menzies (24 April 1976), 'Project 13: The Calligraphic Image’.
Hood, Kenneth, Thompson, Douglas & Garnsey, Wanda (1972). Australian pottery. Macmillan, South Melbourne, Vic
Howlin, Jan (August 2011), 'The whole man – the life and work of Peter Rushforth’. In Journal of Australian Ceramics, 51 (1), 30-40. Reprinted as a web feature article on the Australian Ceramics Association website.
http://www.australianceramics.com/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=153
Peter Rushforth (9 May 1963), 'Peter Rushforth interviewed by Hazel de Berg’.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19209418

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