Professor Nigel Wood Ceramics

Nigel wood is a well known potter and a fellow of the craft potters association.

Professor nigel wood ceramics. The crafts study centre is delighted to announce that the inaugural henry hammond memorial lecture will be given by the distinguished ceramic historian professor nigel wood. Nigel wood rlaha ox ac uk nigel wood trained at traditional country potteries in reading and farnham in the late 1960s before joining the ceramics course at the west surrey college of art and design in 1969. He trained at the wscad farnham and in traditional english country potteries. Nigel wood is professor emeritus at the university of westminster england and an academic visitor at the school of archaeology university of oxford.

From 1973 84 he worked full time making stoneware terra cotta and porcelain at his own workshop in hampshire. He is emeritus professor to the university of westminster a member of the sub faculty of archaeology at oxford university and an academic committee member. He has long been interested in far eastern ceramics and has collaborated on scientific research into this subject with the ashmolean museum oxfod and the british museum and the v a in london. Iron in the fire chinese potters science and civilisation in china 9780812234763 chinese glazes greek vases in the etruscan tomb auctions hk0367 chinese ceramics nigel wood phd of oxford oxchinese glazesby nigel wood 100 best s on porcelainiron in the fire chinese potters exploration of oxide9780812234763 chinese glazes origins chemistry andjarre bu 瓿 musée cernuschipublications read more.

A year after leaving farnham in 1972 nigel established the meon pottery at west meon in hampshire with three former farnham students. 2019 marks the society s 50th anniversary since its founding in 1969. In this talk nigel wood will present the results of new research conducted in conjunction with the palace museum beijing tickets. Sir alan barlow s collection of chinese ceramics is exceptional in including each of the prestigious five great wares of the song dynasty 960 1279.

The mysterious iuohan of saint petersburg. Professor nigel wood phd has been an active researcher into the history and technology of ceramics since the late 1970s specialising in far eastern wares. Ceramic technology isbn 0521838339 is a major contribution to the seminal series of works on chinese science begun by joseph needham. It synthesizes information.

Her work with professor nigel wood science and civilisation in china vol. And visiting tutor at the royal college of art london. Citation needed the volume on ceramic technology is a work of almost one thousand pages. In 2009 he was made a academic committee member of the key base of the state administration of cultural heritage for scientific research on ancient ceramics in china palace museum beijing.