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View Image Gallery William Plumptre(Full member)

Tel: +44 (0)15395 68750   Email:  

Current Work

William Plumptre makes a range of stoneware pieces including domestic pots. He is well known for his press moulded and one off pieces such as bowls and vases.

Work generally available from:
Joanna Bird Pottery, Chiswick, London.
John Bedding, St Ives.Beaus Arts, Bath.
Castlegate Gallery, Cockermouth.
Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh.
Blackwell, Bowness on Windermere.
Maltby Gallery, Winchester.
Primavera, Cambridge.

Technical Information

He fires in a 40 cu ft downdraft gas kiln to orton cone 11 and uses wood ash and local granite glazes whenever possible.

History

1980 - 1983 - Attended Chelsea Art School, Shepherds Bush, London. 3 year London Dip course ceramic design
1983 - 1984 - Started a workshop in London for one man show.
Jan to June 1985 - Studied with Takeo Tsudo potter Mashiko, Japan.
July to Dec 1985 - Studied with Tamaki Tamotsu kiln builder. Tamaki Tamotsu apprenticed with Takeshi Yasuda and specialised in anagama and climbing kilns.
Jan to Dec 1986 - Studied with Shimaoka Tatsuzo potter. National Treasure Mashiko, Japan.
Jan 1987 - Left Shimaoka Tatsuzo. Visited other potters in Southern Japan and South Korea.
Jan 1988 - 1994 - Established Workshop at Hartsop, Cumbria.
Jan 1994 - Moved workshop to new premises at Witherslack, Cumbria
Oct 1999 - Returned to Japan for one month and visited Shimaoka Tatsuzo

Exhibitions

Solo Shows
1989 - 1997 - Once yearly show at Spink & Son London.
1992 - 1999 - Once yearly show at Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh.
Nov 2000 - Abbot Hall, Museum and Art Gallery, Kendal.
Sep 1998 - Century Galary Henley on Thames
Mar 1999 - St Pauls School, Barnes, London.

Group Shows
Oct 1990 - Piano Nobile, Richmond, London
Oct 1991 - Ewan Mundy Fine Art, Glasgow
Dec 1991 - Castlegate Gallery, Cockermouth, Cumbria
Apr 1992 - Brantwood House, Coniston, Cumbria.
Sep 1994 - Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery
May 1995 - Joanna Bird Chiswick, London.
Nov 1996 - Joanna Bird "Pots for Christmas" Chiswick, London.
Apr 1997 - Exempla 97' Munich, Germany.
May 1998 - Joanna Bird Browse and Darby Gallery, Cork Street, London.
Nov 1998 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby Gallery, Cork Street, London.
July 1999 - Castle Gate Gallery Cockermouth
Aug 1999 - Bourne Fine Art Edinburgh
Nov 1999 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby Gallery Cork Street.
May 2000 - Joint show with Luke and Henry Piper at Stonor Park,. Henley on Thames. ‘Two Pipers and a Plumptre'
Aug 2000 - Bourne Fine Art Edinburgh
Oct 2000 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby Gallery Cork Street
Mar 2001 - Beaux Art, Bath
Jun 2001 - Castle Gate Gallery, Cockermouth.
Oct 2001 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby Gallery Cork Street London
Oct 2001 - Joanna Bird at SOFA Chicago, USA
Apr 2002 - Maltby Art, Winchester.
Apr 2002 - Stonor Park Henley on Thames "Two Pipers and a Plumptre"
Sep 2002 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby Gallery Cork Street London
Oct 2002 - Joanna Bird att SOFA Chicago, USA
Jan 2003 - Beauxs Art, Bath
Sep 2003 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby, London
Aug 2004 - Bourne Fine Art. Edinburgh (festival exhibition)
Oct 2004 - Joanna Bird at Browse and Darby

Publications

Aug 1991 - "Pot Luck" Homes and Gardens. Elizabeth Leeming.
July 1993 - Cumbria Life Sue Radford
May 1996 - Sunday Express Sally Griffiths
Aug 1997 - Country Life "Spy Glass" Alistair McAlpine.
Aug 1999 - "Working from Home" Ideal Home, Sally Griffiths
Nov 2001 - "The Potter" Kate Bardon, Westmorland Gazette
July 2001 - Country Life

Commissions

William Plumptre has had pots selected by H.M. The Queen and The British Government for official gifts to President Chirac and The Emperor of Japan respectively

Public Collections

Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria.
Townley Hall Museum, Burnley, Lancashire.
Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery .
Banque Paribas, London.
Blackwell Arts and Crafts House Windermere Cumbria
Royal Bank of Scotland London

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Contact Details

Studio Address: Pool Bank, Witherslack, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, UK, LA11 6SB.
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Telephone: +44 (0)15395 68750
Email:

Availability: 10am to 4pm each day, please telephone first.

Directions: Leave M6 at junction 36 follow signs A590 to Barrow. Take right hand exit from dual carriageways to Witherslack'Pottery is 2.5 miles on the right after leaving the village of Witherslack (through the woods)!
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Last Updated: 2012-04-25

Work styles:

Stoneware
Thrown
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Ash
Kitchen & Tableware
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