Ivan Englund (Australia) ceramics

Ivan Englund (1915-2007) was born in Liverpool, NSW. He

completed a Diploma of Painting and Drawing at East Sydney Technical College in

1951, then taught art and ceramics in institutions in Victoria, Canberra and

Wollongong, where he took up a post at the Technical College in 1954. He was

one of the original four members of the Potters?

Society of Australia when it was formed in 1956. He conducted extensive

research into glazes and published two books and many articles on this work. In

1962, he was awarded an ESTC Fellowship for his development of igneous rock

glazes. In 1971, he was appointed Senior Head Teacher of Art at ESTC, and from

1972 to 1977, he conducted the Ivan Englund Pottery School at the Rocks, before

moving to Walcha, NSW, and then to Bawley Point, NSW, to work as a full-time

potter. For his work on middle-fire more... glazes he received a Doctorate from

Wollongong University in 1995.