ceramics - Levy, Colin
Levy, Col. Col Levy was born in Sydney in 1933.
He studied industrial arts at Sydney Teachers College and ceramics at East Sydney Technical College.
In 1957 he spent a year workshop training with Ivan McMeekin at Sturt Pottery, Mittagong, NSW.
In 1964 he established a pottery workshop at Mt Bowen near Windsor, NSW, and worked there while lecturing at East Sydney Technical College part-time. In 1974 he was a member of the Education and Training Committee of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council and in that year studied in Japan under Yu Fujuwara at Bizen for six weeks.
He became a full-time potter in 1978 and from 1979-80 was a member of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council.
He is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, and Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW
He studied industrial arts at Sydney Teachers College and ceramics at East Sydney Technical College.
In 1957 he spent a year workshop training with Ivan McMeekin at Sturt Pottery, Mittagong, NSW.
In 1964 he established a pottery workshop at Mt Bowen near Windsor, NSW, and worked there while lecturing at East Sydney Technical College part-time. In 1974 he was a member of the Education and Training Committee of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council and in that year studied in Japan under Yu Fujuwara at Bizen for six weeks.
He became a full-time potter in 1978 and from 1979-80 was a member of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council.
He is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of South Australia, Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, and Newcastle City Art Gallery, NSW
14 item(s) found:
Col Levy, large teapot, with cane twine handle. Height 28 cm
Col Levy, bottle vase, stoneware, impressed artist monogram to base. Height 41 cm
Col Levy, glazed stoneware vase, drip glaze. Height 45 cm. Provenance: Boutwell Draper gallery
Col Levy, large vase, c1990, peach bloom glaze, hand thrown, impressed artist's seal to base. Height 36 cm
Col Levy, large vase, c1990, Chun glaze, hand thrown, impressed artist's seal to base. Height 40 cm
Col Levy, faceted bottle vase, variegated glaze. Height 37 cm
Col Levy, pair of bowls 1960's, worked from his Bowen Mountain Studio for almost 50 years. Rep: Nag, Agnsw, Ngv, Qag & Powerhouse
Col Levy, celadon bottle 31 x 14 cm. Provenance: Distelfink gallery
Colin Levy, hexagonal tapering with a slender fluted neck earthenware vase, rust and cream coloured glaze incised makers mark 81 cm high.
Col Levy, ovoid bowl terracotta body, incised initials C.L. to lower section. Height 12 cm. Width 26 cm. Depth 18.5 cm
Col Levy, teapot, 1970-74, impressed 'Cl' to the base. Height overall 23 cm
Col Levy, Bizen style blossom vase, 18 cm in diameter x 25 cm high
Col Levy, vase, white glaze, incised to the base. Height 12 cm
Colin Levy (active from 1958) stoneware 'Ball Box' with an unglazed exterior, the interior decorated with a tenmoku glaze