Item NMC/0833 - Ceramic bowl

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NMC/0833

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Ceramic bowl

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  • c1980s-1990s (Creation)

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1

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This item suffered significant damage in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. It was salvaged and has undergone conservation and consolidation work in 2018. Brown fired ceramic bowl with grooves. Grey glaze on the inside.

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(1932-2010)

Biographical history

Alexander Leckie studied ceramics at The Glasgow School of Art before moving to Australia in 1955. In 1956, he started teaching a new pottery course at the South Australian School of Arts and Crafts. In 1962, Leckie stopped teaching and worked full-time as a potter in his own studio, before returning to Scotland in 1966 to take up a position as senior lecturer at The Glasgow School of Art, where he remained for twenty years.

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Janey Buchan. 15.11.05 (on loan). See correspondence from Alasdair Buchan 13.6.2012.

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Partly glazed ceramic.

Dimensions: 112 x 215 x 215 mm

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