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==Biography==
==Biography==
- Upon graduating from the [[Ulster College of Art and Design]] in 1971, Jack Doherty began working as a studio potter at [[Kilkenny Design Workshops]], [[Ireland]].<ref name=Craft1>{{cite web|last1=Design & Crafts Council of Ireland|title=Irish Craft Portfolio 2013-2014: Critical Selection|url=http://issuu.com/craftscouncilofireland/docs/irishcraftportfolio2013-2014_faissu?e=1803346/4696882|website=http://www.dccoi.ie|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> Afterwards, he established his studio first in [[Co Armagh]] and then in [[Herefordshire]]<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref>, while also being a part time lecturer in ceramics at the [[Royal Forest of Dean College]].<ref name=DohCV>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Curriculum vitae|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/cv.html|website=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> He was elected as [[Chairman|Chair]] of the [[Craft Potters Association]] between 1995 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last1=New Craftsman Gallery|title=Jack Doherty|url=http://www.newcraftsmanstives.com/index.php?location=artist&artist=4890|website=http://www.newcraftsmantives.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> From 2008 until 2013 he was [[lead potter]] and [[creative director]] at [[The Leach Pottery]] in [[St. Ives]], Cornwall.<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> As a founder he became the current Chair of the organising committee of [[Ceramic Arts London]] in 2013, previously being [[director]] of both [[Ceramic Review]] magazine and [[Contemporary Ceramics]] for more than 13 years.<ref>{{cite web|last1=New Craftsman Gallery|title=Jack Doherty|url=http://www.newcraftsmanstives.com/index.php?location=artist&artist=4890|website=http://www.newcraftsmantives.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> He now works independently from his studio in [[Mousehole]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]].<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref>
- Upon graduating from the [[Ulster College of Art and Design]] in 1971, Jack Doherty began working as a studio potter at [[Kilkenny Design Workshops]], [[Ireland]].<ref name=Craft1>{{cite web|last1=Design & Crafts Council of Ireland|title=Irish Craft Portfolio 2013-2014: Critical Selection|url=http://issuu.com/craftscouncilofireland/docs/irishcraftportfolio2013-2014_faissu?e=1803346/4696882|website=http://www.dccoi.ie|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> Afterwards, he established his studio first in [[Co Armagh]] and then in [[Herefordshire]]<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref>, while also being a part time lecturer in ceramics at the [[Royal Forest of Dean College]].<ref name=DohCV>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Curriculum vitae|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/cv.html|website=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> He was elected as [[Chairman|Chair]] of the [[Craft Potters Association]] between 1995 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2008.<ref name=NCG>{{cite web|last1=New Craftsman Gallery|title=Jack Doherty|url=http://www.newcraftsmanstives.com/index.php?location=artist&artist=4890|website=http://www.newcraftsmantives.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> From 2008 until 2013 he was [[lead potter]] and [[creative director]] at [[The Leach Pottery]] in [[St. Ives]], Cornwall.<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref> As a founder he became the current Chair of the organising committee of [[Ceramic Arts London]] in 2013, previously being [[director]] of both [[Ceramic Review]] magazine and [[Contemporary Ceramics]] for more than 13 years.<ref name=NCG>{{cite web|last1=New Craftsman Gallery|title=Jack Doherty|url=http://www.newcraftsmanstives.com/index.php?location=artist&artist=4890|website=http://www.newcraftsmantives.com|accessdate=15 October 2014}}</ref> He now works independently from his studio in [[Mousehole]], [[Cornwall]], [[England]].<ref name=Doh3>{{cite web|last1=Doherty|first1=Jack|title=Brief Biography|url=http://www.dohertyporcelain.com/dohertypages/statement.html|website=Doherty Porcelain|accessdate=14 October 2014}}</ref>


==Work process==
==Work process==

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Jack Doherty
Born
Jack Doherty

1948
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
NationalityNorthern Irish
EducationUlster College of Art and Design
EmployerDoherty Porcelain
Known forPottery, author
Websitewww.dohertyporcelain.com

Jack Doherty (born 1948, Coleraine[1]) is a Northern Irish studio potter and author. He is perhaps best known for his vessels made of soda-fired porcelain.[2] He has been featured in a number of books, and his work has been exhibited widely in both Europe and North America. Articles of his have appeared in various pottery journals and he has been Chair of the Craft Potters Association.[3]

Biography

- Upon graduating from the Ulster College of Art and Design in 1971, Jack Doherty began working as a studio potter at Kilkenny Design Workshops, Ireland.[2] Afterwards, he established his studio first in Co Armagh and then in Herefordshire[4], while also being a part time lecturer in ceramics at the Royal Forest of Dean College.[5] He was elected as Chair of the Craft Potters Association between 1995 and 2000 and again between 2002 and 2008.[6] From 2008 until 2013 he was lead potter and creative director at The Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall.[4] As a founder he became the current Chair of the organising committee of Ceramic Arts London in 2013, previously being director of both Ceramic Review magazine and Contemporary Ceramics for more than 13 years.[6] He now works independently from his studio in Mousehole, Cornwall, England.[4]

Work process

Jack Doherty's personal artistic statement says that "

Questioning the vernacular of functionality

Awards

  • 1972 Alice Berger Hammerslag Trust Award
  • 1974 Gold Medal International Ceramics Exhibition, Faenza, Italy
  • 1976 Gold Medal International Ceramics Biennial, Vallauris, France
  • 1986 Crafts Council marketing / publicity grant
  • 1998 1st Prize West Midlands Arts Touring Exhibition
  • 1993 West Midlands Arts Crafts initiative grant

Collections

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications

Articles

  • 1982 “The Crafts in Ulster”, Peter Dormer, Crafts Magazine
  • 1983 “Making a Tradition”, Sean McCrum, Irish Times
  • 1983 “Jack Doherty's Porcelain”, Ceramic Review
  • 1989 “Potters Dictionary of Techniques and Materials”, Hamer, A&C Black
  • 1990 “Colour in Clay”, Jane Waller, Crowood Press
  • 1991 “Dictionary of Practical Pottery” Robert Fournier
  • 1992 “Potters”, Craft Potters Association
  • 1993 “Soda Glazing”, Ruthanne Tudball, A&C Black
  • 1994 “Porcelain”, Caroline Whyman, Batsford
  • 1995 “Colouring Clay”, Clay Times, Washington DC
  • 1998 “A Song of Today”, Josie Walter, Ceramic Review
  • 1999 “Reputations”, Anatol Orient, Ceramic Review
  • 2000 “Ten Thousand Years of Pottery”, Emmanuel Cooper, British Museum
  • 2001 “Salt-Glaze Ceramics”, Rosemary Cochrane, Crowood Press
  • 2002 “Salt Glazed Ceramics”, Phil Rogers, A&C Black
  • 2002 Ceramics Ireland
  • 2003 “Complete Potters Companion”, Tony Birks, Conran Octopus
  • 2003 National Ceramics, South Africa
  • 2003 “The Ceramic Surface”, Osterman, A&C Black
  • 2004 “Porcelain and Bone China”, Sasha Wardell, Crowood Press
  • 2004 “Contemporary Porcelain”, Peter Lane, A&C Black
  • 2005 “The Teapot Book”, Steve Woodhead, A&C Black
  • 2006 “The Ceramics Book”, Ceramic Review
  • 2007 “Revelations”, David Whiting, Ceramics Art and Perception
  • 2008 “Brightness and Rightness”, Helen Bevis, Ceramics Monthly
  • 2009 “Jack Doherty”, Eleanor Flegg, Perspectives
  • 2009 Ceramics Ireland, Tina Byrne
  • 2010 “Accidently on Purpose”, Taipei Times, Taiwan
  • 2010 “Jack Doherty”, China Post, Taiwan
  • 2010 “Jack Doherty Pure Simplicity” Ceramics Art Magazine, Taiwan
  • 2010 “Jack Doherty”, Interiors Magazine, Taiwan
  • 2011 “The Craft and Art of Clay”, Susan Peterson
  • 2012 “Talking Quietly Hearing Silence”, Eleanor Flegg, Craft Arts International
  • 2013 “Troubled Light “, Eleanor Flegg, Ceramic Review

References

  1. ^ Bircham Gallery. "Jack Doherty - Biography". Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Design & Crafts Council of Ireland. "Irish Craft Portfolio 2013-2014: Critical Selection". http://www.dccoi.ie. Retrieved 15 October 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  3. ^ Doherty, Jack (2002). Porcelain. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 9780812218275. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Doherty, Jack. "Brief Biography". Doherty Porcelain. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ^ Doherty, Jack. "Curriculum vitae". http://www.dohertyporcelain.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  6. ^ a b New Craftsman Gallery. "Jack Doherty". http://www.newcraftsmantives.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
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