Burgess, Meg

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Maker Name

Burgess, Meg

Biography

English born Meg Burgess first trained at Camberwell School of Art in London. Her teachers were Colin Pearson, Lucy Rie, Hans Coper and Bryan Newman. She also studied industrial design at Stoke-on-Trent.
Meg and her husband Allan Burgess, set up the Caeathro Pottery in North Wales in 1973.
They and their children came to Canada in 1982, settled in Comox and set up Little River Pottery.
Meg has been working as a self-employed potter. She sold through the Gallery of BC Ceramics, and is a long-term member of Fired UP. Influences from her Modernist training in England can be seen in her fluted forms, and she is known for her intricate carving.

First name

Meg

Last name

Burgess

Place of Birth

Manchester, England

Studio location

Links to Further Resources

2022 https://www.thepottersplace.ca/meg-burgess/
2004 http://www.jonathons.ca/2-uncategorised/205-a-natural-progression.html
1998 Made of Clay, PGBC

Source

Debra E. Sloan

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