Peter Travis Ceramics

Travis began as a designer.

Peter travis ceramics. Peter travis 1929 2016 was born in manly nsw. He was equally well known as a colour consultant kite maker and designer. Newcastle regional gallery newcastle nsw australia. He studied sculpture ceramics and industrial design at east sydney technical college completing the new ceramics certificate there in 1964 and setting up a studio in glebe.

Peter travis mulluscoid 2 1973 ceramics stoneware stained clay. Peter travis am b. In the late. A peter travis studio pottery vase 1967 embellished with swirling carved geometric design washed with white blue and brown slip signed to base 23 cm wide australian peter travis sphere pottery vase signed to base height 13 cm peter.

Crafts board of australia council collection of australian and international decorative and design arts acquired 1982. From that year he studied sculpture at east sydney technical college under lyndon dadswell and from 1962 he studied ceramics under peter rushforth. Peter travis who designed the speedo swimming brief was an outstanding ceramic artist designer and lecturer consulted for the interior design of prominent buildings and sought after for his works. Travis started making kites in 1974 he developed them into huge aerial sculpture installations which allowed him to express his love of shape and colour on a large scale.

Sep 23 2014 signed inside on underside of base peter travis 65 sep 23 2014 signed inside on underside of base peter travis 65 sep 23 2014 signed inside on underside of base peter travis 65. Equally well known as a colour consultant kite maker and designer his ceramic work took the form of distinctive. Constructed with pre made circular pieces decorated with coloured slips and coils. The revolution manly art gallery manly nsw australia celebrating 75th birthday of peter travis radical new approach to the men s leisure beach and swimwear fifty years of australian ceramics.

1929 ceramic artist designer and teacher was born in the beachside sydney suburb of manly. A manly boy peter travis was working for speedo holdings in 1960 when his boss asked him to re create the overseas fashion of shorts in hawaiian motif. While working as a designer for speedo swimwear in 1960 travis created the iconic male brief speedo swimming costume.