Ceramics in the collection

Milton Moon (1926-2019)

Ceramic platter

From the Wilpena series, 1991.

Milton Moon was an Australian potter and a pioneer of the modernist approach to ceramics in the post-war period. In the mid-1950s Moon became interested in ceramics, learning the techniques of wheel-throwing earthenware. From the late 1960s began to explore the use of gas-fired kilns. This enabled the higher-firing temperatures required to produce stronger stoneware and experimentation with glazes. Moon became Senior Instructor in Pottery at the Central Technical College in Brisbane and after moving to Adelaide in 1969, he was appointed the Head of Ceramics at the South Australian School of Art.