Ron Roy- STRAIGHT DOUBLE EDGE DINNER SET


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Ron Roy

Brief Biography
1935 Born Montréal, Québec.
1963 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario.
1967-85 Established the ceramics studio and developed the curriculum for Centennial College's continuing education department, Scarborough, Ontario.
1989 Award winning set on display in Mino, Japan. This set purchased in 1991.
Ron is a writer, a technical advisor and consultant to studio potters, a technical advisor to Ceramics Monthly and is persuing experiments with dilatometry.

Exhibition History
1984 "The Perfect Setting"; Government House, Ottawa, Ontario (Special Award for Contemporary Design).
1985 "Thresholds"; 4th International Ceramic Symposium, Toronto, Ontario.
1986 "Fireworks '86" invitational exhibition organised by FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association, Toronto, Ontario.
1987 Art Gallery of Temiskaming, Temiskaming, Ontario.
1989 "The 2nd International Ceramics Competetion"; Mino, Japan (Juror’s Award).
1996 "Useful Intentions"; Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario and Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario.
1997 "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Burlington Art Centre.
1998 "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2000 "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2001 "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; The Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2002 "FIRE+EARTH: Contemporary Canadian Ceramics"; Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Publications
Co-author of "Mastering Cone 6 Glazes" a book on glaze stability, 2002.
Ceramics Monthly, 2000.
Ceramic Monthly. Craft News, Fusion, 1990.
Claridge Collection Catalogue. Editor, Franklin Silverstone, 1991.
Feature article, Ceramic Monthly, 1994.

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