Walter Keeler (studio potter)

Walter Keeler (b 1942) is a British studio potter and was professor of Ceramics at the University of the West of England from 1994 to 2002.

Keeler makes salt glaze pottery influenced by early Staffordshire Creamware.

[1] Keeler was born in London and attended Harrow School of Art, London from 1958 until 1963 where he was trained by Michael Casson.

[2] He established his first pottery at Bledlow Bridge, Buckinghamshire in 1965 and in 1976 he moved his studio to Penallt Wales, where he lives with his wife Madoline.

[6] Keeler is the president of the South Wales Potters[7] and in 2007 was named Welsh Artist of the Year.