Peter Lane is known for his books, STUDIO PORCELAIN (Pitman, London and Chilton, USA, 1980); STUDIO CERAMICS (Collins, London and Chilton, USA, 1983); CERAMIC FORM: Design and Decoration (Collins, London and Rizzoli, New York 1988 reprinted 1990) with an enlarged edition ( A&C Black, London; Rizzoli, New York; Craftsman House, Australia) 1998; CONTEMPORARY PORCELAIN: Materials, Techniques and Expressions (A&C Black, London and Chilton, USA 1995) and for his own creative work, especially in porcelain, which is included in many public and private collections around the world. A completely new edition entitled CONTEMPORARY STUDIO PORCELAIN was published in 2003 (A&C Black Ltd. and Pennsylvania University Press) with more than 365 full colour illustrations of works by 143 artists from 27 countries.
His ceramics have been widely exhibited in Europe, North America, Australia and Kuwait. He has lectured and given numerous workshop demonstrations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America as well as many more in Britain. He is a Member of the International Academy of Ceramics; a Fellow of the Craft Potters' Association of Great Britain; a Fellow of the Society of Designer-Craftsmen, and his work is included in the British Crafts Council's selective Index, Craftsmen of Quality, in London.
In 1987, after more than thirty years of full-time teaching in schools, colleges and university, Peter resigned his Senior Lectureship at the University of East Anglia to concentrate fully on his own creative work and writing about contemporary ceramics. He now lives and works in Alresford, Hampshire in the south of England.
In Peter Lane's current work, he attempts to capture the luminosity and qualities of light and colour through a series of porcelain bowls and vessel forms.
Major Collections: Castle Museum, Norwich; Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery; City of Aberdeen Museum & Art Gallery; The Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City USA; Boise Museum of Fine Art, Idaho USA; The Smits Collection, Los Angeles USA; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; The Potters' Society of Australia; Sydney; Holmes A'Court Collection, Perth, Australia; The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario; Egner Collection, Germany; Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea; Benaki Museum, Athems, Greece; Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany; Kolumba Museum, Cologne, Germany; Leicestershire County Council; Norfolk County Council; King Alfred's College, Winchester; The Allen Gallery, Alton; Hampshire County Museums, etc.
"Lizard Skin" bowl 20cms diameter
Porcelain vessels decorated with ceramic stains