	Robert FOURNIER Dates: b.1915 He was born in Wimbledon and excelled at art at school but did not pursue it as a career, instead he joined the library service. As a pacificist he refused National Service and served a prison sentence. He trained at the Central School of Art under Dora Billington (1945-1946) where he became a technical and teaching assistant. He established the Ducketts Wood Pottery in Hertfordshire in 1947 and made slipware, tin-glaze and mosaics. A year later he set up the pottery department at Goldsmiths College. He worked together with his wife Sheila Fournier whom he married in 1961, producing repetition tableware in stoneware, at London, Kent and eventually at Lacock (1971-1987). They set up the archive of the Craft Potters Association, which formed the basis of the Ceramic Archive at Aberystwyth. They also made a number of films with John Anderson, including: Creatures In Clay, David Leach and Raku, English Style. They have issued slides on pottery, both modern and ancient. Robert Fournier has written extensively on ceramics and has produced many books on the subject. Robert Fournier Ceramic Creations, 1971. Robert Fournier Electric Kiln Construction for Potters, 1977 Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Form, 1981 Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Decoration, 1986 Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, 1992 Robert and Sheila Fournier, 1994A guide to public collections of studio pottery in the British Isles, Robert Fournier and Eric Yates-Owen British Studio Potters' Marks, 2005

Robert FOURNIER

Dates: b.1915

He was born in Wimbledon and excelled at art at school but did not pursue it as a career, instead he joined the library service. As a pacificist he refused National Service and served a prison sentence. He trained at the Central School of Art under Dora Billington (1945-1946) where he became a technical and teaching assistant. He established the Ducketts Wood Pottery in Hertfordshire in 1947 and made slipware, tin-glaze and mosaics. A year later he set up the pottery department at Goldsmiths College. He worked together with his wife Sheila Fournier whom he married in 1961, producing repetition tableware in stoneware, at London, Kent and eventually at Lacock (1971-1987). They set up the archive of the Craft Potters Association, which formed the basis of the Ceramic Archive at Aberystwyth. They also made a number of films with John Anderson, including: Creatures In Clay, David Leach and Raku, English Style. They have issued slides on pottery, both modern and ancient. Robert Fournier has written extensively on ceramics and has produced many books on the subject.

Robert Fournier Ceramic Creations, 1971.
Robert Fournier Electric Kiln Construction for Potters, 1977
Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Form, 1981
Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Pottery Decoration, 1986
Robert Fournier Illustrated Dictionary of Practical Pottery, 1992
Robert and Sheila Fournier, 1994A guide to public collections of studio pottery in the British Isles,
Robert Fournier and Eric Yates-Owen British Studio Potters' Marks, 2005