Brian Keyte is a former mechanical design draftsman and engineer who obtained a Diploma of Arts (Ceramics) from Holmesglen TAFE in 1996 after two years undertaking various short courses. Working at first on a part-time basis, he exhibited mainly in Melbourne at outlets like the Meat Market, Northcote Pottery and Skepsi galleries. He became a full-time potter in 2005. He specialises in functional forms made from porcelaineous stoneware clay, wheel-thrown and sometimes carved, with copper, bronze and iron glazes. He uses mathematical concepts like the Fibonacci progression and golden mean as a guide to form and glaze application and is also interested in fluids and their behaviour and natural processes such as shading and countershading. He has taught part-time in the TAFE system and also conducts glaze workshops. His mark is a painted 'Keyte'.