Ceramike - Background Information
 

British Studio Pottery

David Leach waves charger Mick Casson salt glazed crane jug Phil Rogers finger wiped vase


Tiled sign on the Leach Pottery in St. Ives

In 1920 Bernard Leach returned from Japan with Hamada Shoji to found the Leach Pottery in St. Ives.
Click the Leach Pottery tiles above to view a Leach St. Ives potters family tree.

Plate Design Evolution

Leach Pottery - Plate Design

Old Standard Ware Range

Leach Pottery - Old Standardware Range

 

Ladi Kwali - Winchcombe 1962

Ladi Kwali at Winchcombe Pottery in 1962.

 
 
Unidentified Leach Potter

Does anyone recognise this mark on a Leach Pottery coffee mug? Its not Muriel Bell, she used a bell image as her mark.

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A new edition is imminent - All potters click here

Photographing Pots

There are many ways, this is mine.

Danlami Aliyu 1952 - 2012

Cider jar, oil jars with screw tops and grain jar - Danlami Aliyu from his time with Michael Cardew at Wenford Bridge in the mid1970s

Nigerian potter, Cardew influenced.

Pot Easel

The Pot Easel

A precision engineered adjustable oak stand, just right for your cherished plate, charger or dish.

Now also available in Black!

Form and Function

Functional pottery is made to be used and at the same time give pleasure to the user. Click one of the pots below to view my gallery by form and make your judgement on how well the potter has fulfilled his or her task.

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Recent Gallery Images

Leach Pottery large flagon  Ray Finch Plate  Jim Malone - Early celadon bowl with flower decoration 


Saleroom

Wendy Salt (Aislaby Pottery) - Click to enter the saleroom  Warren MacKenzie - American Potter - Click to enter bookshop   Aylesford Pottery teapot - Click to enter the saleroom 


Recent Updates

03/06/2013 Home - Ladi Kwali in 1962
19/05/2013 Exhibitions - Modern Masters
12/05/2013 Home - Pottery Marks Book
11/05/2013 Home - Leach Potter MB Mark
11/05/2013 Books - Hamada Potter sold
24/04/2013 Leach Family Tree - John Dermer
18/04/2013 Potters - John Dermer
16/04/2013 Noticeboard - May Open House - Hove, Sussex
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Craft of the Potter
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Hamada Potter
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Warren Mackenzie
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Leach Hamada Circle
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Pots in the Kitchen
20/03/2013 Bookshop - Unknown Craftsman
15/03/2013 Exhibitions - Fellowship of the Fire
12/03/2013 Gallery - Leach Pottery
11/03/2013 Gallery - Bawa Ushafa (Abuja)
11/03/2013 Gallery - Jim Malone
19/11/2012 Gallery - Lisa Hammond
19/11/2012 Gallery - Winchcombe Pottery
09/10/2012 Home - Danlami Aliyu
09/10/2012 Noticeboard - Michael Cardew at Paul Rice Gallery
25/09/2012 Noticeboard - Michael Cardew Exhibition
19/07/2012 Sold - Muchelney Tankard
13/07/2012 Home - John Reeve
13/07/2012 Home - Alan Brough
11/07/2012 Exhibitions - Cornwall at Bevere Gallery
04/07/2012 Exhibitions - Ashraf and Sue Hanna
28/06/2012 Noticeboard - Southern Ceramic Group
28/06/2012 Noticeboard - Art in Clay
27/06/2012 Festivals - Earth and Fire
26/06/2012 Home - Photographing Pots
20/06/2012 Home - Edward Hughes Book
12/06/2012 Exhibitions - Bill Marshall at Kestle Barton
30/05/2012 Exhibitions - Excitations York Art Gallery
04/05/2012 Home - Gordon Baldwin
03/05/2012 Exhibitions - Jim Malone
02/05/2012 Home - Della Robbia/Jane Holmes
26/04/2012 Home - Adam Keeling Demonstration
06/04/2012 Noticeboard - Hove Open House
23/03/2012 Pot Sales - Muchelney Tyg sold
21/02/2012 Pot Sales - Broadstairs Flagon sold
19/01/2012 Home - Ray Finch
19/01/2012 Archives - Tin Glazers, Mashiko Appeal
21/12/2011 Gallery - David Lloyd-Jones
03/12/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
31/11/2011 Exhibitions - Doug Fitch
23/10/2011 Exhibitions - Peter Swanson
26/09/2011 Leach Pottery - Old Standardware Range
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
26/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
25/09/2011 Gallery - Michael Leach
25/09/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery
25/09/2011 Gallery - Sten Borsting
25/09/2011 Gallery - Edward Hughes
05/09/2011 Past Potters - David Ballantyne poem
05/09/2011 Festivals - Art in Clay 2011
04/09/2011 Festivals - Aberystwyth - Bottle Kiln 2011
04/09/2011 Festivals - Aberystwyth 2011
20/08/2011 Festivals - Earth and Fire 2011
14/08/2011 Exhibitions - Peter Hayes
21/06/2011 Bookshop - Ken Eastman sold
15/06/2011 Gallery - Leach Pottery Soup Jug
15/06/2011 Home - Tin Glazers
31/05/2011 Exhibitions - Wobage Summer Exhibition
18/05/2011 Home - Mashiko Yunomi
16/05/2011 Exhibitions - William Marshall
15/05/2011 Peter Swanson Mashiko Appeal Yunomi
15/05/2011 Peter Swanson Large Bowl
08/05/2011 Pot Sales - Jeremy Leach box sold
08/05/2011 Pot Sales - St Ives egg cup sold
02/05/2011 Pot Sales - Matthew Blakeley bowl sold
01/05/2011 Pot Sales - Lowerdown bud vase sold
27/04/2011 Exhibitions - Robin Welch
25/04/2011 Gallery - Ray Finch


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Lidded jar by Colin Pearson Brush pot by Geoffrey Whiting Teapot by Mark Griffiths Jug by Mick Casson Dish from tha Leach Pottery Bowl by Simon Leach Tea cup by David Lloyd-Jones Vase by Phil Rogers