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A “once-in-a-lifetime” collection of Bernard Leach pottery which had been destined for a charity shop after being found gathering dust in a cupboard has sold for £13,000 at auction.

Like many of his contemporaries, Leach often worked with assistants to help realise his ideas, many of whom went on to become leading potters in their own right ...

NARRATOR:'However some people still believe making pottery was a craft and not a process.' NARRATOR:'In 1920, Bernard Leach opened a studio in St Ives Cornwall. Where he became famous for his ...

In Rehearsal for a Reunion (with the Father of Pottery) (2011), Fujiwara uses ... style of mid-twentieth-century British ceramist Bernard Leach. The tea set becomes the central prop in the titular ...

LEACH POTTERY. Studio pottery had its roots in Cornwall when Bernard Leach moved to St Ives. This distinctive kick wheel, which became the archetypal English potter's wheel, was designed by Dicon ...