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Bernard Leach was born in Hong Kong, but spent his young adult years in Japan where he came into contact with a group of young Japanese art lovers who called themselves Shirakaba (白樺). Through them he learned about William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. It was in Japan that Leach began potting under the direction of Shigekichi Urano (Kenzan VI) and befriended a young potter named Shoji Hamada. With Hamada, he set up the Leach Pottery at St. Ives, Cornwall in 1920, including the construction of a traditional Japanese wood burning kiln. The two of them promoted pottery as a combination of Western and Eastern arts and philosophies. In their work they focused on traditional Korean, Japanese and Chinese pottery, in combination with traditional techniques from England and Germany, like slipware and salt glaze ware. They saw pottery as a combination of art, philosophy, design and craft – even as a greater lifestyle. However, many in the West considered their pottery crude by the refined standards of the day. Publishing A Potter's Book in 1940 defined Leach's craft philosophy and techniques, and became his breakthrough to recognition. This page is about William Morris, the writer, designer and socialist. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ... Hamada Shoji (born: December 9, 1894, Tokyo, Japan - died January 5, 1978, Mashiko) was a Japanese potter. ... The Leach Pottery was founded by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in St Ives, Cornwall in 1920. ... St Ives harbour St Ives is a seaside town in Cornwall, England, north of Penzance, and west of Camborne. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... Slipware is a type of pottery identified by its primary decorating process. ... The type of pottery known as salt glaze or salted is created by adding common salt, a composition of sodium and chlorine, into the chamber of a hot kiln. ...

Leach Pottery standard ware as made in the 1950s and 1960s, from a brochure of the period

Leach advocated making utilitarian, so-called ethical pots over fine art pots, which promote aesthetic concerns rather than function. Thus, his style had a lot of influence on counter-culture and modern design in North America during the 1950s and 1960s. He aspired to running a modern cooperative workshop which created a catalogue of handmade pottery for the general public. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (3677 × 5482 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 402 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (3677 × 5482 pixel, file size: 3. ... The ethical pot is a concept of pottery, which is holistic, based on tradition, locally made and generally useful. ... The fine art pot aspires to the conditions of art, often placing functionality in the background. ... During the 1960s the term underground acquired a new meaning in that it referred to members of the so-called counterculture, i. ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ...

Many potters from all over the world were apprenticed at the Leach Pottery, and spread Leach's style and beliefs. His British associates and trainees include Michael Cardew, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Nora Braden, David Leach and Michael Leach (his sons, including, Janet Darnell (whom Leach married, 1956), William Marshall, Kenneth Quick and Richard Batterham. Many of his Canadian apprentices made up the vibrant pottery-scene of the Canadian Westcoast during the 1970s in Vancouver. His American apprentices include Warren MacKenzie (who likewise influenced many potters through his teaching at the University of Minnesota), Byron Temple, Clary Illian and Jeff Oestrich. He was a major influence on the leading New Zealand potter Len Castle who travelled to London to spend time working with him in the mid-1950s. The Leach Pottery was founded by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada in St Ives, Cornwall in 1920. ... Michael Cardew MBE, OBE (1901-1983) was a significant studio potter and ceramic stylist. ... Katherine (sometimes spelled Katharine) Pleydell-Bouverie (born Berkshire, 1895 - died Wiltshire, 1985)[1] was a pioneer in modern British pottery. ... David Andrew Leach (1911-2005) was an English studio potter. ... William Marshall is a named shared by several people: William Marshal, father and son, 12th-to-13th-century British noblemen William Marshall (illustrator) the 17th-century illustrator William Calder Marshall, the 19th-century Scottish sculptor William Raine Marshall, the 19th-century American politician William Marshall (commander) the 20th-century military... For other uses, see Vancouver (disambiguation). ... Warren Mackenzie is one of the pre-eminent potters in North America. ... This article is about the oldest and largest campus of the University of Minnesota. ... Len Castle is a New Zealand Potter. ...

Leach formally joined the Bahá'í Faith in 1940. A pilgrimage to the Bahá'í shrines in Haifa, Israel, during 1954 intensified his feeling that he should do more to unite the East and West by returning to the Orient to "to try more honestly to do my work there as a Bahá'í and as an artist..."¹ This article is about the generally-recognized global Baháí community. ... Hebrew חֵיפָה Arabic حَيْفَا Founded in 3rd century CE Government City District Haifa Population 267,000 1,039,000 (metropolitan area) Jurisdiction 63,666 dunams (63. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He continued to produce work until 1972 and never ended his passion for travelling, which made him a precursor of today's artistic globalism. He continued to write about ceramics even after losing his eyesight. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London held a major exhibition of his art in 1977. The Leach pottery still remains open today, accompanied by a museum displaying many pieces by Leach and his students. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the worlds largest and finest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4. ...

See also

• Studio pottery
• ethical pot

// Studio pottery is a branch of pottery that has in the last fifty years undergone a bit of a revolution. ... The ethical pot is a concept of pottery, which is holistic, based on tradition, locally made and generally useful. ...

Notes

1. Weinberg, Robert (ed.) (1999). Spinning the Clay into Stars, Bernard Leach and the Bahá'í Faith. pp. 21 & 29. George Ronald, Oxford. ISBN 0-85398-440-9.

External links

• Leach Pottery
• Studio Pottery
• Crafts Study Centre Bernard Leach Collection, hosted by AHDS Visual Arts
• Historic Leach pottery at Stoke-on-Trent Museums
• Accidental Masterpiece. Ceramics. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.