Ceramics & Pottery

Bernard Leach: Father of British Studio Pottery

Bernard Leach: Father of British Studio Pottery

Rightly revered as the father of British Studio pottery, Bernard Leach’s influence as a ceramicist is hard to overstate. As someone who exceeded his accolades, Leach’s pure and utilitarian form of pottery stood in opposition to mass production and had a lasting influence on modern design in North America during the 1950s and 1960s. It…

5 clues to the enduring appeal of Warren MacKenzie

5 clues to the enduring appeal of Warren MacKenzie

Renowned for his simple, wheel-thrown functional pottery influenced by Bernard Leach and the pared-back Japanese aesthetic of Shoji Hamada, Warren MacKenzie ploughed his own furrow and challenged the idea that art can’t be an everyday object.