Bernard Leach

Bernard Howell Leach CBE CH (January 5, 1887 – May 6, 1979) was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery".

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 * It seems reasonable to expect that beauty will emerge from a fusion of the individual character and culture of the potter ,with the nature of his materials.
 * A Potters Book (1940) Faber & Faber,London 1978 (reprint of 1940) ISBN 978-0571109739