Bernard Leach - Antonietta Capone

 Bernard Leach is a British potter who influenced contemporary ceramic design. He was born in January of 1887 (Hong Kong) and died in May 1979. Leach took up pottery in 1911 and apprenticed himself to the sixth generation of Japanese potters working in the tradition of Ogata Kenzan. In 1920 Leach returned to England with his friend and master potter Shoji Hamada. There, they established Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Leach produced ceramics in the tradition of Asian Pottery, especially raku. He has many written works of pottery manuals/biographies. He is regarded as the "Father of British Studio Pottery".