Bernard leach Brian golding

 

Bernard Leach was a British studio potter who was widely known as the “ Father of British studio pottery”. Leach was born in Hon Kong on January 5th 1887 and passed away May 6th 1979 at the age of 92. Leach received his education at the Slate school of fine art in London. He was part of the 6th generation of Japanese potters working in the tradition of the Ogata Kenzan. He then went on to earn the title Kenzan VII after denoting the 7th generation. Then in 1920 he returned to England and linked up with a fellow potter named shoji hamada to establish leach pottery school in st.ives England. There they showed how to make traditional Asian pottery.