Bernard Leach - Jonathan Accatino

Bernard Howell Leach was a British studio potter and art teacher. Leach attended the Slade School of Fine Art and the London School of Art and then became interested in Japan so he returned there. After some time, he came back to England in 1920 and established The Leach Pottery studio with Shoji Hamada. They also constructed a traditional Japanese climbing kiln which was the first built in the West. This teapot is one of Leach's works of art. I really liked the craft of this teapot, specifically how the spout is shaped and the addition of the little base legs that the teapot sits on. The designs on the teapot are also pretty interesting, but subtle as well.