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Aug 31, 2021 · News. By. Jack Colwill Digital Reporter. John Leach, the famed Somerset potter, has died aged 82 (Image: Richard Austin) One of Somerset's most famous craftsmen has died "peacefully" at the...
Sep 26, 2021 · John Leach: 65 Years A Potter. Exhibition: 17 July - 26 September 2021, Entrance Gallery. The Leach Pottery presents its first solo exhibition of John Leach who trained at the Leach Pottery from 1960-63. John, David Leach’s eldest son and Bernard Leach’s eldest grandson, was born at the Leach Pottery in 1939, returning in the early 1960s to ...
John Leach 1939 - 2021. list In: News On: Thursday, September 16 2021. On behalf of his family and the pottery crew, it is with great sadness we inform you that John Leach passed away peacefully August 29th 2021. A NOTE FROM LIZZIE LEACH.
John Leach was a studio potter, the eldest son of David Leach and the eldest grandson of Bernard Leach. Born in St Ives in 1939, he studied under his grandfather and father at St Ives and under Ray Finch at Winchcombe. [1]
Sep 1, 2021 · Martin Hesp pays tribute to his old friend, the potter Johnny Leach who passed away on Sunday August 29, 2021.
Aug 31, 2021 · 2021-08-31 - MARTIN HESP wmnnewsdesk@reachplc.com. THE death of one of the South West’s best known artists occurred over the weekend. John Leach was a member of the famous Leach dynasty of potters, which gained world-renown after his grandfather, Bernard, began revolutionising British pottery with his wood-fired kilns in St Ives, 101 ...
John Leach, eldest grandson of renowned potter Bernard Leach, continues the family tradition at Muchelney Pottery on the edge of the ancient village of Muchelney in the heart of the Somerset Levels. John started the pottery in 1965 with his wife Lizzie. The pots are all hand-thrown, using local clays, and wood-fired in the kiln to the high ...
