Since its inception in 1920 the Leach Pottery has been a place where many people started their pottery journey and a place of pilgrimage for others. The exhibition celebrates the unknown craftsmen of the past whose work inspired Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada and the work of modern potters with connections to the Leach Pottery.
The large selection of pots is accompanied by other exhibits including a selection of Bernard Leach's working documents for his seminal work A Potter's Book and an intriguing paper model of the pottery workshop made by Leach in 1920.
View across the exhibition
Top - Unknown Korean, Masu Minagawa, unknown German
Middle - Unknown Japanese and Chinese potters
Bottom - Unknown British, Michael Cardew and Shoji Hamada
Top - Bernard Leach, Janet Leach and Shoji Hamada
Middle - Unknown Japanese and Korean and Chinese potters
Bottom - Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie and Bernard Leach
Top - Bernard Leach except for the small Leach Pottery jug and the smaller bottle (Unknown Chinese)
Bottom - Bernard Leach and Thomas Toft
Top - Scott Marshall, Bill Marshall and Kenneth Quick trio
Middle - Annabelle Smith(2) and Callum Trudgeon
Bottom - Ogato Kenzan VI (2), Shoji Hamada (2), Atsuya Hamada, Tomoo Hamada and Shinsaku Hamada
Top - Alexander Sharp, Derek Emms, Geoffrey Whiting and Robert Blatherwick
Middle - Trevor Corser, John Bedding, Shigeyoshi Ichino, Edward de Waal and Emmanuel Cooper (2)
Bottom - Ladi Kwali, Jeff Oestreich, Ian Steele, Gwynn Hanssen Piggott, Louis Hanssen,Alexander Sharp and Mirek Smisek
Ladi Kwali water pot, Jeff Oestreich and Ian Steele teabowls, Gwynn Hanssen Piggott and Louis Hanssen boxes,Alexander Sharp teabowl
Bernard Leach - Raku vessel and horse sculpture
Masu Minagawa teapot
Slipware chargers - Bernard Leach and Thomas Toft
Alexander Sharp plate
Michael Cardew jug - Cornish inscription
Bernard Leach bottles
Janet Leach and Shoji Hamada
Trevor Corser, John Bedding and Shigeyoshi Ichino
Bernard Leach and Leach Pottery stamps
Bernard Leach ephemera - Working documents for A Potter's Book
Bernard Leach ephemera - Working documents for A Potter's Book
1920 paper model of the Leach Pottery buildings