Feats of Clay ; Crafted From Clay, They Were Objects of Beauty to Take the Breath Away - and When They Went Under the Hammer at Bonhams' London Saleroom Earlier This Year, a Wheel Had Turned Full Circle.

Western Daily Press › August 03, 2008

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Crafted from clay, they were objects of beauty to take the breath away - and when they went under the hammer at Bonhams' London saleroom earlier this year, a wheel had turned full circle.

Tina Rowe speaks to John Leach, grandson of the granddaddy of British pottery, Bernard Leach, and finds out what fires the family passion for this craft. Pictures: Steve Roberts

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Feats of Clay ; Crafted From Clay, They Were Objects of Beauty to Take the Breath Away - and When They Went Under the Hammer at Bonhams' London Saleroom Earlier This Year, a Wheel Had Turned Full Circle.

For the makers of the glorious contem- porary ceramics on sale all acknowledged their debt to Bernard Leach, the founder of British studio pottery, and they had donated their work to boost the coffers of a project restoring this legendary craftsman's studio and home in the West.

Leach - potter, artist, writer and poet - was one of the grea...

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