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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. Leach left school in 1957 and worked with his father at Lowerdown Pottery Bovey Tracey, Devon and from 1961 to 1962 he was an apprentice at the Leach Pottery St Ives.

He founded Muchelney Pottery on the Somerset Levels in 1964, and developed a range of pottery using local clay and wood to fuel the kiln.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds a collection of his work and also the Worcester Art Museum USA. His work is also in the permanent collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Ulster Museum, Belfast, the Tate St Ives and the National Museum of Wales.

He died 29 August 2021. His funeral was held on 1 October 2021 at Higher Ground Meadow near Corscombe.

References

1. "John Leach". www.studiopottery.com. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
2. Watson, Oliver (1993). Studio pottery. Phaidon. p. 211. ISBN 071482948X.
3. Colwill, Jack (31 August 2021). "Famed Somerset potter John Leach dies". SomersetLive. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
4. "Renowned potter to stage exhibition at Cornish birthplace". Falmouth Packet. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
5. Museum, Victoria and Albert. "Casserole". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
6. "John Leach – People – Worcester Art Museum". worcester.emuseum.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
7. "JOHN LEACH". www.curwengallery.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
8. "John Leach 1939 - 2021". www.johnleachpottery.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2022.

• 1939 births
• 2021 deaths
• English potters
• 20th-century British ceramists
• People from St Ives, Cornwall