John Leach (studio potter)

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] 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.[2] He founded Mulcheney Pottery on the Somerset Levels[3] in 1964, and developed a range of pottery using local clay and wood to fuel the kiln.[4]

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.
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