Leach Pottery
Founded in 1920 by Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada, the Leach Pottery, St Ives, is among the most respected and influential potteries in the world. Over the last hundred years it has forged the shape of Studio Pottery in the UK and beyond.
Scores of potters, students and apprentices, from across the world have come to the Leach Pottery to train, creating a uniquely international environment in the heart of Cornwall and maintaining the Pottery’s creative principle of East/West exchange. Today, the Leach Pottery Studio, Museum and Gallery continue developing Bernard Leach’s historic legacy.
The Leach Pottery is considered by many to be the birthplace of British studio pottery. One of the great figures of 20th century art, Bernard Leach played a crucial pioneering role in creating an identity for artist potters across the world.
Events at this venue
St Ives in the 1920s: The Leach Pottery in its cultural context.
Bowl in a Bowl in a Bowl: Pinching
Potter at work: Throwing Demonstration, Muchelney Pottery’s Lead Potter, Mark Melbourne
The Thrown Forms of Muchelney: Intermediate Throwing
What can you make?: Workshops, Demonstrations & Sales at the Leach Pottery
