School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Michael Leach

Born: 1913, Japan, Tokyo   Died: 1985

Ceramicist. The son of Bernard Leach, he was born in Tokyo Japan and trained at his father's pottery in St Ives. He initially completed a degree in Natural Science but in 1937 joined his brother David Leach at the St Ives Pottery. In 1940 he left to join the Army and set up a commercial pottery in Uganda. In 1946 he returned to work and teach in Cornwall. In 1956 Michael Leach set up his own pottery at Yelland in North Devon where he and his wife lived and worked until his retirement in 1982

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Bowl] C1388 Ceramics




 
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