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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:

Wenford Bridge Pottery

   Active: 1939-2005

Situated on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, Wenford Bridge Pottery was established by Michael Cardew on the site of a derelict inn in 1939.

The pottery had two wood-fired kilns, the first of which was built in 1939. Only two glaze firings took place before Cardew had to leave the pottery to assist Ray Finch at Cardew’s Winchcombe Pottery after the outbreak of the Second World War. After this Cardew took a position of Pottery Instructor in the Gold Coast region of Africa, returning to England in 1948, at which point a second wood-fired kiln was built at Wenford Bridge.

Michael’s son Seth began working at the pottery in c1971, producing a variety of domestic ware and studio works. Seth’s own son, Ara, worked at Wenford bridge from 1981-1997, before moving to the USA. The pottery ceased operation in 2005 after Seth moved to Spain.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

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[Soup bowl] C1834 Ceramics

[Stool] C1803 Ceramics

[Stool] C1804 Ceramics

[Teapot] C1832 Ceramics

[Teapot] C1892 Ceramics

[Vase] C1749 Ceramics

[Wide Bowl] C1807 Ceramics

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