Richard Batterham, who had just turned 80 when I originally wrote this, became fascinated by pottery as a schoolboy and, following a 2 year apprenticeship at the Leach Pottery, set up his own studio in Dorset in 1959. There he … Continued
In 1920 the Leach Pottery was started by Bernard Leach and his Japanese friend, Shoji Hamada, a mile up the hill from the centre of the town of St. Ives in Cornwall. There by the Stennack stream, in what was … Continued
I admired the pots of William Marshall long before I had the pleasure of meeting him, on several occasions, during my regular springtime trips down to St. Ives in the late 1990s. William Marshall, usually referred to as Bill, was … Continued
The Anniversary exhibition at the Harlequin Gallery opened for business at 11am on Friday 1st March. Although I had originally planned to refer to it as the Spring exhibition, it occurred to me that March 2019 marks 20 years since … Continued
Just to let you know that the November 2016 exhibition will continue to be open throughout the month by appointment and that new pots have been added and will continue to be added to replace ones that have sold. If … Continued