John Leach (studio potter)

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

[4] The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds a collection of his work[5] and also the Worcester Art Museum USA.

His funeral was held on 1 October 2021 at Higher Ground Meadow near Corscombe.