Leach passed away in 1979, just over 50 years after he and Hamada founded their enterprise. Its legacy as an epicenter for ceramic innovation lives on today in the form of educational courses and ...

NARRATOR:'In 1920, Bernard Leach opened a studio in St Ives Cornwall. Where he became famous for his pottery.' NARRATOR:'He believes that pottery should be hand crafted by artists. Rather than ...

Like many of his contemporaries, Leach often worked with assistants to help realise his ideas, many of whom went on to become leading potters in their own right ...