Leach Studio: A Potter’s Challenge

Online: 20 January - 16 February 2025

Roelof Uys • Britta James • Matt Foster • Ellie Woods • Amy Wilson • Callum Cowie

Following on from the successful Entrance Gallery solo exhibition of the work of the Leach studio Potters, we are pleased to present the work online. This is an exciting array of works made in response to an object from the Museum; each potter using it to inform their creative journey. The challenge playfully engages the wider Leach tradition, of how a potter takes inspiration and develops their work in union with their creativity and the needs of culture. The exhibition features pots by: Roelof Uys, Lead Potter; Matt Foster, Production Manager; Britta James, Production Potter; Ellie Woods, Production Potter; Amy Wilson, 2023 Apprentice (sold out); Callum Cowie, 2024 Apprentice. Please click on the images below to take you to the individual potter’s exhibition work.

Roelof Uys

Britta James

Matt Foster

Ellie Woods

Amy Wilson - SOLD OUT

Callum Cowie

The objects seen below are those which each potter has responded to. These pieces are part of the Leach Pottery Collection, or are kindly loaned, and can be found in our displays and in the Museum as part of your visit.

Bernard Leach, Stoneware Vase, c.1938. On loan: The Dartington Hall Trust.

Oil Can. Leach Pottery Museum.

Cast Iron Cauldron with wooden top. Leach Pottery Museum.

Large Decorated Porringer, featured in Standard Ware catalogues c.1946 - 1976. Leach Pottery Collection; Gifted: A Lacey.

Tar Can. Leach Pottery Museum.

Bernard Leach, Bottle-Vase, Cut-sided. Leach Pottery Collection; Gifted: J Applebee in memory of Dianne Coles.