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This section lists all of the CD-ROM material published by NEVAC in 1999 Recording the Crafts was known as NEVAC until 2008). It represents only a taste of the complete archive, (see full listings on the archive page). The CD-ROMs are no longer available for sale but are held by a number of University and college libraries in the UK. You can either scroll through the catalogue or use the names on the menu bar below.
Catalogue of video recordings in CD-ROM format CONTENTS: • Michael Casson • Marianne de Trey • Anita Hoy • David Leach • Roger Michell • William Newland • Colin Pearson • Mary Wondrausch • June Woolley• Copyright
A film of Michael Casson talking to Walter Keeler at Casson’s house in Herefordshire. The potter Michael Casson is a central figure in twentieth century studio pottery, both as an educator and maker. Walter Keeler is Professor of Ceramics at the University of the West of England in Bristol, and a former student and colleague of Casson’s. The recording was made in three parts: the first in the barn discussing French country pots, the second in Casson’s workshop discussing contemporary pots chosen by Casson himself, and the third in his house discussing pots chosen by Walter Keeler and Michael Hughes. Location:Wobage
Farm, Upton Bishop, Herefordshire
Date: 05.09.1995 Interviewer: Professor Walter Keeler Director: Michael Croucher Camera: Robert Prince, Keith Jaques Sound: Robert Prince, Keith Jaques Producer: Michael Hughes This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England. The recording
lasts for 1 hour and 54 minutes, and consists of 4 CD ROMs. Michael
Casson People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Andrew MacGarva. *A
large part of this CD includes alternative takes of material
covered on CD 683. Michael
Casson Michael
Casson Professor
Walter Keeler and Michael Casson in Mick’s house looking
at a selection of pots: a Sunderland lustre jug, a slip-cast
bird jug by Anthony Theakston, a tea-pot by Mo Jupp and
a French peasant pitcher. *A large part of this CD includes alternative takes of material covered on CD 685. Click here to go to the top of the page
Marianne
de Trey has run the Shinner’s Bridge pottery at Dartington,
since the 1940’s. This recording includes an interview
where she talks about her life and work, a session in her
workshop withher decorating bowls, and a session in discussion
with Michael Hughes and David Leach. The recording
lasts for 3 hours and 20 minutes, and consists of 10 CD ROMs. Interviewer: Professor Walter Keeler Marianne sitting in her study talking about pots with Walter Keeler. Firstly, a bowl by Shoji Hamada and then a small bowl by Marianne. Pots by Colin Kellam, Gwyn Hanssen and Peter Dick. The setting up of Shinner's Bridge Pottery in the late 1940's and the death of her husband, Sam Haile. The production side of the pottery and production pottery in general. A teapot made by Sam Haile, whilst still a student at the Royal College of Art. Discussing her time with her husband Sam Haile at Alfred University in the USA. Her time at Bulmers Brickyard in Suffolk with Sam, (a brickyard with a pottery attached). People mentioned: Shoji Hamada, Colin Kellam, Michael Cardew, Gwyn Hanssen, Peter Dick, Peter Starkey, Jennie Hale, Lucie Rie, Sam Haile, William Staite-Murray, Laurie Minter, Peter Minter.
CD 718 (2
of 10) Interviewer: Professor Walter Keeler Marianne sitting in her study talking to Walter Keeler. Discussing her time with her husband Sam Haile at Alfred University in the USA. Developing glazes for the Shinner's Bridge standard ware. The Dart Pottery, especially under Janice Tchalenko. The exterior of Marianne's wooden house with Marianne talking to Walter Keeler. The house was built by a carpenter on Bernard Leach's instructions. The pottery is down the hill, below the house. Describes where Bernard's pottery was and how the pottery was laid out when Marianne first arrived. A brief look around Marianne's current workshop with its gas kiln, kick and electric wheels, and porcelain recipe. People mentioned: Daniel Rose (?), Sam Haile, Bernard Leach, Janice Tchalenko, Peter Starkey, Adrian Holden (?), David Leach.
CD 719 (3
of 10) 10.12.1992 Interviewer: Professor Walter Keeler Marianne's current workshop with Walter Keeler, discussing pots and techniques, (particularly lustre). Inspiration from patterns in nature. The luxury of being able to make what she likes rather than having still to produce a range of standard ware. Inside Marianne's house, looking at family photographs taken in Switzerland at the turn of the century. Marianne's childhood and interest in sewing, knitting etc., (which she continues to do). Her family were in the dental engineering business. People
mentioned: Paul Klee, Bernard Leach, Sam Haile. Marianne de Trey CD 720 (4
of 10) 10.12.1992 Interviewer: Professor Walter Keeler Inside Marianne's house, looking at family photographs. Some shots of Marianne as a young lady and of Marianne and Sam Haile. Talking about the period before and after Sam died in a car accident. Early pots made at Shinner's Bridge. Marianne's two sisters helped at the pottery for the year after Sam died. Several minutes of close ups of the photographs Marianne discussed earlier, with snippets of talking over the top. Photographs in a book of Japanese stoneware pots, made to look like leather bottles. People
mentioned: Sam Haile, Bernard Leach, Paul Rice, Ian Gregory,
John Leach. Marianne de Trey CD 721 (5
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes Opens with a view of the Cider Press Centre and Shinner's Bridge Pottery at Dartington, from across the road. Exterior views of Marianne's house, then Marianne in her kitchen talking about Shinner's Bridge standard ware. Earthenware in the early years with a concentration on hard-wearing clay and glazes. The move to stoneware at a later date for durability and because of a more readily available supply of stoneware clay. The early pottery stamp was connected to her family in Switzerland, (on their coat of arms). The team was made up of two throwers and two responsible for glazes and the kiln. The glazers were allowed to make moulded dishes because it didn't require too much skill. Main outlets for her pottery. People
mentioned: Dougie Hart, Henry Rothschild. Marianne de Trey CD 722 (6
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes Marianne in her kitchen talking about Shinner's Bridge pottery. Discussing paintings by Sam whilst in Switzerland. 0:05:57 - 0:24:36: Establishing shots of the interior of Marianne's house with particular emphasis on pots on display and books on shelves. Marianne handling pots by Sam Haile. Sam's interest in China and his knowledge of reading and writing Chinese. A large slipware plate made by Sam at Bulmers Brickyard in Suffolk. From 0:30:00 onwards David Leach is shown talking with Marianne at Marianne's house. Discussing a large plate by Harry Davis. Mass-produced Chinese pottery. People
mentioned: Sam Haile, Peter Reddick, Harry Davis, David Leach,
Bernard Leach. Marianne de Trey CD 723 (7
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach is shown talking with Marianne at Marianne's house. Mike Hughes is showing them various pots, which they are discussing in relation to each other. Discussing intellectual qualities of some pottery, and industrially designed ceramics. White teapot by David Tilbury, Slipcast pot by Paul Warman and teapot by Martin Telfer. Lack of warmth, emotion and humanity in some pots and clinical nature of others. People
mentioned: Peter Smith, Harry Davis, David Tilbury, Paul
Warman, Martin Telfer, William Staite-Murray, Robin Welch,
Bobby Baker. Marianne de Trey CD 724 (8
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach is shown talking with Marianne at Marianne's house. Mike Hughes is showing them various pots, which they are discussing in relation to each other. Discussing art school ceramic education and industry. A large Robin Welch vase is shown as a contrast to the earlier more mass-produced mug. The move away from functional pottery towards sculptural objects in art schools. Apprenticeships, training and the loss of skills. The increasing use of colour in contemporary pottery. The poor state of contemporary ceramics. Discuss Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie as being someone who was more important as a person than as a potter. The friendliness of potters, particularly the English. People
mentioned: David Grant, Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach, Robin
Welch, Harry Davis, Peter Starkey, Janice Tchalenko, Alison
Britton, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie, Michael Casson, Norah
Braden, Alan Caiger-Smith, Peter Smith, Roger Turrell. Marianne de Trey CD 725 (9
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes Marianne
in her workshop turning and decorating pots. Decorating using
wax-resist. Marianne de Trey CD 726 (10
of 10) 11.12.1992 Interviewer: Michael Hughes Marianne in her workshop. Drawings of ducks by Marianne. Talking about a range of her pots, including a range inspired by Japanese pots based on leather bottles. One of the bottles is one of very few salt-glaze pots she ever made. People mentioned: Frank Middlebrook, Peter Starkey, Hans Coper. Click here to go to the top of the page
Anita Hoy interviewed at her home in Acton, London in March 1993. Anita was born in Denmark and came to this country on holiday, and stayed as a result of the second world war. She worked as a ceramic designer at Bullers in Stoke, and later at Doultons, Lambeth. Location:
Acton, London This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England and the Crafts Council. The recording
lasts for approximately 4 hours, and consists of 7 CD ROMs,
5 of which are published here. Anita
Hoy Interviewer: Anna Hale Anita Hoy being interviewed in the living room of her home in Acton. Talking about her affluent childhood in Southall, London, and her Danish parents and her brother. Her father was a scientist and her mother was a concert pianist, (who gave it up when they married). Her father died aged 41, following a dental infection. The family return to Denmark after her father’s death, (before the final return to England). Early introduction to ceramics at enamel painting classes, attended c.1930. Childhood Christmases. People
mentioned: Charlie Hanson (founder of Danish Bacon Co. Anita
Hoy Interviewer: Anna Hale Anita’s childhood, Christmases and food eaten in Denmark. Attending Copenhagen College of Arts and Crafts studying various disciplines, including ceramics. She entered the pottery department, despite there being few, if any, female potters. She learnt throwing, mould-making, glazing, firing, (often via makers brought in from Royal Copenhagen Pottery). Discusses some of the pots she made whilst at the college, and her life-long desire to insist that all her work is functional. Discusses the influences on her work, college exhibitions and assessments. Completion of her diploma, aged 21. Worked at the country pottery of two friends, and then at the pottery of Gerhard Nielsen at Holbaek. People
mentioned: Walter Keeler, Gerhard Nielsen, Nathalie Krebs. Anita
Hoy Interviewer: Professor David Hamilton Discusses some pieces made at Bullers, including bowls, a biscuit pot and some animals. Discusses techniques, glazes, reduction, oxidising etc. Herbert Read’s visit to Bullers in the early years. Norah Braden, Bernard Leach and Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie all visited Bullers at various times. Married in 1943, for the second time, whilst working at Bullers. He was a Czechoslovak Jew from the glass industry. He worked at Wedgwoods as a bookkeeper and was interested in politics. People
mentioned: Gordon Forsythe, Henry Hammond, Bernard Leach,
Herbert Read, Guy Harris, Michael Leach, David Leach, Harry
Boor (?), Josiah Wedgwood, Norah Braden, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie. Anita
Hoy Interviewer: Professor David Hamilton Discusses her husband and male attitudes towards her as a woman. Establishing shots in Hoy’s house. She left Bullers in 1952, by which time she and her husband had moved to London. Her husband became editor of the West London Chronicle. She signed on the dole before finding her a job at Bromley Soap modelling a soap holder, which was then mass-produced for displays in chemist shops. She wrote to Doultons, Lambeth, for work, and was taken on in 1952. Discusses the making and firing of the salt-glazed wares. Her poor relationship with the Art Director, Mr Eggleton. Status of women designers in industry. People
mentioned: Mr Eggleton, Arnold Machin (?) Anita
Hoy Interviewer: Professor David Hamilton Discussing her time at Doultons of Lambeth. Discusses the barriers in Britain between different branches of the arts, which doesn’t exist on the continent. From 0:10:30 onwards it is all establishing shots, and then photos from Hoy’s album. Blank from 0:15:56 onwards. People
mentioned briefly: Guy Harris, Lisa Endquist.
The potter, David Leach OBE, was interviewed at his home in Devon. Part of the recording is an interview by Tanya Harrod, part is Michael Hughes talking with David about specific pots and the remainder is a discussion between David and his son, the potter John Leach. Location:
Lowerdown Pottery, Bovey Tracy, Devon This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England and the Crafts Council. The recording
lasts for 7 hours and 30 minutes, and consists of 14 CD ROMs,
13 of which are published here. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod David Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: Joining his father’s pottery at St Ives in 1930. Harry Davis at St Ives (1932-1937), his great technical skills and his disagreements with Bernard. Bill Marshall, joined St Ives Pottery in 1935 as a local schoolboy with no artistic pretensions and therefore he was first proper apprentice. The end of slipware in 1935, and the beginning of stoneware and the subsequent need for a division of labour. Leach going to Dartington in 1933. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Dicon Nance, Michael Cardew, Norah
Braden, Sylvia Fox-Strangways, May Davis, Dorothy and Leonard
Elmhirst and Henry Bergen. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod David Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: His experiences at Dartington and the reasons for him going to Stoke in, and Bernard’s reaction to it. Spiritual and other beliefs behind Dartington. Leach’s return to St Ives in 1937 and the financial support from the Elmhirsts. Bill Marshall’s apprenticeship and training. Bernard decorating pots made by others from the team, and standard ware production. Leach demobilised in September 1945. War damage on the pottery. Beginning of a partnership with his father between 1945-55, rather than his father simply in charge. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Janet Leach, Marianne de Trey,
Sam Haile, Mick Casson, Dr Slater, David Canter, Dorothy
and Leonard Elmhirst, Margaret Leach, Patrick Heron, Dick
Kendall, Bunty Smith. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod David Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: Post-war demands on the pottery. Bernard’s return to St Ives with Janet Leach from Japan. Janet’s changing of the apprenticeship scheme. Leach’s departure in order to develop his own work at Lowerdown. Electric fired earthenware production for first 5 years. Stoneware and porcelain production began in 1961. Discusses his porcelain teasets as his best work, and criticisms of his work as being like his fathers’. John Maltby’s apprenticeship at Lowerdown. Leach’s teaching at various institutions and his contribution to the growth of interest in ceramics in 1960’s. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Harry Davis, Janet Leach, Bill
Marshall, Kenneth Quick, Richard and Diana Batterham, John
Maltby, Victor Margrie, Mick Casson, Colin Pearson, Danny
Killick. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod David Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: Harrow ceramics course as vocational, as opposed to some other courses. Colin Pearson and Leach at Aylesford pottery. Potter’s camps and their influence, with mention of David Canter and the Craftsmen Potters Association (CPA). Original 1952 Dartington Conference and the one planned for 1995. Dartington Training Workshop, 1975-1983, and its troubled existence. Division of labour at St Ives and Dartington, and Bernard Leach’s involvement in decorating, rather than making pots at St Ives. People
mentioned: Danny Killick, Victor Margrie, Mick Casson, Colin
and Leslie Pearson, David Canter, Geoffrey Whiting, Peter
Starkey, Janice Tchalenko. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod David Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: Collectors and curators who he has admired. His teasets as his best work. Leach feels much of contemporary pottery is too reliant upon a gallery explanation. The 1950’s opposition to the anglo-oriental school and his inability to engage with some late 20th century work. Leach’s religious beliefs and the Oxford Group’s influence on him, (they were a radical Christian group), and his brother, Michael. Bernard’s Bah’ai faith. His work in relation to Bernard’s and critical acceptance of his work in its own right. Admiration for American Indian pottery, early English and Hispano-Moresque. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Bill Ismay, Henry Rothschild, John
Mallett, Carol Shamier (?), Ruth Duckworth, Jacqui Poncelet,
Michael Leach. David
Leach 11.12.1993 Interviewer: Tanya Harrod General shots of the exterior of David Leach’s house and of Lowerdown Pottery buildings for 05:48 (min:sec). Leach sitting in his lounge talking to Tanya Harrod discussing the following: Joining the pottery in 1930 after deciding not to go to Edinburgh. The vocational pottery course at Harrow. Dartington Training Workshop. From 11:20 (min:sec): Leach at the wheel in his studio, making a porcelain teacup. Also makes a porcelain bowl. Turns the foot of a teacup, using homemade steel tools. Does the fluting on the teacup, using a wooden tool. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Victor Margrie, Michael Casson,
Helen Pincombe, Geoffrey Whiting. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach in his studio applying a handle to a porcelain teacup, sitting at his wheel. Shots of the interior of the pottery. The showroom at the pottery with Leach walking around and talking to Michael Hughes. Discusses work by John Maltby, Bill Marshall, Christie Gebhardt and some of his own pots, (a bowl and a large vase). A tall vase by Bernard Leach is discussed which was thrown by Bill Marshall, finished by Bernard. It was glazed by Bernard and bears the St Ives and BL seals. A Michael Cardew slipware harvest jug, c.1929 at Winchcombe. A stoneware lidded pot made at Wenford Bridge by Cardew. People
mentioned: John Maltby, Paul Klee, Bill Marshall, Christie
and Johannes Gebhardt, Colin Pearson, Bernard Leach, Michael
Cardew, Seth Cardew (wrongly referred to as Sven). David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach in his showroom talking about various pots with Mike Hughes. Discusses smoked-fired raku work by Tim Andrews. Leach sitting in his study with a family photo album, talking about his family. Discusses his grandfather, childhood memories of speaking Japanese, his father, and school-friends. Photos of early days at St Ives, 1920-22, (and later at Carbis Bay). Return from Japan in 1920 with Hamada. Yanagi’s relation to Bernard Leach and David, and the pottery Yanagi built in Japan. Bernard’s interest in sports. People
mentioned: Tim Andrews, Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Michael
Leach, Soetsu Yanagi, Andrew Leach. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach being interviewed in his study by Mike Hughes. Andrew Leach (David’s grandfather), and Catholicism. Bernard sent to London Shanghai Bank to work. A year later his father died and he went to the Slade, under Henry Tonks. Discusses a photo-album with photos of the St Ives Pottery and an album/catalogue used by a commercial traveller, to sell Leach standard ware. Harry Davis is discussed at St Ives and later. Letters read aloud from Harry to Bernard, illustrating their ongoing disagreements. Description of a visit by members of the St Ives pottery to Harry’s pottery at Crowan. Leach reads out Bernard’s December 1934 letter from Japan, to Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, objecting to Leach going to Stoke. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, Henry Tonks, Frank Reibert, Mary
Gibson-Horrocks, Eileen Newton, Joe Benny, Horatio Dunn,
George Dunn, Bill Marshall, Valerie Prescott, James John,
Harry Davis, Laurie Cooks, Leonard & Dorothy Elmhirst,
Mark Toby, Bill Slater. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach being interviewed in his study by Mike Hughes. Reading aloud letters, continues reading Bernard’s December 1934 letter from Japan, to Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst, objecting to Leach going to Stoke. Silent shots of pots on a large shelving unit in Leach’s living room. Silent shots of images of pots in a book and establishing shots of some rooms in Leach’s house. People
mentioned: Bernard Leach, William Staite-Murray, Shoji Hamada,
Bill Curry, John Maltby. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach and his son John Leach, talking in the pottery at Lowerdown. John talks of his earliest experiences in the pottery, continuing his apprenticeship at Aylesford Pottery with Colin Pearson, then Ray Finch at Winchcombe, and then with Bernard at St Ives. He then went to California in 1963 and returned again for a short period at Lowerdown. John discusses his time at St Ives in detail. David talks of his early experiences at St Ives, mentions Lakes Pottery at Truro and Verwood Pottery. The influence of Harry Davis on David’s skills. People
mentioned: John Leach, Jeremy Leach, Helen Pincombe, Harry
Davis, Ray Finch, Colin Pearson, Bernard Leach, Ben leach,
John Maltby, Warwick Parker, Janet Leach, Kenneth Quick,
John Reeve, Scott Marshall, Byron Temple, Muriel Bell, Bill
Marshall. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach and his son John Leach, talking in the pottery at Lowerdown. Discussing some of John’s pots and the influences on him. David and his rather narrow oriental influences and why he continues to make pots in the same old style. John at Lowerdown on his own for short periods while his father was away. Bernard was referred to as BL or Bernard at St Ives. People
mentioned: Mick Casson, John Maltby, Warwick Parker, Elizabeth
Leach (David’s wife), Colin Pearson, Bernard Leach,
Nick Reece. David
Leach 12.12.1993 Interviewer: Michael Hughes David Leach and his son John Leach, talking in the pottery at Lowerdown. Discussing Bernard Leach and Soetsu Yanagi having tea at Hamada’s house. Story of a pot brought to Hamada for his opinion, by a young man. Bernard attending one of John’s early exhibitions, buying a pot and then showing John how it didn’t pour properly. Silent shots of David handling some of the pots he discussed in CD 700. Silent shots of David’s kiln and workshop area. People mentioned: Shoji Hamada, Soetsu Yanagi, Bernard Leach, Lizzie Leach (John’s wife). Click here to go to the top of the page
A recording of Roger Michell in the Media Centre at the Faculty of Art, Media & Design at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Roger talks about numerous artefacts he brought with him, to a group of second year ceramics under-graduates. Location:
University of the West of England, Bristol This recording session was funded by the University of the West of England. The recording
lasts for 1 hour and 22 minutes, and consists of 2 CD ROMs. Roger
Michell Begins with John Marsh talking to camera to check sound etc. Michell discusses the Japanese ceramics handling session at the V&A (see CD 739 –CD 742). Handles two woodcarvings by early 19th century British sailors. An English peasant pot, earthenware with a lead glaze on the interior. Compares with an earthenware slipware jug made by Michael Cardew in the 1930’s. A pottery ash-tray in the shape of a reclining woman with her leg sticking up. Part of the English seaside tradition, and the naïve pottery tradition. A gravy-boat designed by Michell for Carlton Ware of Stoke. Based on a 19th century news story in India where Captain Monroe was attacked by a tiger. Also discusses an Indian children’s painted toy tiger. Talks about his father, a modernist architect and his own post-modernist approach. Carlton Ware and his own design company, Lustre Pottery, in partnership with Danka Napiorkowska. People
mentioned: Roger Michell, Nick Homoky, Michael Hughes, Claude
Lorrain, Michael Cardew, Bernard Leach, Clarice Cliff, Captain
Monroe, Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis, Danka
Napiorkowska, David Hockney Roger
Michell Carlton Ware and his own design company, Lustre Pottery, in partnership with Danka Napiorkowska. Designed pieces for Carlton ware with Michell designing the shapes and Napiorkowska doing the decorating. A 17th century Chinese export porcelain dish with enamel colours. A late 1950’s modernist coffee pot and sugar bowl with printed blue striped decoration. The history of the design of coffee pots and milk jugs. Handles some of his own pots, inspired by 18th century Whieldon wares. The Central School of Art and the people there. The enthusiasm of the ceramics world in London in the 1960’s - 1970’s. People mentioned: Elton John, Lady Cynthia Ormsley-Gore, Danka Napiorkowska, Shoji Hamada, Michael Cardew, James Bond, Hans Coper, Robert Venturi, Lord Cadogan, Sidney Tustin, Elijah Comfort, Susan Sonntag, William Newland, Patrick Howlett, Gilbert Harding-Green, Bonny van der Wettering (?), Dan Arbeid, Richard Slee, Alison Britton, Ian Auld, Robin Welch, Gillian Lowndes, John Colbeck, Gordon Baldwin, Lucie Rie, Ken Stradling, Ken Clark. Click
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William (Bill) Newland, studied ceramics at the Central School of Art, having come to this country from New Zealand. He is interviewed at this home in Buckinghamshire, talking about his life and work. Location:
Prestwood, Buckinghamshire This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England and the Crafts Council. The recording
lasts for 2 hours and 18 minutes, and consists of 4 CD ROMs,
3 of which are published here. William
Newland Interviewer: Michael Hughes Standing in his workshop talking to the camera. Went to Chelsea School of Art just after the war to study painting, with a bursary from the New Zealand Government. He then went on to the Institute of Education, as a result he took up pottery. He began to teach at the Central School and he and his students were influenced a great deal by Picasso. Tin-glazed pottery, majolica and Hispano-Moresque pottery. Discusses Bernard Leach's use of slipware in the 1920's. Exhibiting in London in the 1950's and the interior designs for the new coffee bars. Briefly discusses prices. People
mentioned: Beth Wright, Dora Billington, Pablo Picasso, Paul
Gauguin, Iain Auld, James Tower, Arthur Lane, George Wingfield-Digby,
Eduardo Paolizzi, Nicholas Vergette, Professor Bobby Baker,
Mr Bateson, Alan Caiger-Smith, Kimon Nikolaides (?), Robert
Medley, Raymond Coxen (?),Bernard Leach, Thomas Toft, Lucie
Rie, Hans Coper, Shoji Hamada, Michael Cardew, Minton, Richard
Slee, Margaret Newland, Henry Rothschild, Charles Vyse, André Malraux,
Paul Klee, John Steinbeck William
Newland Interviewer: Michael Hughes Dora Billington encouraged Newland to make thrown animal figures. His first bulls sold more than fifty at ten guineas each. Discusses press moulding, a popular method at the Central School. Shows several examples of his large pieces in the processes of being made. Shows photos of the Studio Club in the 1950's. Discusses numerous pots around the workshop. Establishing shots of pots around the workshop. At the end Newland is sitting at his dining room table. Discusses the 1952, 'British Artists Craftsmen' exhibition which toured America. People
mentioned: Dora Billington, Marino Marini, Arnold Machin,
Le Corbusier, Nicholas Vergette, Margaret Newland, Peter
Dormer, Kimon Nikolaides (?), Terence Mulalley, Margaret
Hine, Bernard Leach, Pablo Picasso, Ladi Kwali, Paul Wondera
(?), Alison Britton, Marion Richardson, Michael Cardew, Hugh
Walpole, Ruth Duckworth, Dan Arbeid, Mrs Liberty, Victor
Margrie, Michael Casson, William
Newland Interviewer: Michael Hughes and Peter Dormer. Newland sitting at his dining room table talking to the camera. Discussing decoration, using a Margaret Hine pigeon, Janice Tchalenko teapot, Marks and Spencer mug and an Elizabeth Fritsch vase, to illustrate the point. Talks about one-off pots and their origin with Dora Billington at the Central School. Newland is then shown sitting talking to Peter Dormer, firstly discussing an Alison Britton jug form, a teacup by a Norwegian potter called Elizabeth Dalin (?), a salt-glazed teapot by Walter Keeler, an ancient pottery lamp from Central America (?). People
mentioned: Margaret Hine, Janice Tchalenko, Elizabeth Fritsch,
Marianne de Trey, Michael Casson, Dora Billington, Ruth Duckworth,
Dan Arbeid, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Hans Coper, Lucie
Rie, Peter Smith, Alison Britton, Elizabeth Dalin (?), Walter
Keeler, Emmanuel Cooper, Bruce Maclean, James Tower, Katharine
Pleydell-Bouverie, Norah Braden.
Colin Pearson taught ceramics at various courses around the country, including Harrow and Camberwell, as well as running a pottery at Aylesford in Kent, and later a studio in Islington, London. Colin Pearson was filmed in the Victoria and Albert Museum, talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots, some from the V&A collection and others brought in by Walter Keeler, Michael Hughes and Matthew Partington. Colin was suffering from a form of Parkinson’s Disease when he was interviewed. Location:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London This recording session was funded by the University of the West of England. The recording
lasts for 3 hours and 7 minutes, and consists of 5 CD ROMs. Colin
Pearson Pearson in the V&A talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots. An old German salt-glaze mineral water bottle, a smoke-fired cylindrical vase by Geoff Minchin, a small jug by Peter Smith, and the initial reaction to Smith’s pots when they first appeared at the Craftsmen Potters Association, (CPA). A large vase called ‘Madonna’, by William Staite-Murray from the V&A’s collection, (c.1930, C.60-1976), a large cider bottle made by Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery from the V&A’s collection, (1938, Circ.319-1938), and a broken Ray Finch earthenware jug, belonging to Pearson. People
mentioned: Geoff Minchin, Peter Smith, David Leach, William
Staite-Murray, Henry Hammond, Sam Haile, Michael Cardew,
Elijah Comfort, Ray Finch. Colin
Pearson Pearson in the V&A talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots. A broken Ray Finch jug, a large stoneware jug by Ray Finch, made in 1996. Pearson discusses the methods at Winchcombe. A tea-bowl by John Reeve. Discusses John Reeve and the influence Bernard Leach had upon him. A Sam Haile jug from the V&A’s collection, (c.1947, Circ.287-1951), a Bernard Leach earthenware slip decorated cup and saucer from the V&A’s collection, (c.1920-24, C.84 & a-1972), a Lucie Rie teapot and jug from the V&A’s collection, (made in Vienna, c.1936, C.34-1982). People
mentioned: Ray Finch, Sidney Tustin, Michael Casson, David
Leach, John Reeve, Bernard Leach, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper,
Malachy Lynch (?), Harry Davis, Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Sam
Haile Colin
Pearson Pearson in the V&A talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots. A large fluted stoneware vase by Jim Malone. Discusses his time teaching at Harrow and Camberwell. A Hans Coper pot from the V&A’s collection, (1975, C.398-1976). A Chinese Chun glaze pot from the V&A’s collection, (a narrow footed ginger jar shape). People mentioned: Hans Coper, Jim Malone, Ewen Henderson, Bernard Leach, Marco Torro (?), Richard Batterham, Dan Arbeid, Jerome Abo (?), Victor Margrie, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie, David Whiting, Elizabeth
Fritsch, Neal French. Pearson in the V&A talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots. A Dora Billington coffee pot, stoneware with tenmoku glaze, from the V&A’s collection, (c.1950, Circ.434 & a-1950). Discusses throwing at Winchcombe and teaching at Harrow. A large salt-glaze oval dish by Jane Hamlyn from the V&A’s collection, (1988, C.16-1989). A Mary Wondrausch slipware plate with fish decoration. A large stoneware plate by Ray Finch with fish decoration, (c.1995). A small handled dish by Takeshi Yasuda, belonging to Walter Keeler. People
mentioned: Dora Billington, Jane Hamlyn, Mary Wondrausch,
Ray Finch, Takeshi Yasuda. Colin
Pearson Pearson in the V&A talking to Walter Keeler about a selection of pots. A small dish by Takeshi Yasuda, a mug with faceted side, by Gary Standige, a brightly coloured stoneware mug by Will Levi Marshall, a lidded pot by the American potter Byron Temple. A mug by Walter Keeler made for the Loseley Hill Potters Camp in 1975, organised by the Craftsman Potters Association. A stoneware lidded jug by Michael Casson. A small blue salt-glaze wide spouted jug by Walter Keeler. People mentioned: Takeshi Yasuda, Greg Standige, Will Levi Marshall, John Pollock, Byron Temple, Garth Clark, Michael Casson, Lucie Rie. Click here to go to the top of the page
Mary Wondrausch is perhaps best known as a slipware potter and expert on the English slipware tradition. This recording includes film of Mary slip decorating pots but also records her house, garden and way of life as of equal importance. Location:
Compton Pottery, nr Guildford, Surrey This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England. The recording
lasts for 3 hours and 20 minutes, and consists of 6 CD ROMs,
5 of which are published here. Mary
Wondrausch Establishing shots at the end of the lane to the pottery, and then in the pottery workshop and the garden. Wondrausch stirring glaze and glazing pots. Slip decorating a salt cellar. Sitting at the wheel decorating a large cheese platter with letters by cutting through the slip. Painting the glaze on to the central fruit decoration. Decorating a dish with a painted slip tulip pattern on a blue background. People
mentioned: Tara (Mary’s assistant), Pablo Picasso, Michael
Cardew, Ray Finch. Mary
Wondrausch Mary Wondrausch sitting at the wheel decorating a large cheese platter with slip over the previous decoration. Slip-trailing decoration of a swan on to a bowl. Slip-trailing lettering on the rim of a bowl, followed by slip-trailed decoration of Noah’s Ark. Wondrausch in the pottery shop talking about her pots and their functions. Salad bowls olive dishes and commissioned work. People
mentioned briefly: Thomas Toft, Ronald Cooper. Mary
Wondrausch Mary Wondrausch in the pottery shop talking about her pots. Discusses the relationship of her pots to their uses, such as a dish made specifically for plums. Interest in kitchen implements and items made for very specific culinary uses. Bringing up children and having to be business minded and therefore only make pots that sell. Only moved to the present pottery in the mid-1980’s. Most trade by word of mouth. Published her book on slipware in 1986. Establishing shots of the pottery shop and the pots on display. Wondrausch and the crew having lunch in the garden. People
mentioned briefly: David Leach, Dorothy Hartley, George Sturt. Mary
Wondrausch Establishing shots in the garden of Mary Wondrausch’s house with exterior shots of the house. Wondrausch walking in the garden with Michael Hughes, talking about the sculptures, fruit trees, fountains and herb garden. People
mentioned briefly: Mick Pinner, Michael Cardew. Mary
Wondrausch Mary Wondrausch walking in the garden with Mike Hughes looking at old wooden carts. Interior of the house, beginning with the kitchen. Discussion of he kitchen implements with Wondrausch using the mechanical apple-corer. Wondrausch’s collection of pottery, particularly slipware from around Europe, (including a Winchcombe jug by Sid Tustin). Wondrausch sitting in her drawing room talking about several pots from France, Italy and Switzerland. People mentioned: Sidney Tustin, Gerhard Werlinger (?) Click here to go to the top of the page
June Woolley worked at Rye Pottery in East Sussex as a paintress. She joined straight from school and stayed for the rest of her working life. This recording was made several months before June was due to retire from work at the pottery. The recording includes film of her decorating as well as talking about her life and times at the pottery. Location:
Rye Pottery, Rye This group of recording sessions was funded by the University of the West of England. The recording
lasts for 1 hour and 50 minutes, and consists of 3 CD ROMs. June
Woolley Begins with June Woolley painting on the ‘cottage striped’ decoration on a half-pint jug. Describes the main colours she uses in decoration. The various processes she gets involved in: glazing, decorating and unpacking the biscuit kiln. Health problems as a result of work. Cut-away shots with Woolley and Michael Hughes talking over the top. Decorating a mug with stripes and letters, and discussing the brushes and colours. Difficulty with drawing. People mentioned: Biddy Cole, Tarquin Cole.
June Woolley mixing glaze. Glazing half pint jugs, rubbing down glaze blemishes and stamping the base. Then using a machine to clean the pots in a safer, healthy way. Demonstrating painting techniques and passing on techniques to young paintresses. Decorating a tile to demonstrate different brush strokes. Wally Cole inspired to do a bird design by patterns made in condensation on a window. Decorating a cylinder shaped pot with a flat area of colour, then cutting through the colour with a needle to create a pattern. Decorating a plate using a needle placed in a cork to scratch through the colour to create a sgraffito pattern. People
mentioned: Tarquin Cole, David Leach, Walter Keeler, Hawksmoor
Hughes, Wally Cole. June
Woolley June Woolley sitting before her wheel having decorated a plate with a sgraffito pattern. Comparing the plate to Wally Cole’s original version of it. Decorating a mug with a geometric pattern of stars. Establishing shots of the workshop. June talking to Mike Hughes about joining the pottery straight from school. Initially all work hand thrown but later casting was used. Interest in art at school. Preference for the work in the early days before it became very commercial. The change from Wally and John Cole to Biddy and Tarquin Cole as managers. Discussing other people who have worked at the pottery and the standards she has reached over the years. Looking at Woolley’s drawings and lettering. Establishing shots of the workshop and the pottery shop/showroom. At the end of the film, Tarquin is talking, over the establishing shots. People
mentioned: Wally Cole, Madge Bottomley, Pam Goddard, Biddy
Cole, Tarquin Cole, John Cole, Dennis Townsend, Jimmy Elliot,
David Sharp, David Smead, Raymond Everett. Click here to go to the top of the page A Catalogue of Video Recordings in CD-ROM Format Edited by Matthew Partington Published by NEVAC Director: Michael Hughes Copyright 2000, University of the West of England, Bristol The moral rights of the contributors to this volume are to be identified with their artifacts and ideas, and are asserted under Chapter IV of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission. The material in this publication is provided for educational and research purposes. If the material is to be used for commercial purposes a separate application for permission must be made to: National
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