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Michael Cardew
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Figure 134: Slipware jug with clear, honey-coloured glaze by Michael Cardew, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, c. 1938. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 29.5 cm.
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Michael Cardew

English potter
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Figure 134: Slipware jug with clear, honey-coloured glaze by Michael Cardew, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, c. 1938. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 29.5 cm.
Figure 134: Slipware jug with clear, honey-coloured glaze by Michael Cardew, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, c. 1938. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Height 29.5 cm.

Michael Cardew was an influential English potter known for his work in stoneware. He was a pupil of Bernard Leach, a pivotal figure in 20th-century studio pottery who established the Leach Pottery in Cornwall in 1920. Cardew's stoneware often featured vigorous, economical patterns. His work contributed to the tradition of artist-potters who significantly impacted modern ceramic design. Other notable potters influenced by Leach include William Staite Murray, Lucie Rie, and Hans Coper.12

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  1. pottery - Stoneware and earthenware
  2. pottery - Porcelain
  3. pottery - The artist-potter
  4. Hans Coper

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