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Restored and released on video
Bernard Leach founded The
Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall, England in 1920, where
he later wrote his classic; A POTTER'S BOOK.
 The
Leach Pottery soon began welcoming visitors from around the world
to view it's unique experiment in reviving hand-crafted pottery,
then regarded as doomed to extinction.
In 1952, as The Leach Pottery was acheiving international renown,
members of the local photography club set out to show the process
of creating pottery by producing this silent film.
The resulting film is a charming presentation of the daily activities
at The Leach Pottery. We witness various stages of creation of some
of the Pottery's famed standard ware, and then see Bernard Leach
himself designing and completing one of his "willow" jars.
Although there are several professional TV documentaries
on The Leach Pottery, this locally- made amateur film, now restored
and released for the first time on video with the cooperation of
the late Janet Darnell Leach, provides an especially intimate look
at The Leach Pottery.
For More Information
Contact Marty Gross Productions, Inc. 416.536.3355 or
email videos@martygrossfilms.com
for more information about purchasing or licensing this film for
broadcast.
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