Record

CodeDS/UK/719
Dates1901-1983
Person NameCardew; Michael (1901-1983)
SurnameCardew
ForenamesMichael
ActivityPotter. Distinctive stoneware and slip decorated earthenware pots. Student of Bernard Leach 1923-1926. 1926-1945 ran pottery near Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, then at Wenford Bridge, Cornwall. He worked in Ghana in West Africa from 1942 to 1948 as an instructor and from 1951 to 1965 he established and ran a pottery and training centre at Abuja.
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