Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie
- Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie
Katherine (sometimes spelled Katharine) Pleydell-Bouverie (born 1895 in Berkshire - died 1985 in Wiltshire) [ [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/54304 Artfacts.Net: Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie ] ] was a pioneer in modern English Studio pottery.
Her interest in pottery began when she visited Roger Fry at his Omega Workshops and saw examples of his work, which led to her attending the Central School of Arts & Crafts in London to study pottery. In 1924 she was taken on by Bernard Leach at his pottery in St. Ives. She remained at the Leach Pottery for a year and learnt alongside Michael Cardew, Shoji Hamada and Tsuronosuke Matsubayashi In 1925 she started her first pottery with a wood fired kiln in the grounds of the family estate at Coleshill in Berkshire. In 1946 she moved to her second pottery at Kilmington Manor in Wiltshire where she worked until her death in 1985. [ [http://www.studio-pots.com/beano.htm Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie ] ]
Katherine described herself as "a simple potter. I like a pot to be a pot, a vessel with a hole in it, made for a purpose". [http://www.leachpottery.com/English/katharine_pleydell_bouverie.htm]
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* [http://www.leachpottery.com/English/katharine_pleydell_bouverie.htm Leach Pottery]
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