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Colin Pearson (potter)

English studio potter and art teacher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Colin Pearson (potter)
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Colin Pearson (14 September 1923 3 December 2007) was an English studio potter and art teacher.

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Thrown, altered jug by Colin Pearson

Biography

Pearson was born in Friern Barnet, London in 1923[1] and studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He worked at Winchcombe Pottery under Ray Finch[2] before going to Lambeth in 1954 to work at Royal Doulton.

In 1955 he took over as manager of Aylesford Pottery, Kent which David Leach had set up a year earlier. In 1961 he set up Quay Pottery making domestic ware in Aylesford.[3] Pearson was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of the Arts London in 1996.[4]

His work is in the V&A collection[5] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]

He taught at Camberwell College of Arts and the Medway School of Art.

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