Potter’s Art, The

Synopsis

Shot in Bernard Leach’s home and studio in St. Ives, Cornwall. The artist discusses the influence of his apprenticeship in Japan and his desire to bridge the differences between East and West. He demonstrates all stages of pot-making, from throwing and shaping the inert mass of clay on a manually operated wheel to firing the completed article in his Japanese ‘climbing’ kiln.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1970

Availability

Hire

Subjects

Art

Keywords

Leach, Bernard; pottery

Credits

Director

Derek Fairhead

Writer

Clive Gunnell

Contributor

David Gunnell; Roger Charlesworth

Cast

Jack Emery

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Westward Television

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes

Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.