Passionate Potters: From De Morgan to Leach
The Arts Society Dumfries and Galloway Tuesday 14th April 2026, 11am – 12.30pm
Venue – The Eastbrook Hall, Dumfries
Topic – Passionate Potters: From De Morgan to Leach
Pottery that speaks to the soul.
A warm welcome awaits at our next lecture which explores the lives of truly passionate potters and celebrates their extraordinary and beautiful creations.
William de Morgan, who rediscovered the secrets of Near Eastern lustre glazes. The eccentric and argumentative Martin Brothers who created a range of elaborate salt glazed pots. Sir Edmund Elton, the ‘potter baronet’, made pots which combine startling glazes with exotic forms, and Bernard Leach, the father of English studio pottery, married the arts of Japan and England.
Dr Julian Richards was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1992 and has long been involved in teaching and outreach projects, lecturing widely in continuing education and researching & presenting programmes on history & archaeology for the BBC.
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