Colin Pearson (potter)
{{Short description|English studio potter and art teacher}}
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Colin Pearson (14 September 1923 – 3 December 2007) was an English studio potter and art teacher.
Biography
Pearson was born in Friern Barnet, London in 1923{{Cite web |title=Colin Pearson: Potter with great technical understanding and a joyous |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-pearson-potter-with-great-technical-understanding-and-a-joyous-vision-764313.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220707195253/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/colin-pearson-potter-with-great-technical-understanding-and-a-joyous-vision-764313.html |archive-date=2022-07-07 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=The Independent |language=en-GB}} and studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He worked at Winchcombe Pottery under Ray Finch{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/31/ray-finch-obituary |title=Ray Finch obituary | Art and design | The Guardian |first= David|last= Whiting|work=The Guardian |date= 31 January 2012|publisher=GMG |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |accessdate=9 February 2012}} 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.[http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=38 Colin Pearson]
Pearson was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of the Arts London in 1996.{{Cite web |title=Colin Pearson - Erskine Hall & Coe |url=https://ehc.art/artists/colin-pearson |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=ehc.art}}
His work is in the V&A collection{{Cite web |last=Pearson |first= Colin |date=1983 |title=Winged pot |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O19575/winged-pot-pearson-colin/ |access-date=2025-01-13}} and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Vase |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/495621 |access-date=2025-01-13}}
He taught at Camberwell College of Arts and the Medway School of Art.
References
External links
- [http://www.winchcombepottery.co.uk Winchcombe Pottery]
- [https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2229861,00.html Obituary]
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Category:Academics of Camberwell College of Arts
Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London
Category:Artists from the London Borough of Barnet