Michael Casson

{{Short description|English studio potter}}

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| birth_date = 2 April 1925

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| alma_mater = Shoreditch College
Hornsey College of Art

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File:Thrown jug by Michael Casson (YORYM-2004.1.84).JPG

Michael Casson OBE (2 April 1925 - 12 December 2003) born in London, was an English studio potter, referred to as "respected and charismatic".{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-casson-549104.html |title=Michael Casson - Obituaries, News |newspaper=The Independent |date=17 December 2003 |accessdate=2011-07-07 |location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207170931/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/michael-casson-549104.html |archive-date=2008-12-07 }}

He studied art and woodwork at Shoreditch College, and ceramics at Hornsey College of Art,{{cite web |url=http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ICRC/issue006/mcasson/articles/mc01.htm |title=Interpreting Ceramics : issue 6 |publisher=University of Wales Institute, Cardiff |accessdate=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722134132/http://www.uwic.ac.uk/ICRC/issue006/mcasson/articles/mc01.htm |archivedate=2011-07-22 }} and was one of the founding potters of the Craft Potters Association, a co-operative that acquired a shop and gallery in central London in 1958.{{cite web |url=http://www.northwalespotters.co.uk/2004January/mick%20casson.htm |title=Michael Casson MBE |publisher=Northwalespotters.co.uk |date=2003-12-12 |accessdate=2011-07-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005204427/http://www.northwalespotters.co.uk/2004January/mick%20casson.htm |archivedate=2011-10-05 }}

In 1976, Casson devised and presented "The Craft of the Potter" for the BBC a series that involved practical demonstrations and discussion about the craft of the potter.{{cite news|author=Walter Keeler|author-link=Walter Keeler (studio potter)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/27/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |title=Obituary: Michael Casson |newspaper=The Guardian |date=2003-12-27 |accessdate=2011-07-07 |location=London}} He was known for studio pottery and painting.

His work is in the V&A museum London.{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Victoria and Albert |title=Search Results |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?id_person=A2653&page=1&page_size=15 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |language=en}}