Michael Casson
| Website | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Casson |
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| First Festival | 1982 |
| Most Recent Festival | 1982 |
Michael Casson OBE lived from 2 April 1925 to 12 December 2003 and was one of the founding potters of the Craft Potters Association.[1]
In 1976, he created and presented a programme for the BBC, 'The Craft of the Potter' that included practical demonstrations and discussion and instructions on the art of pottery. From this, he wrote a companion book which was an authoritive guide to creating pottery and includes a history of the subject.
Programme Biography
Working successfully for many years as a potter in London and Buckinghamshime, Michael Casson now lives at Wobage Farm near Ledbury. He helped Victor Margrie (now Chairman of the Crafts Council) set up the nationally known Harrow Pottery course and lectures there, throughout Britain and abroad. With his wife Sheila, and other leading English potters, he runs a Summer School. His personal ceramic work has been widely acclaimed and he is probably best-known to the general public from his popular TV series and book ‘The Craft of the Potter’.