Colin Pearson (14 September 1923 – 3 December 2007) was an
English
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studio potter
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and art teacher.
Biography
Pearson was born in
Friern Barnet,
London
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in 1923 and studied at
Goldsmiths College, University of London. He worked at
Winchcombe Pottery under
Ray Finch
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The fourth named candidate on the UK Independence Party (UKIP) list for the South Ea ...
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.
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He taught at Camberwell College of Arts and the Medway School of Art.
See also
* Studio pottery
References
External links
Winchcombe Pottery
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1923 births
2007 deaths
English potters
20th-century ceramists