The Craft Potters Association (CPA) is an association of potters formed in 1958 in London. It has two wholly owned operating companies: Craftsmen Potters Trading Company Ltd and Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd.
It owns a shop and gallery, the Contemporary Ceramics Centre, London, which exhibits the work of members. There are four categories of membership of the Association: Associate, Selected, Fellow, and Honorary. The CPA currently has over 300 Selected and Fellow members, and over 700 Associate members.
History
Potter
Michael Casson
Michael Casson OBE (2 April 1925 - 12 December 2003) born in London, was an English studio potter, referred to as "respected and charismatic".
He studied art and woodwork at Shoreditch College, and ceramics at Hornsey College of Art, and was one ...
was a founder member and served as chair from 1963 to 1966. The current chair is potter Jeremy Nichols. Other notable chairs include
David Leach in 1967,
Jane Hamlyn, and
Phil Rogers
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from 1994 to 1998.
In 1960, the CPA opened the Craftsmen Potters Shop in
Carnaby Street
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, London. This moved to Marshall Street, London in 1967. The name was later changed to the Contemporary Ceramics: the Craft Potters Shop and Gallery. In 2010 the CPA opened the Contemporary Ceramic Centre in Bloomsbury. The facility houses the offices of the association and ''Ceramic Review'' magazine, as well as the gallery and shop, which sells the work of CPA members.
''Ceramic Review'' magazine
''Ceramic Review'' is owned and published by the CPA. The magazine arose out of the newsletter of the Craft Potters Association, and was founded by CPA Council members
Emmanuel Cooper and Eileen Lewenstein. Its first issue was published in February 1970, and it continues to be published on a bi-monthly basis. Digital access to its complete archive and to each new issue is available via
Exact Editions
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.
Craft Pottery Charitable Trust (CPCT)
The Craft Pottery Charitable Trust was created in 1991 to support the CPA's educational activities and to administer grants.
References
External links
CPA homepageCeramic Review magazine
British pottery
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