15 Jun The Edgeler Collection – “A Natural Warmth”
The Early Years at Winchcombe Pottery
17th June – 12th September
11:00am – 4:00pm
Queen Anne House, High Street, Winchcombe, Cheltenham GL54 5HT
When Michael Cardew set up Winchcombe Pottery in 1926 he wanted the pots he made to be “warm and direct and above all natural”. He certainly met these aims, making organic pots with the warmth and honesty of the maker’s hand; a radical contrast to the mass-produced china of the preceding era.
Join us in celebrating 100 years of Winchcombe Pottery with our special exhibition featuring a multitude of pots from the first two decades of production.
We will also have for sale a great selection of present day Winchcombe Pottery wares as well as slipware by former WP potter John Forster.
The Winchcombe Archive Collection Trust was set up by John Edgeler and his fellow trustees to create a locally accessible collection of pottery by Michael Cardew and his team at Winchcombe Pottery – Ray Finch (who eventually succeeded Cardew), and Sidney Tustin.
As well as being one of the most important collections of Cardew-period Winchcombe Pottery, it has since grown to include work by Robin Tanner, Phyllis Barron and Dorothy Larcher, Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie alongside Cotswold School Furniture.
For more information about the trust and its collections (including furniture, pottery and textiles), please visit the Edgeler Collection website.