Springfield jug

Springfield jug

Springfield jug - 7" (177 mm) high.

Leach, Frannie
 

Frannie Leach

Frannie Leach

Frannie leach worked with Michael Leach at Yelland Pottery as his assistant.

In 1979 she helped her husband, Philip Leach, to set up the Springfield Pottery in Harland, Devon and has worked with him there since.


 

Springfield Pottery
 

Springfield Pottery was set up in 1979 by Philip and Frannie Leach at Hartland, North Devon.

Frannie and Philip Leach

Frannie and Philip Leach

Philip is the son of Michael Leach and the grandson of Bernard Leach. He trained under his father and from 1970 spent six years in Iran where he was involved in setting up student workshops. On his return to Devon he worked with Clive Bowen.

Frannie was brought up in the Bahamas. She also trained under Michael Leach at Yelland Pottery and became his assistant. The couple married in 1977.

They work in earthenware with slip decoration. Frannie often uses sponges cut to shapes to apply coloured slip, sometimes giving the patterns outlines. The pottery has exhibited widely and their recent successes include Matsumoto, Japan.

Visit the Springfield Pottery web site.


 
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