Colin Pearson
Illustration — Thrown, altered jug by Colin Pearson Colin Pearson (14 September 1923 – 3 December 2007) was an English studio potter and art teacher.
Colin Pearson
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- Colin Pearson was born on 14 September 1923. · London.
- Died
- Colin Pearson died on 3 December 2007. · Friern Barnet.
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- United Kingdom
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- ceramicist · potter
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- English
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Pearson was born in Friern Barnet, London in 1923 and studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He worked at Winchcombe Pottery under Ray Finch 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. Pearson was awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of the Arts London in 1996. His work is in the V&A collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts and the Medway School of Art.
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Colin Pearson lived from 1923 to 2007 and was a ceramicist. Colin Pearson was born in 1923 in Friern Barnet (London). Colin Pearson died in 2007.
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Colin Pearson was born on 14 September 1923.
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Colin Pearson died on 3 December 2007.
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Colin Pearson died at Friern Barnet.
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- 1.Colin Pearson: Potter with great technical understanding and a joyous. The Independent.
- 2.Whiting, David. Ray Finch obituary | Art and design | The Guardian. The Guardian. GMG. 31 January 2012. 0261-3077.
- 3.Colin Pearson
- 4.Colin Pearson - Erskine Hall & Coe. ehc.art.
- 5.Pearson, Colin. Winged pot. 1983.
- 6.Vase. n.d.
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