The Last Sane Man

The Last Sane Man Michael Cardew : Modern Pots, Colonialism and the Counterculture

Tanya Harrod2012
British studio potter Michael Cardew (1901-1983) was a man of paradox, a modernist who disliked modernity, a colonial servant who despised Empire, and an intellectual who worked with his hands. After graduating from Oxford in 1923, he made majestic slipware alongside legendary potter Bernard Leach.
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