	Harry and May DAVIS Dates: Harry Davis worked with Bernard Leach at the St Ives Pottery in the early 1930s where he met May Scott. They married in 1938. Both had trained as potters and after their marriage, May joined Harry in Ghana where they established the first Ghanaian pottery making glazed stone. In 1942 they returned to the UK and set up the Crowan Pottery in Cornwall. While a strong character Harry Davis disliked any cult of personality and the pots bore only the workshop stamp. In 1962 Harry and May Davis moved to New Zealand where they built their Crewenna Pottery from scratch. Self taught in engineering and geology and inventive, Harry adapted redundant equipment and sought places to dig clay, skills which he particularly put to use in Peru in 1972 when he and May established the Taller de Ceramica at Izchuchaca. They returned to New Zealand where the Crewenna pottery continued. Harry's and May's work, with excellent technical content which was in the 'Leach Tradition'. Harry Davis wrote and lectured on his philosophy of self sufficiency and machine usage.

Harry and May DAVIS

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Harry Davis worked with Bernard Leach at the St Ives Pottery in the early 1930s where he met May Scott. They married in 1938. Both had trained as potters and after their marriage, May joined Harry in Ghana where they established the first Ghanaian pottery making glazed stone. In 1942 they returned to the UK and set up the Crowan Pottery in Cornwall. While a strong character Harry Davis disliked any cult of personality and the pots bore only the workshop stamp.

In 1962 Harry and May Davis moved to New Zealand where they built their Crewenna Pottery from scratch. Self taught in engineering and geology and inventive, Harry adapted redundant equipment and sought places to dig clay, skills which he particularly put to use in Peru in 1972 when he and May established the Taller de Ceramica at Izchuchaca. They returned to New Zealand where the Crewenna pottery continued. Harry's and May's work, with excellent technical content which was in the 'Leach Tradition'. Harry Davis wrote and lectured on his philosophy of self sufficiency and machine usage.