	Michael CASSON Dates: 1928-2003 Michael Casson first made pots in 1945 and trained at Hornsey College of Art. He established his first pottery in 1952. He was a founding member of the Craft Potters Association in 1958 and was active in setting up the first shop in Carnaby Street which was run by his sister, Pan Casson. With Victor Magrie, he co-founded the Harrow Studio Pottery training course in 1963, which was to train and influence many contemporary potters who aspired to run small-scale potteries. He had a pottery at Prestwood, Buckinghamshire but in 1976 he moved to Wobage Farm in Herefordshire. With his wife, Sheila Casson, and Andrew McGarva a new pottery was established, offering opportunities for emergent potters. Casson's work is based in the 'Leach Tradition' of thrown stonware funcitonal pottery and he developed a style which included incised and resist decoration. A hugely influential figure in the british ceramic world, in 2001 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth, an organisation of which he was Honorary President for many years.

Michael CASSON

Dates: 1928-2003

Michael Casson first made pots in 1945 and trained at Hornsey College of Art. He established his first pottery in 1952. He was a founding member of the Craft Potters Association in 1958 and was active in setting up the first shop in Carnaby Street which was run by his sister, Pan Casson. With Victor Magrie, he co-founded the Harrow Studio Pottery training course in 1963, which was to train and influence many contemporary potters who aspired to run small-scale potteries. He had a pottery at Prestwood, Buckinghamshire but in 1976 he moved to Wobage Farm in Herefordshire. With his wife, Sheila Casson, and Andrew McGarva a new pottery was established, offering opportunities for emergent potters. Casson's work is based in the 'Leach Tradition' of thrown stonware funcitonal pottery and he developed a style which included incised and resist decoration. A hugely influential figure in the british ceramic world, in 2001 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth, an organisation of which he was Honorary President for many years.