Winchcombe Pottery stoneware charger by Ray Winch circa 2000.
Ray Finch was one of the most respected British studio potters of the last century. He was admired for work that expressed the more traditional aspect to his craft – superbly glazed functional pots – and for running a legendary workshop at Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire. Winchcombe had been revived by pioneering ceramicist Michael Cardew in the 1920s and Finch joined as a young apprentice aged 22 and then went on to run it - turning it into a thriving business. Finch was appointed MBE in the 1980 Birthday Honours and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 at the International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth. His work is represented in the V&A and he continued to make work well into his 90s
30cm dia.
Winchcombe Pottery stoneware charger by Ray Winch circa 2000.
Ray Finch was one of the most respected British studio potters of the last century. He was admired for work that expressed the more traditional aspect to his craft – superbly glazed functional pots – and for running a legendary workshop at Winchcombe, in Gloucestershire. Winchcombe had been revived by pioneering ceramicist Michael Cardew in the 1920s and Finch joined as a young apprentice aged 22 and then went on to run it - turning it into a thriving business. Finch was appointed MBE in the 1980 Birthday Honours and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 at the International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth. His work is represented in the V&A and he continued to make work well into his 90s
30cm dia.
