The Art of the Potter
Examining footage from “The Art of the Potter.”
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Examining footage from “The Art of the Potter.”
LECTURE Marty Gross Film Producer and Director Film Archive to speak on the Mingei Potters of Japan Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:00–5:30 pm Center for Documentary Studies (1317 Pettigrew Street), Durham, NC Over the past 35 years, Marty Gross has collected films and unedited film footage documenting the life of British artist-craftsman Bernard Leach and […]
In this article in Impressions Magazine, Marty Gross recounts his first meetings with Bernard Leach and how Leach agreed to give him the original 16mm film he had made in Japan in 1934 and 1935. Download the article as a .pdf
by Elaine Tierney | Victoria & Albert Museum This post was written by Susan Newell, a second-year student on the V&A/RCA MA in History of Design, who works part-time in the V&A’s Ceramics and Glass Department. A diminutive woman stands on a spindly ladder next to the enormous pot she is making. She pinches its rim with […]
Marty Gross gives an update on the Mingei Film Archive Project at the Leach Pottery. Images courtesy of the Leach Pottery. Photo by: Matthew Tyas.
December 2014 Research visit to the Tamba Pottery Museum and the workshop of the Ichino Family, Tachikui Village, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Article originally published in Ceramic Review, Issue 268 | July/August 2014 The Leach Pottery, St. Ives and Marty Gross Film Productions, Canada are working together to restore, digitise and re-release films from the 1930s to 1970s that profile key people in the history of the Leach Pottery and the Mingei Movement. The project will take place over the next three […]
Visit to Daisei Pottery Mashiko, Japan | This climbing kiln was featured in the film Mashiko Village Pottery, 1937
Interviewing Fujiya Sakuma about the film Mashiko Village Pottery, Japan 1937 which was made at his family’s workshop.
An article (in Japanese) about the Mingei Movement project from 2014. Download the (.pdf) article.
The Mingei Project is an endeavour by Marty Gross of Marty Gross Film Productions Inc. to restore and enhance rare and unedited film footage documenting the life of British artist-craftsman Bernard Leach and the origins of the Mingei (Folk Craft) Movement in Japan.
See the list of films to be restored and digitally remastered for the Mingei Film Archive. The Mingei Film Archive Project proposes to enhance these early films for craftspeople, collectors, students and historians along with the general public.
This project requires funds for completion, we are is seeking ongoing funding to preserve, assemble, and release these crucial film and audio archives and many more.
We accept donations! Visit here for more options on how you can help.
Marty Gross Film Productions Inc.
637 Davenport Road
Toronto, Ontario Canada
M5R 1L3
Email: marty@martygrossfilms.com
Tel: 1.416.536.3355
Fax: 1.416.535.0583