Bernard Leach visit to Mills College

Oakland, California
1950 (10 minutes)
Filmed by A. R. Alexander

In 1950, on his first visit to America, Bernard Leach was invited by the Mills College Ceramics Guild in Oakland, California, to speak and to demonstrate. 

Leach was then at the height of his international fame. A Potter’s Book, his first and most influential book,  often known at the “Potter’s Bible” was being read by craftspeople around the world. Shown in this brief film are several important American potters and educators from the period, including F. Carlton Ball and Glen Lukens.