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Michael Ambrose Cardew CBE (1901–1983), was an English studio potter who worked in West Africa for twenty years. Early life. Cardew was born in Wimbledon, London, the fourth child of Arthur Cardew, a civil servant, [1] and Alexandra Kitchin, the eldest daughter of G.W.Kitchin, [2] the first Chancellor of Durham University.
Michael Ambrose Cardew (Wimbledon (Londres), 26 de mayo de 1901-Truro, 11 de febrero de 1983) fue un alfarero de estudio británico.
Michael Cardew (1901-1983) was the modern potter most successful in revitalising the British slipware tradition, infusing it with a twentieth century artistic sensibility, but almost uniquely amongst today’s potters, with no loss of vitality.
16 de oct. de 2015 · La figura de Michael Cardew es una de las que han creado una forma de entender la creación en cerámica, fue uno de los pioneros de la llamada cerámica de estudio británica (British Studio Pottery) que, en cierto modo, fue el principio de la aceptación de la cerámica como creación artística.
20 de dic. de 2012 · Dec. 20, 2012. The British ceramist Michael Cardew carefully recorded his anxieties and failures. From his 1920s apprenticeships until his death in 1983, he traveled worldwide, proselytizing...
From 1942 to 1948 and again from 1950 to 1965, Cardew worked in Africa, first on the Volta River in Vumë, Ghana and later at Abuja in Northern Nigeria as Pottery officer to the Nigerian Government, training local craftsmen and introducing wheel-made pottery and stoneware to the region.
9 de dic. de 2014 · Michael Cardew was born in Wimbledon, London in 1901, and studied Classics at Exeter College in Oxford. He became the first apprentice at the Leach Pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall in 1923, following his graduation from university.
