Documenting Mashiko in 1934
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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.
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Dialogues in Clay
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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.
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Leach Pottery Visit
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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.
Tamba Pottery Museum
Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEr68_gTp_Y&feature=youtu.be
December 2014
Research visit to the Tamba Pottery Museum and the workshop of the Ichino Family, Tachikui Village, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Ceramic Review
NewsArticle 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…
Visit to Daisei Pottery
Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=difBIAQ4twU&feature=youtu.be
Visit to Daisei Pottery
Mashiko, Japan | This climbing kiln was featured in the film Mashiko Village Pottery, 1937
Fujiya Sakuma
Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAFNvjJN4v0&feature=youtu.be
Interviewing Fujiya Sakuma about the film Mashiko Village Pottery, Japan 1937 which was made at his family’s workshop.
The Mingei
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An article (in Japanese) about the Mingei Movement project from 2014.
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CFILE post on the Mingei Project
NewsFrom Cfile Blog. By Bill Rodgers - a Contributing Editor at CFile.
Film | Marty Gross: Documentary Compendium on the Mingei (Japanese Folk Craft) Movement
Filmmaker Marty Gross has been producing films about Japanese art, film,…
Leach Pottery Press Release
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Leach Pottery Announce Collaborative Project to Restore Documentary Film Compendium on Bernard Leach and the Mingei Movement
The Leach Pottery and Marty Gross Film Productions, Canada, announce their collaboration in the restoration and…