Sculptor and potter who took over his father’s pottery at Wenford Bridge,CornwallSeth Cardew, who has died aged 81, and was a sculptor and potter who from the mid-1970s maintained a family tradition at Wenford Bridge in Cornwall. His magnificent platters,bowls and large jars had grace and balance, and he could paint freehand with breathtaking fluency on pots, and developing and enriching designs pioneered by his father.
An entertaining teacher,he would muse philosophically on the special qualities of cobalt and iron, the proper utilize of a brush, or the meaning of decoration. Dots were deemed aggressive,as were Greek key patterns; a shapely brush stroke resembled a blade of grass. He was a gifted musician, if outshone by his brother, and the composer Cornelius Cardew,and played the clarinet, flugelhorn, or euphonium and piano,ranging effortlessly from jazz to baroque music.
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Source: theguardian.com