Yvette and Paul BROWN

View in collection Yvette Brown went to the Central School of Arts in London where she studied tapestry and weaving. Although she had studied pottery at Woolwich Polytechnic under Heber Mathews, she was a painter until she met Paul Brown whom she married in 1953. Paul Brown taught at Leeds College during the 1950s and 1960s. During this period he produced slab and hand built pieces while Yvette Brown produced thumbed and pinched shapes, both used slip and glaze in their decoration. They sold their work at the Potter's Shop, Carnaby st, London. Paul Brown had strong opinions on pottery and opposed the teachings of Bernard Leach who duly responded through articles in Pottery Quarterly in the late 1950s. In 1964 the Browns moved to Scotland to run a hotel and coffee house which occupied most of their time. They separated and Yvette Brown ran the business herself until she retired in 1983, and worked with textiles only. They are credited as being the first settlers in the now established craft village, Balnakeil in Scotland.

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• Dates: PB b.1921 YB b.1925