Seth Cardew obituary

Sculptor and potter who took over his father’s pottery at Wenford Bridge, CornwallSeth Cardew, who has died aged 81, 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, developing and enriching designs pioneered by his father.An entertaining teacher, he would muse philosophically on the special qualiti