Robin Welch (23 July 1936 – 5 December 2019) was a studio potter.

Robin Welch was born in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. In 1953, he studied art at Penzance School of Art in Cornwall, and in 1956 he studied at Central Saint Martins, London. Between 1953 and 1959, he worked at the Leach Pottery.

Robin Welch

He moved to Australia for several years before returning to England in 1965 and setting up Stradbroke Pottery in Eye, Suffolk. He designed for Wedgwood, Midwinter Pottery and Denby Pottery Company.

Robin Welch

His work is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Robin Welch

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1936 births

2019 deaths

Studio pottery

English potters

English ceramicists

Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design

20th-century British artists

20th-century ceramists

21st-century British artists

21st-century ceramists