Bernard Stanley Pearson (born 13 September, 1946)"Pearson, Bernard, 1946–"
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potter, sculptor, and author. In 1981, Pearson helped to establish Clare Craft, a pottery company based in the

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town of Clare. Clare Craft produced a variety of

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s, mostly centering around

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. Clare Craft designed multiple figurines based on characters from

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novels. In 1997, at Pratchett’s suggestion, Pearson began crafting ‘The Unreal Estate’; a series of highly detailed architectural models based on Discworld locations, most notably the

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. During this time, Pearson and his wife, Isobel, also created a wide range of studio pottery based on landscape and fantasy imagery under the back stamp of ‘Bernard Pearson Ceramics’. In 2000, Pearson moved to the town of

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, where he established a Discworld centre and retail outlet called ‘The Cunning Artificer’, a name given to him by Terry Pratchett. Pearson his wife launched additional Discworld merchandise, including the ‘Discworld Stamps’. This collaboration with Terry Pratchett resulted in the creation of thousands of ‘Cinderella’ stamps that are held in private collections and even in the

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. Pearson co-authored ''The Complete Discworld Almanack'' with Terry Pratchett in 2004. ‘The Cunning Artificer’ was renamed ‘The Discworld Emporium’ in 2011 when Ian Mitchell and Reb Voyce joined the partnership, setting up a successful online business shipping books and Discworld merchandise worldwide. Following the death of Terry Pratchett in 2015, Pearson assumed a more subsidiary role in the design and running of the Emporium. In 2018, Pearson published his first novel, ''Dovetail'', and has since continued to focus on writing. He published his second book, ''A Glastonbury Tale'', in 2021.

References

External links

* Discworld
Biography of Bernard Pearson
at Discworld Emporium * *
Blog by Bernard Pearson
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