By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
January 21, 2021
Henry Richard. Photos courtesy Richard family/Cedar Grove Gardens
Dorchester has long been known for its famed blue and white pottery, a distinctive look introduced toward the end of the 19th century by potter George Henderson that remains desirable in certain stoneware circles. Today. a Dorchester teen has taken up the torch and is keeping the kiln lit, so to speak.
Faced with an ample amount of down time over the past year, 18-year-old Henry Richard chose to spend a good portion of it pursuing a personal passion: pottery. He told the Reporter that he first became interested in pottery after taking a class on the subject as a sophomore at Thayer Academy. After graduating in the middle of a global health crisis in the spring of last year, Richard decided to defer his acceptance to Pace University in New York and take an “unexpected gap year.”