John Pearson: Weaver of Light and Spirit in Cornish Copper The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries witnessed a profound shift in the Western art world, a reaction against industrialization and a yearning for handcrafted beauty rooted in nature’s rhythms. Within this movement emerged John Pearson (1859-1930), a master craftsman whose legacy resides primarily in the shimmering copper plaques adorning the Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall, England. More than simply a metalworker, Pearson was an alchemist of light and form, translating the elemental forces of earth, air, fire, and water i…