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NZSP 53rd National Exhibition
The 53rd National Exhibition which was staged at the Woodstoke event in Whangamata is now available for viewing.
For a print version of the exhibition catalogue click the following link. Please follow these instructions to print this file, first print all the odd pages, then put them back into the printer so that the blank side will get printed and print all the even pages. It's good to test on one page first to get the orientation correct for the second side. The document is A4 sized and is designed to be folded in half and stapled in the middle.
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The New Zealand Society of Potters annual conference, organised by Janet Smith, Duncan Shearer, and Maureen Allison, took place from 16-18 March 2012. This conference was different from the ones of the past few years in one fundamental way – instead of being based at a university, with demonstrations happening in lecture halls or classrooms, we all converged on the Whangamata farm of Maureen and Dennis Allison for a very hands-on experience.
On the NZ Potters website, the Woodstoke conference was advertised with this description:
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Yuri Wiedenhofer (Australia) firingaul Melsor
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Austronesian International Arts Award 2012
 We are glad to inform you that the Taitung County Government in Taiwan is offering the chance for artists from all over the world to take part in the “Austronesian International Arts Award 2012”.
The word “Austronesian” comes from the anthropological term “Austronesian language family.” It refers to ethnic groups that live on islands in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. The family has a large number of Austronesian languages and ethnic origins with pure and clean scenery containing multi-cultures in the inhabited areas. Taiwan has a high population density of Austronesian ethnic groups as well as the most diverse tribes. It is therefore that Taiwan has been suggested by some scholars to be the homeland of the Austronesian language family.
- Eligibility: The competition is open to all artists all over the world regardless of ethnicity or nationality.
- Theme: No specific theme is set. Entrants only need to transform “Austronesian” from anthropologic meaning to aesthetic description, guiding or implying the direction of artistic creation.
- Total Prize Money: NT$1,100,000
- Category: Graphical, three-dimensional or device-attached works made of single or mixed media.
- Deadline for the First Stage Submission: July 2-16, 2012
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 National Tableware Exhibition
17 - 27 May 2012
Presented biennially since 1997 the National Tableware Exhibition celebrates excellence in the potter's craft. Open only to members of NZ Potters this is an exhibition of functional ware for use on a table or similar surface. Non-functional and purely decorative work will not be accepted.
The entry fee for up to six pieces, two of which may be sets, is $40. This includes the cost of return freight for work not selected or sold. Non-members may enter if they enclose with their entry a membership subscription for NZ Potters. This year only, potters who live in shaky Canterbury may submit work without having to belong to NZ Potters.
6th NATIONAL TABLEWARE EXHIBITION
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch - May 17 - 27
Organised by CantaClay (Canterbury members of NZ Potters Inc.}
Update (16-Apr-2012)
We look forward to seeing your work on receiving day Thursday April
26 at Canterbury Potters Association 395 memorial Avenue Christchurch between 10am & 4 pm.
We have everything in place and planning has gone well for our 6th National Tableware Exhibition.
We have given potters in Canterbury a opportunity to submit work with out belonging to NZ potters hopefully this will encourage them to exhibit their work as there is a shortage of exhibition space in our city at the moment!
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 Woodstoke - Whangamata 16 - 18 March 2012
Woodstoke is now over. Photos and video are available from the Woodstoke website.
National Exhibition photos will soon be available on this website.
Click the arrow to go to the Woodstoke Conference page
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Chester Nealie Pot to be Auctioned for Woodstoke
This magnificent Chester Nealie jar is being auctioned to raise funds for the next Woodstoke conference. Fired in Mike O'Donnell's kiln during the pre-conference workshop it has been transformed by the fire, full of the story of the firing and the energies of the stokers this piece now reflects the character of Woodstoke. The auction will be held on Trade Me starting the 1st May. See the woodstoke website for more information: www.woodstoke.co.nz
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Chester Nealie Auction Work |
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Sale of Pottery Tools, paintings etc
The NZ Academy of Fine Arts is holding a sale of pottery, tools, paintings. All sorts of things. Not expensive!
This Saturday and Sunday 10/11 March from 10am - 3pm.
Proceeds to support NZAFA.
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Lawrence Ewing - 07-Mar-12 |
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"Hyang Jong Oh" |
International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales, 1-3 July 2011 - Aimee McLeod.
Thanks to the inaugural NZSP scholarship scheme I attended this festival. A fuller article on my impressions will be in the next Ceramics Quarterly, but in this article I will focus on the numerous demonstrators.
While each of them had a workstation somewhere on the campus, which allowed for more personal contact, the main demonstrations were held in the Great Hall, with 2 potters featured simultaneously for 45 minute slots.
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"La Grange Dimiere" |
A limited shallow and personal view of French country pottery.
One of the destinations on our long overdue European holiday was rural France. But where to start? To combine “work” with pleasure, I looked up French pottery sites, and found http://www.potiere.com , which lists, amongst other things, all the pottery fairs being held in France. So we found that on the date we wanted, there would be a fair in Charavines. Where?
Yep, we managed to find it on google map, reasonably close to Lyon, and even a gite (cottage) we hoped would be within an hour or two’s drive.
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"Shige Ohashi "Almost Loaded!" |
Pyromaniacs Reunion – the 7th Firing of Te Haunui
In May the Wellington guild of pyromaniacs, in the guise of a group from the Wellington Potters’ Association (WPA), was convened in Horokiwi to load and fire the anagama kiln located on June and Graeme Houston’s Te Haunui (“the big wind”) property.
The latest firing was from Wednesday 25 - Sunday 29 May 2011.
Preparation for the firing began in earnest in September 2010 with the cutting, splitting and stacking of firewood. Our task was made easier by the use of an enhanced splitter. Previously the splitter was attached to a tractor. Now, mounted on a metal sledge, it has its own motor and hydraulic pump and is a much more feisty machine. Importantly, the firewood can be split more quickly than in the past. Thanks are due to Graeme Houston's perseverance and engineering skills.
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