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Helen Yau

Title: Hybrid

Metal wire, paper clay slip

$250104

The work Hybrid is made of metal wire andpaper clay slip. It was multiple glazed and firedup to 1090°C.The work Hybrids in Space was made ofearthernware clay, multiple fired with variousglazes up to 1120°C.

Joyce Young

Title: Fungi - Stump Pot

Stoneware

$20037

Using clay as a medium for artistic creativity inthe 1960's, I built a small, single chamberedbrick, oil fired, kiln to fire the clay topermanency. In Opunake I built a larger,double chamber oil kiln, but in the 1990's atOakura an 18 cuft natural gas , fibre kiln waspurchased.This is still in use in my now small NewPlymouth city garden. My pottery has mainlybeen of a textured nature, inspired by the landand Taranaki coastal natural environment.With a garden interest, my pottery hasfocussed on sculpture, wall panels and freeform pots, mainly of native birds (pukekos etc.)rock and fungi forms.

Venue: Whangamata Woodworks, 108 Lindsay Road Opening: 16th March at 7pm

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IntroductionThe National Exhibition of the NZ Society of Potters is one of the most im-portant reasons this organization exists. Every year for over half a century this members only, selected exhibition highlights the changing face of ceramics throughout New Zealand. This celebration of ceramics is an important institu-tion that also acts as the most public face of the NZSP and a way of engaging with a new audience every year.To make these exhibitions possible we’d like to thank our sponsors, including our venue hosts Whangamata Woodworks.

Welcome to the Woodstoke Conference and Exhibition 2012

It is a pleasure to have this opportunity to welcome you to Whangamata and to the wide range of activities surrounding The Woodstoke 2012 Conference and exhibitionThe annual NZSP Conference, located in rotation in different parts of New Zealand, is always an ambitious project. Local enthusiasts rise to the challenge of putting on this major event so that members of our ceramics community can celebrate clay together. And 2012 is no different. We are honoured to have special guests with us, guests who will run master classes and demonstrate at our conference. We are honoured to have so many people contributing to this big 6 day event beginning with master classes earlier in the week and after a weekend of fi ring kilns, ending with visits to potters in the wider Coromandel region. It is clearly the pinnacle of the year in the New Zealand Ceramics calendar. Woodstoke 2012 will provide us with a rich opportunity to exchange views, to learn and focus on things ceramic. That is how it should be. Congratulations go to all of our members who have had pieces accepted for our annual exhibition. I am confi dent that we will have a lot to celebrate as the very best of Ceramics in this country, is displayed for us to savour and enjoy. I am in no doubt that this event plays a very important part in bringing our New Zealand ceramics community together and that in itself is of great value. But let us not take it for granted. It is a lot of hard work. So much goes on behind the scenes and we are so very grateful to those who have made it

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Paul Winspear

Title: Treacle Bowl

Earthenware

$18032

Helen Yau

Title: Hybrids in space

Earthenware

$50049

The work Hybrid is made of metal wire andpaper clay slip. It was multiple glazed and firedup to 1090°C.The work Hybrids in Space was made ofearthernware clay, multiple fired with variousglazes up to 1120°C.

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Yuri Wiedenhofer

Title: Rock Glazed Dish

$14087Guest Artist

Yuri Wiedenhofer

Title: Dish with Thumb Print

$36088Guest Artist

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happen yet again. We live in demanding times and the challenge will now go out to another group to stage an exhibition and ceramics event in 12 months from now, somewhere else in New Zealand. I sincerely hope that we can continue to celebrate the remarkable world of ceramics in this country. We have a whole lot to be proud of.

We acknowledge and thank:The Woodstoke team: Maureen Allison, Dennis Allison, Janet Smith & Duncan Shearer.The Exhibition team: Maureen Ball, Mary Paton & Kerri Rombout. Photogra-pher: John. Display: Ross Mercer. Special thanks to Marshall Maude, judge and selector for the 2012 exhibition. Our exhibition sponsors are: NZ Potters, Primo Clays, Visique. Thanks to Sue and Clive of Whangamata Woodworks for the exhibition venue.The Conference team:Our team of guest speakers and demonstrators: Yuri Wiedenhofer, Chester Nealie, Mike O'Donnell, Darryl Frost, Louis Kittleson, Duncan Shearer, Janet Smith, Maureen Allison, Robert Sanderson and Coll Minogue, Don Bendel, Marshall Maude. Special thanks to the food team of: Fiona Tunnicliffe, Diane Hopson, Beryl, Peter, Maree and Sharon. Woodstoke Team were assisted by: Charade Honey, Allison family, Smith Family along with several friends and busi-nesses in the Whangamata area.Sponsors for the Conference: Potters ClayYes it is quite a team. We extend a big vote of thanks to them all. And I thank those who have elected to participate. I hope that everyone attending the Conference and The Exhibition will get much pleasure from the event. Your satisfaction will be a good reward for all those who have made it possible.Wally Hirsh O.B.EPresident, New Zealand Society of Potters Inc.

Selector’s StatementMarshall MaudeIt is a privilege to jury the 2012 NZ Society of Potters Annual Exhibition. The quality and diversity of the work is a testament to the continued vibrancy of the ceramic arts in New Zealand. When travelling, I am always struck more by the similarities apparent in ceramics than by any regional differences. I think these similarities are driven not by globalization but instead by a universal un-derstanding and love of a common material. Clay is the language we share and this exhibition is a celebration of the ceramic process.

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Primo Clays Premier AwardHelen Yau“Hybrids in Space”

NZ Potters Merit AwardDuncan Shearer“Albarelli Series 7”

NZ Potters Merit AwardMaureen Allison“Survival”

NZ Potters Merit AwardSue Scobie“Waterlines (Beach Blues)”

Visique Merit AwardPenny Ericson

“Building Mountains”

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Marilyn Wheeler

Title: African Water Jar

Earthenware

$18551

With climate change, deforestation and landdegradation, the survival of the tribal society ofAfrica is at risk. They have survived on theanimals they raise and their travels aredetermined by their search for water.Temperatures have risen and water hasdwindled. Water is already a catalyst forregional conflict.This latest body or work is loosely based onthe African water jar, but with a contemporarytwist. With the use of old European techniquessuch as stencilling and sgraffito, these jarsbecome colourful modern works of art.

Yuri Wiedenhofer

Title: Dish

$27586Guest Artist

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Gyan Daniel Wall

Title: Seed of Creation

Anagama fired

$1900136Guest Artist

Teresa Watson

Title: Tea for Two

$75031

Tea for Two consists of 13 pieces of potterythat slot into one another. It includes all theessential elements to make a cup of tea,accompanied with food. Each piece has beencraftily hand thrown in earthenware clay andthen fired in a two burner gas kiln for 12 hoursto 1160 degrees centigrade.At the bottom of each piece there are rows ofdots that have been individually applied byhand. The glaze has been eliminated from thebottom of each pot, to accentuate and give thefocus on the dots.

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Maureen Allison

Title: No. 1

$38089Guest Artist

Maureen Allison

Title: No. 2

$18090Guest Artist

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Maureen Allison

Title: No. 3

$20092Guest Artist

Maureen Allison

Title: Survival (Group)

Woodfired clay

$24057

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Gyan Daniel Wall

Title: Tea Set

Anagama Fired

$250134Guest Artist

Gyan Daniel Wall

Title: Shell Vessel

Anagama fired

$280135Guest Artist

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Jenni Taris

Title: Warriors (3 Pieces)

Pit fired

$99046

I create the Warriors from 2 slabs of clay andstand them up while still pliable and they slumpinto shape. They develop their individuality andbody language as I shape their form and head.Terra Sigulata finishes the surface before beingbisque fired. They are then pit fired. I lay oneshoulder into sawdust to go black,representing the mantle or cloak, the fumingcopper sulphate completes the colorful body,letting the spirit of the fire create the pattern.

Fiona Tunnicliffe

Title: Goat

Midfired

$65058

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Pamella Annsouth

Title: Journeys End

Stoneware paperclay

$32060

My love affair with clay began in 1956 while Iwas studying for my Fine Art Prelim exams. Iencountered a big tub of ochre colouredmalleable clay. Magic mud - Bliss.Figured, face (portraiture) and fragmentationare largely my focus now. Women's formsespecially incarnating generous and generatingnature. Portraiture is an ongoing fascination asis fragmentation. I like the balance ofabstraction and realism, the delicacy of it andthe endless possibility of variousinterpretations plus the delight in theserendipity factor.Now the challenge to myself is to find thesimplest manipulations of clay to achieve themaximum expressions/impressions that I can.

Anneke Borren

Title: Brown Vase

$62074Life Member

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Anneke Borren

Title: Lidded Pots (set of three)

$72075Life Member

Barry Brickell

Title: Untitled

$180070Life Member

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Janet Smith

Title: Bottle

Salt Glazed Stoneware

$20085

Nadine Spalter

Title: Vessel

Porcelain, high fired, reduction

$14538

My work is currently focused on exploringcolour, and colour combinations, often withsurprising and exciting results. I look topainters for inspiration, finding unusualcombinations in the backgrounds of paintings. Itake the shapes and colours I see and makethem my subjects, turn them into objects andgive them a visual life of their own. I useporcelain as I find the pure white surface aperfect canvas for the colours I am using.

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Janet Smith

Title: Teapot

$16083Guest Artist

Janet Smith

Title: Teapot

$16084Guest Artist

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Annette Bull

Title: Four Jars

woodfired Stoneware

$2404

These pieces were fired at our last woodfiringin the kiln behind the Taradale Pottery club atWaiohiki, in Hawkes Bay. The fire was lit on aFriday evening, with a slow rise until toptemperature was reached on Sunday morning.A soak continued until after lunch. Weachieved some good ash deposits onto potsthroughout the kiln, with variable reductioneffects.The jars were on various shelves on the stackbehind the bagwall. The fire has turned theshino glaze iridescent, with ash catching therims and face of some of the jars. This is whatwoodfiring is all about

Liz Clark

Title: Nikau Series No 1

Porcelain - Glazed

$17517

Liz Clark's work is influenced by the forms ofNew Zealand's native bush. Her work is wheelthrown and altered porcelain with multipleglazes.

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Christine Cousineau

Title: Raku Pot 1

Raku Clay

$15050

My experience in pottery is relatively new butthe connection has always been very strong. Ienjoy hand building ornamental pots, flowervases and cups, using coiling and slab buildingtechniques. Over the last year I’ve been doingpottery with Maureen Ball at her studio. Shehas very generously shared her knowledge andexperience with me during this time. I amgrateful to Maureen for introducing me intothe wonderful world of pottery

Nina Davis

Title: Gloria

Stoneware

$60015

In 1968 Nina graduated from CanterburyUniversity's School of Art. Her interest inpottery however, came a little later when shejoined her parents, Harry and May Davis, attheir Nelson workshop. A trip to Englandincluded further experience under theguidance of Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery.Nina returned to New Zealand but later joinedher parents in Peru, helping them with theirrural pottery employment scheme. Sheenjoyed another stint at Winchcombe Potterybefore marrying and finally emigrating to NewZealand for the last time.Nina's Teal Valley Pottery, near Nelson, waseventually established in 1999, and continuesto produce domestic stoneware.

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Mirek Smisek

Title: Life

Stoneware

NFS73

Creativity is one of the most, if not the most,important activity for people to engage in. Myexperience during the last war more thanconvinced me of this. Many of the problems ofthe contemporary world will be minimised ifcreative activity becomes part of all our lives.Pottery, with the exciting challenge of masteryover the elements earth, water and fire, offerstremendous scope for fulfilment. It is verydemanding and good results do not comeeasily, but there is a great adventure foranybody willing to be sincerely involved.

Life Member

Janet Smith

Title: Teapot

$16082Guest Artist

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Mirek Smisek

Title: Yunomi 'Kapiti'

Porcelain

$14071

Creativity is one of the most, if not the most,important activity for people to engage in. Myexperience during the last war more thanconvinced me of this. Many of the problems ofthe contemporary world will be minimised ifcreative activity becomes part of all our lives.Pottery, with the exciting challenge of masteryover the elements earth, water and fire, offerstremendous scope for fulfilment. It is verydemanding and good results do not comeeasily, but there is a great adventure foranybody willing to be sincerely involved.

Life Member

Mirek Smisek

Title: Tararuas

Stoneware

$160072

Creativity is one of the most, if not the most,important activity for people to engage in. Myexperience during the last war more thanconvinced me of this. Many of the problems ofthe contemporary world will be minimised ifcreative activity becomes part of all our lives.Pottery, with the exciting challenge of masteryover the elements earth, water and fire, offerstremendous scope for fulfilment. It is verydemanding and good results do not comeeasily, but there is a great adventure foranybody willing to be sincerely involved.

Life Member

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Nicola Dench

Title: Breaking Point 111

Porcelain

$1956

In this series I have been exploring how far Ican push the clay before it reaches breakingpoint. We live in an environment where weare surrounded by stresses and tensions andrelationships that test us to the limits.I startedthis series in stoneware paperclay. I moved tousing porcelain so that I could incorporate lightand use the porcelains translucency toaccentuate the thin veneer between balanceand disaster. Light has always been associatedwith hope, when breaking point is reached thelight shines through.This series is handbuilt in porcelain and fired to1180 c.

Suzy Dunser

Title: Teapot

Wood and MSG-fired Stoneware

$18016

I have always been conscious of form: the fluidline; proportion, balance. More recently mytreatment of the surface has caught up withthat, and the pots I am making at the momentare split between earthenware, with itspossibilities for depth of colour, and soda-firedstoneware, with all the variation of colour andtexture the direction of the flame and the sodaprovide.I strive to make vessels with the considerationand creativity functional objects deserve tohave invested in them.

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Peggy Ericson

Title: View to the Past

Earthenware Clay

$7509

My sculptural work is influenced by my love ofthe land, sea and vegetation of the Gisborneregion.I love the marks on the land and the marks myhands leave on the clay. My sculptures aremainly land and plant forms, gestural, raw andorganic. I like to use oxides and coloured slipsfor my surface decoration, rubbed back toexpose the clay body, creating lovely texturaleffects. This piece 'view to the past' refers tolooking back through the layers of time - thesurface erosion. Through the gap, is the futureand what it may bring.

Penny Ericson

Title: Building Mountains

Clay, glaze, print

$6508

This work involves the exploration ofdecorating clay surfaces with slip, glaze andprinted imagery. It combines to referencesense of place.The associated textual and linear qualities arealways changing, developing and of constantinterest. The interplay of clay, colour and glazeenhances the work.Based on landscape, the form reflects anangular 'block' carved out of the naturalenvironment while the printed image denotes aspecific time, place or geological event.The slab built forms are hollow and thesubdued colour palette speaks of earthycolours and natural clays - underpinning thelandscape theme.

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Barbara Skelton

Title: Seascape 3

Porcelain

$35052

After many years making a living fromdomestic stoneware I now work exclusivelywith porcelain. I enjoy most the process ofmaking, turning and finishing and the feel of theleatherhard porcelain. It's fine whitetranslucency is a good foil for the variouscoloured glazes I have been experimentingwith lately.

Barbara Skelton

Title: Porcelain Bowl

Porcelain

$195124

After many years making a living fromdomestic stoneware I now work exclusivelywith porcelain. I enjoy most the process ofmaking, turning and finishing and the feel of theleatherhard porcelain. It's fine whitetranslucency is a good foil for the variouscoloured glazes I have been experimentingwith lately.

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Duncan Shearer

Title: Large Beaked Jug

Wood fired, soda glazed

$9581Guest Artist

Jenny Shearer

Title: Bottle and Jug Team

Earthenware with slips

$26554

My history goes back to the early 70s when myhusband David built me a 40 cu ft kiln on asteep Wellington hillside. Apart from a year ata fulltime ceramics course in the UK(Gloucester School of Art) I am mainly selftaught.My work leans toward the urban ritual vesselfavouring the refined end of the JapaneseAesthetic. I have spent many years teachingand passing on my enthusiasm for the gentleart of ceramics.My pots are in the permanent collections ofThe Dowse, Government House Wellington,Hawkes Bay Art Museum and Christchurchand Southland Art Galleries.

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Penny Ericson

Title: Coast

Clay, glaze, print

$650108

This work involves the exploration ofdecorating clay surfaces with slip, glaze andprinted imagery. It combines to referencesense of place.The associated textual and linear qualities arealways changing, developing and of constantinterest. The interplay of clay, colour and glazeenhances the work.Based on landscape, the form reflects anangular 'block' carved out of the naturalenvironment while the printed image denotes aspecific time, place or geological event.The slab built forms are hollow and thesubdued colour palette speaks of earthycolours and natural clays - underpinning thelandscape theme.

Frederika Ernsten

Title: Bowl

$18564Life Member

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Frederika Ernsten

Title: Bowl

$10565Life Member

Frederika Ernsten

Title: Teapot

$14566Life Member

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Duncan Shearer

Title: Small Beaked Jug

Wood fired, soda glazed

$5579Guest Artist

Duncan Shearer

Title: Medium Beaked Jug

Wood fired, soda glazed

$7580Guest Artist

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Trish Seddon

Title: Seapods Series1

Midfire white clay cone 6

$10007

On the defensive and ready for attack, this isone of the most deadly of all sea creatures.Poison from venom glands at the base of therazor sharp spines travels up ducts to the tipsand is injected into a predator when it tries totake a bite. Although well camouflaged andnaturally timid, this creature is perfectlycapable of killing a large mammal such as adolphin or adult human within a matter ofminutes, should they be so unlucky as tomistake it for an easy meal.

Duncan Shearer

Title: Albarelli Series 12

Wood fired Soda Glazed. I also use a variety of slips,glazes and oxide washes.

$110059

The albarello is a form originally intended as anApothecary’s dry ingredient storage jar. I’mdrawn to this shape because of its potential toexpress my ideas about clay and fire. I love toimpart a feeling of liveliness to the clay, buttemper it within a boundary. So I use therestrictions of the albarello form to explorethe curve of a rib line, or the soft dimple of anapplied handle. I examine relationships in eachpiece like the interaction between a lip and ashoulder. The use of multiples promotes theexamination of traits across a series of pieces –comparing and contrasting the forms andmarkings on the pots.The form provides a structure to the methodsof decorating that I use, which is firing the potsin a wood kiln. to create an engaging andsophisticated surface.

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Liz Fea

Title: White Crackle Bottle

Earthenware / white clay

$35033

These new works continue experiments withform and glaze. They also refer thematically topast works exploring the natural world and theongoing challenge that arises for the artist inendeavouring to bring those ideas intoceramics.

Liz Fea

Title: Agate Bottle

White Clay

$27536

These new works continue experiments withform and glaze. They also refer thematically topast works exploring the natural world and theongoing challenge that arises for the artist inendeavouring to bring those ideas intoceramics.

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Darryl Frost

Title: Two Sides of the Fire Box

$220094Guest Artist

Darryl Frost

Title: Two Sides of the Fire Box

For Pair $3,500

$220095Guest Artist

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Margaret Ryley

Title: Vortex 3

Porcelain

$28039

The fundamental transience of ceramics in ashaky environment has meant a re-think ofwork in progress. The fine balance betweennarrow base and bulky top is put aside for themoment in favour of stability. A paperweight.The ultimate immutable object.

Sue Scobie

Title: Waterlines (beach blues)

Coiled porcelain & stoneware, unglazed

$38011

Sand and surf - the colours of summer at mylocal beach in sunshine and sou’easterly seafog.

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Susie Rogers

Title: Urn

Terracotta Wood fired

$120027

In contrast to industrial expediency whichdemands a given piece passing through manyhands on the passage to completion, 'ONEHAND ONE MIND' is an essential axiom ofthe Studio Potter. As the phrase implies asingle individual controls every process in theproduction of each piece including ClayPreparation, Formation, Decoration, Glazingand the Final Firing.Works are composed of local materials,varying clay blends, mainly comprisingterracotta and stoneware and accordinglyexemplify an indigenous quality earning them aplace as representative in contemporary NewZealand national culture.

Rick Rudd

Title: Bottle

Earthenware

$39526

This is the first in a new series of bottles whichhas taken shape from the balloon.Connotations include 'party time' and 'leadballoon', but really it is just about form.

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Darryl Frost

Title: Rock Wheeler

$75096Guest Artist

Darryl Frost

Title: Axe

$35097Guest Artist

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Darryl Frost

Title: Axe

$35098Guest Artist

Darryl Frost

Title: Axe

$35099Guest Artist

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Elena Renker

Title: Wood Fired Shino Vase

Stoneware clays, some from my own land, and fired ina wood or a gas kiln to 1300C.

$11024

In the last few years I have been working withshino, focussing on making tea bowls and otherdomestic ware items that compliment theunpredictable nature of this glaze. A simpletea bowl is probably my favorite thing to make,and the most challenging. To me a tea bowl isan object of contemplation as well as afunctional item. While on one hand the bowlneeds to fit and feel good in the hand, bepleasant to touch and have a smooth rim, italso needs to provide enough interest for theeye. And shino with its pin-holing, crazing andcrawling seems uniquely suited to that. So Ihave been trying to produce pots that areloosely thrown to match the nature of thisglaze.A couple of years ago I build a wood fired kilnat my studio north of Auckland. I now firemost of my pots for 12 to 14 hours in this kiln.

Carol Robinson

Title: House Boat

Ceramic

$28513

I am drawn to angular, linear, geometric imagesand enjoy architecture - modern, unusual andquirky. 'Buildings and structures' is a theme Icontinue to explore. The method used in theconstruction of these (joining small slabs)allows for a randomness in working whichappeals to me - I never quite know what thefinal result will be.

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Jo-Anne Raill

Title: Gatherers

Porcelain

$25048

I have been playing with clay for many yearsbut have only recently truly appreciated thematerial qualities of porcelain. These piecesdraw on ceramic history but have a humorousslant to them. Gatherers came together whenthinking about our location for the conferenceand remembering my days as a beach comber.Gathering treasures until pockets were bulging.

Elena Renker

Title: 2 Wood Fired Shino Tea Bowls

Stoneware

$24023

In the last few years I have been working withshino, focussing on making tea bowls and otherdomestic ware items that compliment theunpredictable nature of this glaze. A simpletea bowl is probably my favorite thing to make,and the most challenging. To me a tea bowl isan object of contemplation as well as afunctional item. While on one hand the bowlneeds to fit and feel good in the hand, bepleasant to touch and have a smooth rim, italso needs to provide enough interest for theeye. And shino with its pin-holing, crazing andcrawling seems uniquely suited to that. So Ihave been trying to produce pots that areloosely thrown to match the nature of thisglaze.A couple of years ago I build a wood fired kilnat my studio north of Auckland. I now firemost of my pots for 12 to 14 hours in this kiln.

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Neil Grant

Title: Plate (Criss-Cross)

Stoneware

$22076Life Member

Neil Grant

Title: Bottle

Stoneware

$74077Life Member

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Neil Grant

Title: Vase

Stoneware

$62078Life Member

Mia Hamilton

Title: Holy Bowl

Earthenware Ceramic

$3503

I have been working with this form for sixyears now and it has evolved and grown eachyear. People are drawn to these bowls as theyare a perfect half sphere and are a large size.My bowls are bold, simple contemporarypieces. I am drawn to work in series and haverestricted the materials used to push the fullextent of an idea – this bowl being colouredwith copper only.My bowls are not necessarily functional; theyare an exploration of structure and texture,demanding to be touched. My hope is thatthey will nourish those that live with them.

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Wendy Pedersen

Title: Pandora

Handbuilt Burnished Terracotta

$26534

I am of Ngati Maniapoto and English descent,and am constantly struggling to re- evaluateassumptions through my art. I aspire to engagepeople by creating hand built clay or mixedmedia sculptures that generate whimsy orhumour and invites them to join me inobserving the idiosyncrasy’s of the humancondition. For me, each art work becomes avoyage of discovery; I am continually seducedby texture, contour and perspective. It seems Iam always paddling down a new stream – Iusually get lost, but sometimes during thejourney back a work of art emerges and alongthe way, I have learnt more.

Helen Perrett

Title: Walking Fish 3 (Horned Fish)

Earthenware

$27521

I have been working with clay for 12 years nowand loved my time spent studying withBronwynne Cornish for a year and my fouryears doing the Diploma of Ceramic Arts(Otago) through Auckland Studio Potters. Itwas four years of indulgence, playing with like-minded people who shared this peculiarfascination with clay and how it can be altered.I have always been drawn to illustrativesculpture. I enjoy the process of buildingstories into my work as I go. I like the aged-looking surfaces created by layers of slip andoxides.

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Cate Pates

Title: Spirit Vessel Family - Set of 3

Porcelain Paper Clay

$28018

I’m originally from England and I have a degreein ceramics from Cardiff University, Wales. Icurrently exhibit in Britain and New Zealand.The natural world is inherent in my work andinforms it as well as becoming part of it in thetechniques I use to create the surface. Thesymbols are carefully considered and holdpersonal significance to me, but I enjoy thatthey can invoke different feelings in others.When I’m working I work fluidly so I can allowthe patterns to evolve. Much of my work isbased around an interpretation of the vessel,which arises out of the exploration of my being(body) as a container.

Cate Pates

Title: Inked Trees against the Skyline

Porcelain Paper Clay

$265106

I’m originally from England and I have a degreein ceramics from Cardiff University, Wales. Icurrently exhibit in Britain and New Zealand.The natural world is inherent in my work andinforms it as well as becoming part of it in thetechniques I use to create the surface. Thesymbols are carefully considered and holdpersonal significance to me, but I enjoy thatthey can invoke different feelings in others.When I’m working I work fluidly so I can allowthe patterns to evolve. Much of my work isbased around an interpretation of the vessel,which arises out of the exploration of my being(body) as a container.

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Kim Henderson

Title: Tales from the Deep

Stoneware - slab work

$26520

Water is currently my central theme. As ascuba diver life in the sea particularly captivatesmy imagination.I have titled my vessels ‘Tales from the Deep’.A little spin on Man’s century old quest toexplore all parts of the globe, to find andcollect new and rare species. This includesanimal and plant life from the depths of theoceans. It is in some way comforting to knowthat the sea hasn’t yielded all its secrets…Ceramics are made from slab rolled clay andfired to 1160C.

Kim Henderson

Title: Tales from the Deep

Stoneware - slab work

$425105

Water is currently my central theme. As ascuba diver life in the sea particularly captivatesmy imagination.I have titled my vessels ‘Tales from the Deep’.A little spin on Man’s century old quest toexplore all parts of the globe, to find andcollect new and rare species. This includesanimal and plant life from the depths of theoceans. It is in some way comforting to knowthat the sea hasn’t yielded all its secrets…Ceramics are made from slab rolled clay andfired to 1160C.

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Jo Howard

Title: Oil and Water don't mix

Porcelain

$39030

I manipulate clay in it's liquid state- a verytactile experience!Another oil well, seems like another accidentwaiting to happen.

Karen Kennedy

Title: The Red Hat Ladies AGM achieves a Quorum of 5

Clay White Earthenware

$3552

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Cheryl Oliver

Title: Searching for Meaning

Midfire White

$52055

My work endeavours to encourage a smallsmile and in some way make reference to thethose bemusing times in our lives we allexperience for one reason or another.This piece is part of an ongoing 'Adrift' seriesdepicting our vulnerabilities, hopes and dreamsand the way in which we individuallyendeavour to navigate them. It is made with amid-fire white, decorated with underglazes andsecret overwash. Fired in an electric kiln to1160c.

Diane Parker

Title: Earth Woman - Sea Goat

Earthernware

$22514

I am constantly challenged in my figurativework to apply the surface treatment thatsuccessfully accommodates the ‘mood’ of thepiece I am working on. Currently I amenjoying working on my ‘Earth Women’ seriesand have been experimenting with chemicals togive an aged quality to the final piece as well asenjoying the notion of having a small degree of‘lack of control’ over the final colourresponses. I also enjoy applying layers to thefigure that give visual interest as well as depth.The palette of surface treatments to choosefrom is enormous and in that lays thechallenge.

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Mike O'Donnell

Title: Tumble Fired Tippling Set

Anagama Fired

$320125Guest Artist

Mike O'Donnell

Title: Crypt of the Fish People

Anagama fired

$520126Guest Artist

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Louis Kittleson

Title: Lidded Container

$700101Guest Artist

Louis Kittleson

Title: Bottle

$650102Guest Artist

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Louis Kittleson

Title: Platter

$450103Guest Artist

Nicole Kolig

Title: Three Leaves

Stoneware Bowl

$20047

My work portfolio is quite varied. It rangesfrom the abstract, sculptural, Pure Glazeinnovation to N.Z. Wildlife replica eggs andsome functional ware which is mostly confinedto larger bowls.I live on the Otago Peninsula on the SouthIsland and the bowls reflect the attachment Ihave with its flora, wildlife and landscape.The impressions in the bowls are leaves I havefound on the forest floor of our regeneratingnative bush. The individual and single shapesare minuscule representations of the totality of‘bush’ but instead of decaying they live on,preserved in clay.

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Chester Nealie

Title: Cylindrical Vase

$80068

Chester Nealie is a New Zealand potter livingand working in Australia. He enjoys aninternational profile as a wood fire potterspecialising in anagama style work. His pots arelargely made from stoneware clay fired withwood to high temperatures over several days.Many pots are glazed and all pots show theeffect of wood ash and flame which gives themadded interest and intrigue. His work rangesfrom practical to exhibition ware, all showing adistinctive personal style.Nealie allows for freedom andexperimentation in his work and the resultsbring to mind natural textures of wild spacesand time worked surfaces in the landscape.Fossil-like marks of grasses and shells areintroduced during the glazing and firingprocess, adding to the intriguing surfaces.

Guest Artist

Chester Nealie

Title: Bottle

$80069

Chester Nealie is a New Zealand potter livingand working in Australia. He enjoys aninternational profile as a wood fire potterspecialising in anagama style work. His pots arelargely made from stoneware clay fired withwood to high temperatures over several days.Many pots are glazed and all pots show theeffect of wood ash and flame which gives themadded interest and intrigue. His work rangesfrom practical to exhibition ware, all showing adistinctive personal style.Nealie allows for freedom andexperimentation in his work and the resultsbring to mind natural textures of wild spacesand time worked surfaces in the landscape.Fossil-like marks of grasses and shells areintroduced during the glazing and firingprocess, adding to the intriguing surfaces.

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Aimee McLeod

Title: This is not China

High fired Primo porcelain, carved & etched

$23529

I have been fascinated with spirals, fern frondsand koru for a very long time, using them inmy work as additions or carving them intobowls.Currently I am exploring the brilliance ofporcelain, I am playing with carving flattersurfaces and also bringing out patterns by aresist and water etch method applied tounfired clay. Rather than decorating with abrush and colour, I like the way the glazethickness picks up the dips of the carving orthe bumps of resisted patterns.

Chester Nealie

Title: Vase

$120067

Chester Nealie is a New Zealand potter livingand working in Australia. He enjoys aninternational profile as a wood fire potterspecialising in anagama style work. His pots arelargely made from stoneware clay fired withwood to high temperatures over several days.Many pots are glazed and all pots show theeffect of wood ash and flame which gives themadded interest and intrigue. His work rangesfrom practical to exhibition ware, all showing adistinctive personal style.Nealie allows for freedom andexperimentation in his work and the resultsbring to mind natural textures of wild spacesand time worked surfaces in the landscape.Fossil-like marks of grasses and shells areintroduced during the glazing and firingprocess, adding to the intriguing surfaces.

Guest Artist

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Peter Lange

Title: Bowl

M.S.G. fired

NFS61Life Member

Peter Lange

Title: Jug

Soda Fired

$8062Life Member

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Peter Lange

Title: Jug

Soda Fired

$8063Life Member

DeAnne Lawford-Smith

Title: Queen of Imperception

Stoneware

$35012

I have decided that using clay is the best way ofconveying my current state of mind and at themoment I am using the figure of the queen andall its colourful associations to express thecontradiction between what is superficial andwhat lies beneath. I use slips and glazes, stainsand mixed media, whatever comes to hand inthe finished piece to achieve a colourful orplayful portrait. But also an attitude that showsan underlying sense of unease or hiddenagenda. I like to challenge the viewer to thinkbeyond what is seen on the surface.

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Elsa Lye

Title: a sense of loss

Mac's Clay & Whangamata clay, anagama fired

NFS133Guest Artist

Marshall Maude

Title: Disc

Wood fired stoneware

$60093Guest Artist