/l'\-’ / I /‘ l /. f t./,l , l /l NR ’ l \ l '\ // / If ‘We Promise INTHIS ISSUE SLABROLLER NEW ZEALAND POTTER THROUGH THE FILTER PRESS The best available VOLUME 35: NUMBER 3: 1993 HowardS Williams, Editorial Recommended by Editor: BOOK REVIEW Peter Stichbury Howard S Williams Tin-glazed Earthenware by Daphne Carnegy PO. Box 147, Albany, NZ. PAUL LAIRD Variable adjustment from 0—60m (21/2in) Phone (09) 4159817 A Profile of this Nelson potter, by Vic Evans MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Advertising: HONOLULU, HAWAII Reasonably Priced Cecilia Parkinson 10 Phone (09) 4159373 Anneke Barren reports on her Sabbatical in Hawaii Available only from Furnace Engineering Penny Evans N EON LINE PO. Box 881, Auckland. 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From the UK we hear that Alan Caiger— Cowan in the drawing you reprinted at the THROUGH THE FILTERPRESS It contains an illustrated listing Smith’s Aldermaston Pottery, famous for of mem- top of your Filterpress page) and it was bers with a brief statement Howard S Williams its wood-fired, brush~decorated, tin-glazed and contact some time after this, and after some very details. Of the 240 earthenware, has had to close owing to members, a new cat— straight talking by Roy Cowan, that the egory containing 82 names increasing pressure from the economic in the recently society was actually formed. recession. established Professional Membership sec- I should like to record also the part tion, has this year been separately de— played by that fine potter Martin Alan, who many will remember from his Beck, CANADA tailed. who made a special trip to Wellington to visit here in 1976, was born in Buenos In Contact, the quarterly magazine of the yard Gallery has gold ceramic tile and In addition to a complete operating This Professional Membership status ask the Editorial Committee of the New Aires in 1930, studied at Cambenrvell and Alberta Potters’Association we read in an trellis walls. Also included in the interior manual, EMC kiln controllers have sepa- was introduced into the CPA three years Zealand Potter to convene the meeting, as the Central School of Art in London, then article by Phyllis Hinz, of the opening last layout is space suitable for workshops, rate “first time” step-by-step instructions ago, after much discussion and he felt it was time the potters consolidated set up the Aldermaston Pottery in Berk- June of a new national gallery specifically lectures, seminars and which enable even a beginner to achieve disatisfaction about the organisation’s into a representative body demonstrations, shire in 1955. with a national designed for ceramics and glass. film screenings. The mezzanine offers the the reality of dream firing. All these fea- narrow base. voice. He became world-known for his mas- The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery archives, board room and offices as well as tures have been incorporated without any The book is, of course, invaluable for Arohanui tery of fluid brush work and radiant lustres (0066) which has taken since 1981 to the research and reference library. increase in price. anyone visiting Great Britain and wishing Helen Mason, Coromandel which, happily, he will continue to produce become a reality is the first national gallery The CCGGis hosting ongoing slide pres- For more details contact your local pot- to make contact with potters. Information at the pottery, concentrating on one-off in the country to be located outside a major entations and demonstrations to introduce tery supplies dealer or kiln manufacturer, can be had from: works and exhibition pieces. The pottery metropolitan area. gallery visitors to the unique new facility or: Marilyn Kopkin will no longer be open to the public as in the El The 71,000 population centre of Water- and establish the 0066 as a major com— Jim Dreaver CPA past. Alan also intends to spend more of loo in Ontario is about 100 km west of 21 Carnaby Street munity gathering place.” Electric Measurement and Control Ltd his time writing. Toronto, close to the cultural centres The 0066 already has a permanent Ph: 09 444 9229. Fax: 09 444 1145. London, W1V1PH The New Zealand Potter wishes Alan SPELLBOUND Niagara-on-the—Lake and Stratford, and it collection of over 160 pieces, many gifted England well in his new venture and we hope he In the Wellington Potters’newsletter I read has two universities with conference facili- by a major corporate sponsor of the crafts, may revisit our country in the near future. this little gem: ties, one of them with clay as part of its fine Unimin Canada Ltd, a registry of 250 art- El El arts department. Directly opposite the ists from across Canada, and a growing I have a spelling checker, 0066 site is the Seagram Museum, which HOLLAND slide library. It came with my PC, with over 100,000 visitors a year is Water- The European Ceramics Work Centre (See Sounds like the place to visit if you are CI LETTER TO THE EDITOR It plainly marks four my revue loo’s single biggest tourist attraction. page 5, NZ Potter Vol 34, No 1, 1992) in travelling to Canada. Sir Mistakes I cannot sea. It was in Waterloo in 1981 that a general Holland is a cross-cultural, non-profit, con- It was good to read in your last issue (Vol I’ve run this poem threw it, meeting of Ceramists Canada mooted the temporary art workspace. lts aim is to POTTERS, UK 35, No 2) a report of the meeting held in I’m sure you’re pleased to no, idea for a specialist gallery to actively develop artistic exploration of ceramics as The ninth edition of the Craftsmen Potters Wellington in June 1963 to discuss the It’s letter perfect in it’s weigh, collect, exhibit and conserve the work of fine art and applied art by providing a work CI Association ofGreat Britain (CPA) publica- proposal to form a NewZea/and Society of My checker tolled me so. contemporary clay, glass, stained glass place in a professional environment, with tion, Potters, is the most up-to-date direc- Potters.