INT HIS ISSUE THROUGH THE FILTER PRESS Howard S Williams, Editorial MAKING CERAMIC SLIPS Clay body Slips explained by Canadian Potter, Tony Hansen NEW ZEALAND POTTER VOLUME 36: NUMBER 3:1994 BRYCE STEVENS A short autobiography by Bryce Stevens, Hamilton potter and potters’ supplier 8 Editor: Howard S Williams WARREN TIPPETT P.O. Box147, Albany, NZ. Tributes from some of his friends 10 Phone (09) 415 9817 Advertising: ANNE AND JOHN CRAWFORD Cecilia Parkinson A report from their special exhibition in Munich, Germany 15 Phone (09) 415 9373 Penny Evans LEN CASTLE PO. Box 881 , Auckland. A retrospective exhibition at the Dowse Museum 16 Phone (09) 445 8831 THE CRANE AND THE KOTUKU Subscriptions: Helen Schamroth reviews a new book 18 Publisher and Distributor: NZ Potter Publications Ltd PHILLIP EGLIN PO Box 881 , Auckland, NZ. Ann Verdcourt describes her visit to an English ceramic artist Fax (09) 309 3247 20 BYRON TEMPLE Managing Director: Peter Col/is writes about this visiting American Potter Cecilia Parkinson 23 Design and Layout: AUCKLAND STUDIO POTTERS Cecilia Parkinson, Howard Williams photographs potters at the opening of ASP‘s new clubrooms 25 John Parker, Howard Williams COSTING FOR GROUP FIRING OF POTS Trevor Wright explains a good system for estimating firing costs for club members Printed By: Imedia Corporation Ltd TAKAYAMA CERAMIC WORKSHOP 71 Upper Queen Street Peter Col/is describes his participation in this workshop in Japan 28 Auckland, NZ RECENTLY SEEN Copy Deadlines: Photos from various exhibitions around the country 32 1st day of February, June, September Issued: Apri|,August, December Price: $12 per copy incl GST RAMPINI POTTERY Annual Subscription: Lynda Harris describes her visit to this family pottery in lta/y 34 $36 incl GST OverseasSubscriptions by surface mail: CLEVELAND, AWARDS NZ$48. 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The late Warren Tippett Finished art work must be supplied photographed in Auckland, or above rates will be added to. by Howard Williams, 1991 Copyright New Zealand Potter , See pages 10- 14 Publishing Ltd. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form without written permission ofthe publishers PRICE $12 incl. GST The Publishers acknowledge the support of the ISSN 0113 - 583x Arts Council of New Zealand, Toi Aotearoa strategic plan is prepared the Arts Coun- cles rewritten for greater clarity. New Zealand Arts Council of cil will be in a transition phase and most A hundred new photographs have been THROUGH THE FILTER PRESS Toi Aotearoa existing programmes, including those op- added and many of the now 490 illustra- Howard S Williams The Arts Council of New Zealand Bill, af— erating regionally, will be maintained. tions have been reproduced in colour . hour third reading in Parliament, Copies of the new Act can be obtained Available on order through your local Last year (see photo below) a class en- ter a nine Apologies and took effect from 1 this invaluable dictionary has a joyed a field trip to Wellington and gained has been enacted from: bookshop, Obituaries The editor apologises for incorrectly label- Bennetts Government Bookshop retail price in New Zealand of $189.95. valuable pointers from ceramist Anneke July 1994. Ron Vine, 1914 - 1994 ling a photo in the previous issue, on page the OE” Arts Coun- |SBN3112—O. Borren. The Act dissolves 25 Rutland Street Ron Vine died in Thames on Septem- 6 in the article, A Potter in Bali. The potter is established a national Sue Artner cil. In its place Auckland ber 26, 1994, aged 80. He was one of Brent Hesselyn is on the right with ce- body for the arts, named the Arts Council Queen Elizabeth College If I New Zealand‘s best known agricultural ramic chemist Wal Tyrie on the left. of New Zealand ToiAotearoa and two arts Palmerston North journalists, writing for 37 years free- boards, one being a Maori arts board, Te lance, mainly for the New Zealand Waka Toi, and the other being a general Contact, Canada International Farmer. He became editor of that arts board known simply as the Arts Board. Making Ceramic Slip on page 6, by Tony The fifth International Potters' Festival at magazine in 1971 until his retirement The Council is a policy body with the two Hansen, is reprinted by courtesy of the Aberystwyth Arts Centre is planned with in 1975. A Friend in Court! boards being responsible for the delivery author and the magazine in which it was an impressive line up of ceramists from After “retiring", Ron established Tal- Extract from the third reading debate of of services and resources. There is also a first printed. all over the globe. isman Pottery Supplies in Auckland. He the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi South Pacific Committee appointed by the Contact, the Canadian equivalent of the The accompanying exhibition will be designed and developed the now world Aotearoa Bill, Hansard, 22/6/1994. Council as an adjunct to the general Arts New Zealand Potter is a quarterly publi- Yixing teapots including a collection of famous Talisman Wheel, the Sieve and "Hon D A M Graham (Minister of Cul— Board. cation first established in 1975. It is Cana- works from the UK and Yixing Provence, the Slabroller, and also a spinning tural Affairs): For many people who are Each of the Council and Boards has da's only full colour ceramics publication China. To link with the exhibition, two Yixing wheel operable by the physically disa- not directly involved in the arts it might be seven members appointed by the Minis- with a national perspective and is pub- potters will be attending the Potters' Fes- bled. seen as something of a boring topic. ter of Cultural Affairs for terms of up to lished by the Alberta Potters' Association, tival to demonstrate their techniques. The world of studio pottery was im- I know that some members of this House three years. The following are the mem— a non—profit organization. The festival is organised by Aberystwyth measurably changed by this quiet and wonder why we spent so much time on bers as announced by the Minister. Contact features ceramic exhibition re- Arts Centre and North and South Wales unassuming, but brilliantly creative something to do with the arts. indeed, as views, artists‘ profiles, contemporary Ca- Potters Associations. Full details from: man. tempers started to fray somewhat on the Council nadian ceramic work, news, commentary, Aberystwyth Arts Centre El umpteen division, people were starting to Brian Stevenson (Auckland) Chair, Sandi critical writing and technical information. Dyfed SY23 30E Wyn Reed, 1903 - 1994 ask why we were spending so much time Morrison (Auckland), Lewis Moeau (Wel- A recent complete revamp of the maga— Wales Wyn Reed died suddenly in early July. on the arts. lington), Mahe Tupounuia (Auckland), zine and its editorial policies has seen it Phone 0970 622889 I want to make it very clear that in my She was a founder member of Canter— Jennifer Morel (Wellington), Cliff Whiting develop into a valuable resource for stu- I7 J humble opinion, at least, the arts are prob— bury Potters Association, in fact it was Letter to the Editor (Wellington), Ema Te Toroa Tangiraiki dio potters and it will obviously become she who placed the advertisement in ably one of the more important things that Pohatu (Dunedin). internationally important in communicat— the public notices of The Press in 1963 Sir happen in this country; that the arts are ing current directions taken in Canadian amfla which began the CPA. We seldom stop and give credit to those absolutely essential to New Zealand; that Arts Board ceramics, to potters in the rest of the world. Arts Marketing Board of Aotearoa, New Wyn and her husband Allen were who help us in a variety of ways. I expect creative talent in this country is second to Claudia Scott (Wellington) Chair, Albert The present editorial board includes ex- Zealand Ltd. A Seminar For People Who Friends of the Canterbury Museum and many art teachers would wish to join me none and needs to be encouraged, needs Wendt (Auckland), Raymond Sleeman Auckland potter Glenys Marshall-lnman, Want To Earn More From Their Craft. responsible for buying, in Great Brittain, in offering accolades to all the kind pot- to be nurtured, needs to be funded to the (Christchurch), Judith Bellingham no doubt one reason for the magazine's AMBA Seminar to be held in Gisborne, a small collection which became the ters with generosity of spirit who give their extent that the Government can fund it; (Dunedin), Dian Ross (Auckland), Richard successful development! Sunday April 2, 1995, at Tairawhiti poly— foundation of the Museum's craft pot— time so willingly to share expertise with and it is a poor country indeed that does Cathie (Wellington), Sandi Morrison (Auck- The yearly subscription for New Zealand technic.