claudia smith on tue 17 jun 97
I am planning a trip to New Zealand this fall and am interested to know if
there are any raku artist's near Christchurch or Nelson or on the north
island. would like to visit some studios while there. thanks.
claudia in california
Janet on wed 18 jun 97
At 12:31 PM 6/17/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>I am planning a trip to New Zealand this fall and am interested to know if
>there are any raku artist's near Christchurch or Nelson or on the north
>island. would like to visit some studios while there. thanks.
>
>claudia in california
>
>Hi Claudia,
My name is Janet Smith and I live at Cambridge in the North
Island of New Zealand. I have my Pottery Studio in an old Woolshed on the
family farm and Specialize in Raku,Wood Fired, and I also have a LPG Gas
fired kiln. I am on the Executive of the NZ Potters Association so I can
easily provide any further infomation on Pottery in NZ or NZ in general to
you or anyone else here who may be interested. I can be reached by email at;
oakford1@wave.co.nz or
Janet Smith
R.D.3
Cambridge 2351
New Zealand
Ph 64 7 8271888
Robert Compton on wed 18 jun 97
> claudia in california
You might want to contact Julie Warren, 56 Seymore Ave. Nelson,
New Zealand. Ph 03 548 8602. She is the Director of the New Zealand
Society of Potters, they have a newsletter (Claynews) and will have
listings of the various potters you are seeking. I have been down under
several times visiting potters and giving workshops, and can say you
will find the people and potters warm and friendly.
--
Robert Compton Phone: 802-453-3778
3600 Rt 116 http://homepages.together.net/~rcompton
Bristol, Vermont 05443 rcompton@together.net
Derek Woodhead on wed 18 jun 97
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From: claudia smith
To: Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
Date: Wednesday, 18 June 1997 04:35
Subject: new zealand raku?
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>I am planning a trip to New Zealand this fall and am interested to
know if
>there are any raku artist's near Christchurch or Nelson or on the
north
>island. would like to visit some studios while there. thanks.
>
>claudia in california
>
Nelson is a very pottery orientated area and we have great number of
commercial potters, including some national and internationally known
ones, we also have many hobby potters some of considerable skills
Regarding raku there have been potters in the area who have done quite
a bit of work but I am not sure who still produces raku on a
continuing
basis. I do think that if you should find it possible to visit Nelson
you will be well rewarded in every way, apart from the pottery aspect
Nelson has wonderful scenery, is very craft conscious so all our
visitors tell us.! I admit the North Island has its potters but also
admit to being very parochial, and believe we are known as the pottery
centre of New Zealand.
This address will give you a tour of the Nelson province,
http://nz.com/tour/Nelson/ the home page is http://nz.com/
regards MaggieW.
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