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Remember under Covid-19 Framework RED:
Entry with vaccine pass, scan and sign in, sanitise hands, wear a mask and keep at least a one metre social distance. If you are sick, stay home.
The studio is closed:
Wednesday 9th February, 2.00pm – 5pm. Committee Meeting.
Thursday, 10th February 8am – 2.00pm, new vinyl being laid.
Saturday 19th February, 12noon – 5.00pm. Hen’s party.
Sunday 20th February, 1pm-4pm – Clay, Chat & a Cuppa afternoon.
Wednesday 17th March, 4.00pm – 9.00pm. “Summer Dip” workshop.
Members need to be double-vaccinated against Covid-19 to be able to use the clubrooms from 8am Friday 3 December.
Vaccinated members need to show their Vaccine Pass – either as a hard copy or email an electronic copy to the club account, which will be verified and recorded on our database. These members will then receive a new door code.
Single-vaccinated and unvaccinated members will be able to drop-off work to be fired and collect clay or finished work, by arranging this through a committee member who will meet them outside. Single-vaccinated and unvaccinated members will not be able to work at the clubrooms.
In the event of a confirmed case of Covid-19 having been at the club within the previous 24 hours, all surfaces will be cleaned and disinfected as per Government guidelines.
Under the new traffic light system:
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ORANGE (Bay of Plenty):
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Please note prices are GST inclusive and are for non-members. Clay prices and stock varies depending on current availability and the prices listed are for the most popular clays.
To buy clay call into the club on a Tuesday or Thursday club day, otherwise contact Lynda, Cat, Juliet or Millie to arrange a time.
Portage 2021 presents the 33 works selected by judge and two-time Portage winner Raewyn Atkinson from 226 entries.
The winner of the Premier Portage Ceramic Award for 2021 is Teresa Peters for ECHOES. This is a clay collection presented as a framed photographic work and the first time a photograph has received the title in the award’s 21-year history.
Merit Awards:
Andrea du Chatenier for Softfall
Fiona Jack for Rahu bottles
The finalists this year are: Greg Barron, Blue Black, Phil Brooks, Oliver Cain, Madeleine Child, Andrea du Chatenier, Liz Fea, Mel Ford, Emelia French, Mark Goody, Fiona Jack, Jino Jeong, Chuck Joseph, Keum-Sun Lee & Sang-Sool Shim, Matt McLean, Teresa Peters, Louise Rive, John Roy, Rick Rudd, Takaaki Sakaguchi, Aaron Scythe, Liz Sharek, Duncan Shearer, Rebecca Steedman, Marie Strauss and David Milne, Toby Twiss, Janna van Hasselt, Alex Wilkinson and Ben Wilson.
Portage exhibition: 4 December 2021 – 27 February 2022
This special exhibition was held in Ōtepoti Dunedin to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first exhibition of New Zealand Studio Potters, held at the Otago Museum in November 1957.
Kevin Kilsby was the winner of the People’s Choice Award at the National Exhibition
Waiclay National Ceramic Awards has been held biannually for the last 20 years and continues to promote excellence in clay work in partnership with Waikato Museum, Hamilton.
This year’s selector/judge was Prue Venables from Australia. Prue was studying the flute in London in 1977 when she first touched clay. Since then, she has devoted her time and energy to the mastery of porcelain, becoming one of Australia’s most skilled and lauded potters with numerous national and international exhibitions, awards and publications to her name.
Prue graduated from the Harrow College of Art in London with a Diploma of Studio Pottery and holds a Masters of Fine Art – Ceramics from RMIT. She is currently living in Castlemaine, Victoria. Prue’s work is collected by major institutions in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK, USA, Canada, and Japan. Prue has also mentored and taught generations of ceramicists.
Her pots explore complex and unusual approaches to working with porcelain, challenge the significance of daily objects and highlight the richness that they bring to our lives. Prue is a former President of Craft Victoria, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.
Exciting ceramic pieces from all over New Zealand are showcased in this year’s Waiclay exhibition which was rescheduled from November due to Covid restrictions.
More than 50 works by prominent and emerging ceramic artists have been selected for this biennial exhibition staged in partnership with Waikato Museum since 2001.
Renowned for promoting excellence in ceramic art practice, the 20th anniversary show also features works by current Waiclay selector Australian ceramicist Prue Venables, and previous judges including Bruce Denhert (USA), Janet DeBoos (Australia), and Kasumi Ueda (Japan).
Image: Work by Prue Venables, Waiclay Judge 2022
Waiclay exhibition, Waikato Museum:
22 January – 10 April 2022
