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1 Gerald Wakely, 'First Study-Conference on the Promotion of Crafts in New Zealand,' Paper
Presented at the Proceedings of the First Study-Conference on the Promotion of Crafts in New
Zealand 1963.
2
ibid., p.23.
3 ibid., p.24.
4
ibid., pp.25 - 6.
5 ibid., p.26.
6
Harry Davis, 'An Historical Review of Art, Commerce and Craftsmanship', 1968 – 70. This lecture
was given in London, Copenhagen, Nelson and Sydney.
7
ibid. Unpaginated.
8 ibid.
9
ibid. Also see Harry Davis, 'Repaying Our Debt to Man's Culture', New Zealand Potter, 15, 1 15:1,
1973, pp.8 - 10.
10
Harry Davis, 'Hand Craft Pottery, Whence and Whither', New Zealand Potter, 28, 1 28:1, 1986,
pp.28 - 31.
11
ibid. For more on Shōji Hamada see, Timothy Wilcox, ed., Shōji: Master Potter, London, 1998.
12 Davis, 'Hand Craft Pottery, Whence and Whither', p.29.
13
William Staite-Murray was a dominant figure in the British studio pottery movement between the
wars. See Tanya Harrod, The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century, New Haven, 1999, pp.32 - 3. See
also Malcolm Haslam, William Staite Murray, London, 1884.
14 Davis, 'Hand Craft Pottery, Whence and Whither', p.29.
15
Mike Spencer, 'Letter to the Editor', New Zealand Potter, 28 1986, p.4.
16 ibid.
17
ibid. In 2008 Paul Melser noted that during the 1980s Brickell, and Len Castle, had ‘completely
reoriented their production away from utility.’ See Paul Melser, 'The Art/Utility Schism,' in
Ceramicus08, Wellington, 2008, p.2.
18 Spencer, p.4.
19
ibid.
20 Moishe Smith, 'Letter to the Editor', Ceramics Monthly, April 1976, p.7.
21
Glenys Christian, 'Carin Wilson: Woodworker & President', New Zealand Crafts, 6, July 1983, p.19.
22
D Wood, 'Futuring Craft: New Zealand Studio Furniture, 1979-2008', PhD thesis, University of
Otago, 2012, pp.50 - 1.
23 Christian, p.21.
24
ibid. $30 - $100 in 1983 would have an approximate worth of $70 - $230 in 2014.
25 Jenny Pattrick, 'Single Mindedness', New Zealand Crafts, June/July, 10 1984, p.18.
26
ibid., p.10.
27 ibid.
28
Janet Paul, 'The Helen Hitchings Gallery in Wellington', Landfall, 12 1949.
29 Museum of Wellington City & Sea, Summer News, Wellington, Issue 17, 2008, p.1.
30
Jane Vial, The Gallery of Helen Hitchings: From Fretful Sleeper to Art World Giant,, Wellington,
2008.
31
Paul. ‘Arty-crafty’ is a derivation of the more insulting term ‘arty-farty’ which refers to something or
someone who tries too hard to seem connected with serious art and is silly or boring as a result.
32
Joanna Paul, 'Don't Lift by the Handles', New Zealand Potter, 29, 2 1987, p.23. The object that Paul
used to frame her argument was made by the author. The asterisk was inserted in a footnote by one
of the judges who stated, ‘*This warning was simply a scruple of the organizers and was removed by
the opening of the exhibition. It remains, however – a metaphor. JMP.’
33
Bruce Metcalf, 'Toward an Aesthetics of Craft', Studio Potter June, 22 1994, p.43. Metcalf’s italics.
34 John Parker and Cecilia Parkinson, Profiles: 24 New Zealand Potters, Auckland, 1988, p.8.
35
Bob Bassant, 'Boxes, Hockney & Sullivan', New Zealand Crafts, Spring, 11 1984, p.17. Bassant's
brackets.
36
ibid.
37 ibid.
38
ibid., p.18.
39 Peter Ireland, 'Criticism', New Zealand Crafts, Autumn, 13 1985, p.3.
40
ibid.
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