Exhibition Summary

Bruce Martin

Valentine Road, RD5, Hastings.

Grants/Awards

1987 Fletcher Challenge
1986 Fletcher Brownbuilt
1990 Principal Award United Group/Suter Art Award.

Major Collections

Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust and private collections in NZ, Japan and America.

Personal Statement

To use an ancient technique of firing to reproduce the wonderful colours and textures of old pottery. To feel a kinship with potters of the past and to try and understand their dedication to a different technique and to share their joys of success.

Exhibit 26, Octagonal pot with lid, Purple Forest, NFS.

Gaeleen Morley

36a Elborne Street, Taradale, Hawkes Bay

Grants/Awards

Exhibited with NZ Society of Potters since 1974; a regular Fletcher Challenge exhibitor; 1990 Sydney Teapot Show, Glorious Goblet at the Crafts Council Gallery, Wellington.

Major Collections

Many works in private collections here and overseas.

Personal Statement

From an early career as a nurse to one of total commitment to clay has been an eventful and exciting journey, yet to be dulled by the expectations and experiences of life and work. Largely self-taught, I have been self-supporting through 16 years of child-raising. This has necessitated the development of a structural disciplined approach to domestic stoneware pottery.

The use of teapots as a sculptural medium has become a focus over the last six years – layers of glaze on glaze building up into organic textures, enhancing the subtle use of teapots as a sculptural extension of my domestic work.

Exhibit 20, Set of two teapots $107