Welcome to the December 2007 newsletter of PottersMarks

An interesting exhibition is coming up this week. One really not to be missed.

 The Urban Archaeology Collective “Digging It” featuring artists Louise Dentice, Judy Meehl, Jude Rae, Hilary Kerrod, and Helen Perrett.

Friday 14th December 2007– Sunday 20th January 2008Opening: Thursday 13th December, 6pm Corban Estate Arts Centre
The Urban Archaeology collective is comprised of makers, sculptors and potters, and is a forum for the generation of ideas and experiments. Urban Archaeology: Digging It is an exploration of the diaspora that exists in West Auckland and indeed, the rest of New Zealand. The varied cultural groups that have chosen West Auckland as their new home have, over decades of settlement, created layers of signifiers and artefacts that are still being discovered. There is a distinct ‘presence of absence’ – the lingering clues of past inhabitation, the people long dead or moved on…. The Urban Archaeologists have dug down through the layers of meaning and dirt to present us with an exhibition that vibrates with the absence of what was once here through the juxtaposition of empty vessels and unattended feasts….

This should be a fascinating exhibition. I hope you can make it, see you there.

Ron Sang open days

If you went along you will know the quality of the ceramics was just fantastic. Sales appeared to be very strong, most objects sold in the first 30 minutes. I missed out on a prize ‘bank breaking’ Len Castle bottle, but such is life!! Potter of the day must have been Cheater Nealie…always great to talk to and a really friendly person.

The last Webbs auction for the year featured a small group of ceramics. Many lots were passed in even at relatively low starting prices. There were a few gems amongst the them. The large Campbell Hegan charger decorated in the manner of Hamada with his ladle of colour pouring free forming lines across the interior of the bowl really stood out. Yes it was added to the PottersMarks collection….it’s Christmas after all!!

Several marks have been added this month. Peter Oxborough, and Humphry deLautour. Thanks to Margaret Bell for solving that mystery mark. Check them out some time.

Thanks for being part of the PottersMarks project guys. Merry Christmas.

TC 12/12/07