http://subs.zinester.com/51563 Potters Marks was created for the purpose of exhibiting all our current Marks, initials and signatures of ceramic artists who have worked in New Zealand. en http://archives.zinester.com/51563/155610.html?rss=1 A great new resource for everything about NZ Pottery and ceramics can be found
at www.collectiques.co.nz (http://www.collectiques.co.nz) membership is growing
everyday, join the forum to share ideas and knowledge. Well worth checking out.












... ]]> 155610 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:10:06 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/155608.html?rss=1 Just a quick note. The pottersmarks website will be closing down this May. I
hope it has been of some use to someone. Thanks to all those people who gave me
great feedback over the last few years.

TC 26/3/2008










... ]]> 155608 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:04:04 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/148191.html?rss=1 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 (http://www.ceac.org.nz/exhibitions/
upcoming_exhibitions.aspx)  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
... ]]> 148191 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:32:53 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/146303.html?rss=1 Welcome to PottersMarks second November 2007 Newsletter

Iga Ware

Iga is unglazed, high-fired ware that first appeared in the 16th century in Iga
(Mie Prefecture).
The Iga kilns are said to have been established during the Keicho Era
(1596-1615) under the guidance of the Tsutsui and later the Toda daimyo
families, with the most famous kilns being the Makiyama and Marubashira.
Characteristic features of Iga Ware are scorch markings (koge) and a natural
flowing vitrified glaze (biidoro - after the Portuguese word for glass vidoro)
which sometimes stops to form a globule called a "dragonfly eye." For examples
of koge and biidoro, please click here. (http://www.e-yakimono.net/guide/html/
keshiki.html)
Iga ware is fired not far from its more famous neighbour Shigaraki. These two
... ]]> 146303 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 05:28:50 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/145479.html?rss=1 Welcome to the November 2007 issue of PottersMarks.

Quite a few things have been happening in the last few months. There have been
several exhibitions, and two new books have been launched.

New Books

Marks of New Zealand Potters. A Comprehensive Directory 2007. Published by NZ
Potters Inc.

Peter Stitchbury: A Survey of a Pioneer New Zealand Studio Potter.

Contact NZ Potters Inc (http://www.nzpotters.com/Index.cfm?page=index&depth=1)
for the book of marks, and Auckland Museum bookshop (http://
www.aucklandmuseum.com/87/atrium-shop) for the book on Peter Stichbury.
... ]]> 145479 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:41:27 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/141144.html?rss=1 Welcome to the PottersMarks Newsletter September 2007

TOMIMOTO KENKICHIDreams for a Perfectly Set Table Come True

By ROBERT YELLIN for the Japan Times 22/12/04

Tomimoto Kenkichi (1886-1963) is one example of Japan's finest and most
influential ceramic artists, ever. Although Tomimoto is well known for his huge
ornamental works, in his own words he wished "to produce large quantities of
inexpensive vessels that have been designed by a true artist and manufactured
in a coordinated, well-organized pottery, in order that every kind of person,
in every kind of house can use it; inexpensive pottery that anybody can buy and
that nobody can afford to be without."

His dreams for setting our tables are now on display at an exhibition of over
... ]]> 141144 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:52:33 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/138811.html?rss=1 Just a quick note: PottersMarks is back online and shouldn't have any more
bandwidth issues this year.













... ]]> 138811 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:55:14 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/138441.html?rss=1 THIS IS A RESEND OF THE LATEST NEWSLETTER DUE TO A PROBLEM SENDING IT THE FIRST
TIME

Welcome to PottersMarks.co.nz August 15 2007

Several new marks have been added this month. Rex Valentine (http://
www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/Valentine,%20Rex%201.htm) x3, Suzanne
Bloch-Jorgensen (http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/
Bloch-Jorgensen,%20Suzanne.htm), and Mirek Smisek (http://
www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/Smisek,%20Mirek%205.htm). Check these
out sometime.

PottersMarks is already at 90% bandwidth limit so will be unavailable in the
next few days until the end of the month. Here are some of the reasons why.
Average visits/month 4,357. Average pages accessed/month 27,959. Average number
... ]]> 138441 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:40:47 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/138265.html?rss=1 Welcome to PottersMarks.co.nz August 15 2007

Several new marks have been added this month. Rex Valentine (http://
www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/Valentine,%20Rex%201.htm) x3, Suzanne
Bloch-Jorgensen (http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/
Bloch-Jorgensen,%20Suzanne.htm), and Mirek Smisek (http://
www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/Smisek,%20Mirek%205.htm). Check these
out sometime.

PottersMarks is already at 90% bandwidth limit so will be unavailable in the
next few days until the end of the month. Here are some of the reasons why.
Average visits/month 4,357. Average pages accessed/month 27,959. Average number
of files downloaded/month 117, 323. If you would like an off line copy of the
website, please contact dwing@xtra.co.nz (mailto:dwing@xtra.co.nz) This dvd
will be  auto-run  so you just need to put it in you dvd drive and it will run
... ]]> 138265 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:51:50 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/137256.html?rss=1 Welcome to the August 2007 newsletter of PottersMarks

Not much has been happening with new marks just lately but one new mark has
been added. Jan Bell (http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/New%20Folder/pages/
Bell,%20Jan.htm).

There is a new link on the homepage, toi o tahuna art gallery (http://
www.toi.co.nz/Default.aspx) that is situated in Queenstown. Represented artists
include Rick Rudd, Manos Nathan, Colleen Urlich and Darren Keith.  It s a great
looking website and well worth a look.

The new forum (http://pottersmarks.co.nz/forum/) section of PottersMarks has
been interesting. Nine members have signed up for that.  It s good to read the
opinions of other people and great to see new work straight out of the kiln
posted there. A new online auction website was mentioned in the forums this
... ]]> 137256 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:47:14 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/136754.html?rss=1 Exhibition Announcement

ConeCityClay National Ceramics Exhibition 2007

Open to all New Zealand potters.

Dates:

Saturday 1^st September closing date for entry forms.

Saturday 15^th September exhibitors advised of selection.

Thursday 4^th 5^th October ceramics to arrive at gallery.

Monday 8^th October Opening night 6-8pm.
... ]]> 136754 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:03:14 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/136464.html?rss=1 Welcome to another issue of the PottersMarks newsletter.

If you haven t already checked out the line up of pots coming up for auction in
August, then here are a few links you should check right now.

John Cordy (http://www.cordys.co.nz/Catalogues/0708%20Aug07%20ART/
Aug07%20Art%20Catalogue-P3.htm) Auckland 6^th and 7^th August 2007.

Dunbar Sloane (http://www.dunbarsloane.co.nz/auction-pdfs/
4658Art%20Cat%20Aug%20Web.pdf) Wellington 15^th and 16^th August 2007.

Webb s (http://www.webbs.co.nz/about/default.asp) Auckland December 6^th 2007

A good selection of Kamaka anagama pots, John Parker, and Paul Fisher to name
just a few.
... ]]> 136464 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:14:13 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/135644.html?rss=1 New Feature

A new feature has been added to PottersMarks. The Forum discussion boards. Go
to the PottersMarks home page (http://www.pottersmarks.co.nz/) and click
on the Forum link to register and start posting topics!

How to Sign up

To set up your username and password so you can post topics and replies you
will need to register. To register, access the forum pages from the
PottersMarks home page or click here (http://pottersmarks.co.nz/forum/). Once
the forum pages have opened find the icon near the top right hand corner which
reads Register and click on that. Follow the instructions and you will be ready
to start posting.

... ]]> 135644 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:19:09 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/134497.html?rss=1 Welcome to the July newsletter of PottersMarks

Signing Pots: Three Views.

Michael Cardew

What are pots really about? It's obvious that here is a man who's been potting
all his life and by this time is well up in his seventies and the throwing,
never very good, is now really pathetic. Why do people still want to buy his
pots? There are always a number of people who say, I don't mind what sort of
pot it is as long as it has your name on it - forget them. If there's anything
good about your pots, what is it that's good? I think it's impossible to know,
it's not just fashion. Maybe one does inject something funny into it. I have
Chinese peas­ant pots that are tremendously admired by everybody. I used to
think how pathetic it was that the peasants who made them were so poor they
... ]]> 134497 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:57:12 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/133824.html?rss=1 The PottersMarks website has again reached its bandwidth limit approximately 10
days before the next month starts. I have looked into the situation and am
considering a change to the hosting plan the site is currently using.

There are now over 200 members to this newsletter and as my inbox is
particularly empty I thought it would be a good idea to ask for some feedback.
It would be interesting to hear about members interests in studio pottery. So
without too much thought I have come up with some topic suggestions. I
will compile all the data and in a future newsletter publish the results. Here
are some topic ideas.



1.Why did you sign up to this newsletter?

... ]]> 133824 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:09:07 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/131776.html?rss=1 Just a short note. The PottersMarks website in now back after a week of being
over its bandwidth limit.

NEWS

Art + Object (http://www.artandobject.co.nz) auction house is holding its
second Contemporary Art + Object auction on September 6 2007. Check out their
website for more details.  www.artandobject.co.nz (http://
www.artandobject.co.nz)

To view the ceramics from the first Contemporary Art + Object auction click
here (http://artandobject.co.nz/Auctions/Browse/ID/1/Page/5)

T.C

... ]]> 131776 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:31:14 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/131005.html?rss=1 Welcome to the PottersMarks newsletter for May 2007

PottersMarks celebrates another birthday this month, and yes more marks have
been added bringing the total to 561 covering 29 pages. Several new links will
be added shortly as well: Edge City (http://www.edgecity.co.nz/) and Studio
Opua (http://www.online.gen.nz/). So look out for them on the homepage.

As usual more small changes will be made in the coming months, removing dead
links and bad images.

Bandwidth limits, yes it has finally happened! The one-gigabyte bandwidth limit
was reached denying access to the website in the later parts of last month.
This means several things. Firstly the site is being looked at more than ever
before, and secondly it may not be possible to view the website in the last
days of each month.
... ]]> 131005 Wed, 23 May 2007 13:53:16 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/128824.html?rss=1 Welcome to PottersMarks.

Just a quick note to say there is an Pottery Auction on the 1st May at 6pm at
Cordy's in Auckland.

Here are the details: Click me (http://www.cordys.co.nz/Catalogues/
0704%20Apr-May%20Art/AprArt07Agenda.htm)

More updates to the website coming in May






... ]]> 128824 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:48:07 MSD http://archives.zinester.com/51563/125241.html?rss=1 EARLY WEDGWOOD, Tea Centre, August.

First exhibition of the Wedgwood Society: a small one, in the cases of the
foyer, but nicely selected from members' collections. A little yellow and green
teapot of Wolf Mankowitz's showed a discerning eye for an unpretentious piece.
Looking at these wares and noting their qualities in body, glaze and elegance,
one wonders how English fine earthenware became so degraded, unnoticed save by
specialists. It is a warning to hold on tenaciously to what little value we
have left from our traditions in art and industry before the foundations are
completely decayed and there is nothing to re-build. One would like to see a
group of students from the Royal College set up a workshop in the centre of the
industry and draw from it all that is best in craftsmanship and experience and
not become submerged and devitalised in design departments.

Ref: Pottery Quarterly, A review of ceramic art, Autumn, 1955
... ]]> 125241 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:44:05 MSK http://archives.zinester.com/51563/124703.html?rss=1 Bernard Palissy 1510-1590 approx "Studio Potter"

He is said to have been born about 1510, either at Saintes (/wiki/Saintes) or
Agen (/wiki/Agen), but both date and locality are uncertain. It has been
stated, on insufficient authority, that his father was a glass-painter and that
he served as his fathers apprentice. He tells us that he was apprenticed to a
glass-painter and that he also acquired in his youth the elements of
land-surveying. At the end of his apprenticeship he followed the general custom
and became a travelling workman; acquiring fresh knowledge in many parts of
France and the Low Countries, perhaps even in the Rhine (/wiki/Rhine) Provinces
of Germany (/wiki/Germany) and in Italy (/wiki/Italy).

About 1539 it appears that he returned to his native district and, having
married, took up his abode at Saintes (/wiki/Saintes). How he lived during the
first years of his married life we have little record except when he tells us,
... ]]> 124703 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:31:06 MSK