For a number of years the Craftinfo website has acted as a repository for news and information relating to the Craft Art sector. Below you will find an archive of historical Craft Arts news. In the coming months we will be publishing current news and information.
Korean Onngi Potters - Lee, Kang-Hyo and Oh, Hyang-Jong
'Precious Metal Clay' Workshops - Linda Kaye-Moses
Obituary - Tuti (Dutie) Tukaokao
Obituary - Henry Wilson
The Artist Entrepreneur - A Kiwi Guide
Success of New Zealand Designer at the Milan Furniture Fair
Karl Fritsch & Lisa Walker
Norsewear Award Winners
Gallery name change
An Opportunity for Ceramists
Call for Proposals
Honours Award
Black & Gold Pearl Dealer
Call for Slides
Applications for International Residencies
Artist in Residence Programme
Objectspace - A Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design
Sally Laing - International Indian Enamel Exhibtion
Surfacing - Textile Artists and Designers Association
Greg Bloomfield - New York Success
Copyright Income for Visual Artists
Profile on Dunedin Jeweller
Waitakere City - A Vision Being Realised
Mega craft retailer to hit Wellington
Ceramic and Craft Tours
The Final Kosovo Quilt Project Update
Every Kitchen Tells a Story
Wellington Embroiderers' Guild Inc
Downunder Store
New craft artists email group
Two of Korea's most talented Onngi Potters will demonstrate their unique skills during this one day event. A rare opportunity to see these superb craftsman and their timeless approach to clay.
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'Precious Metal Clay'
Three workshops by Linda Kaye-Moses exploring the possibilities of precious metal clay at the end of which
a kiln wired for NZ will be for sale.
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Obituary - Tuti (Dutie) Tukaokao
Tutu (Dutie) Tukaokao the great master carver died June 6th at 6pm in Tauranga Hospital. He would have been 69 in September. His tribal affiliation is Ngati Ranginui, Arawa.
Obituary - Henry Wilson
We regretfully advise that Henry Wilson - a young Samoan artist who supported this website by creating work for our initial fund raiser has died. The artworld has sustained the loss of a talented young man.
The Artist Entrepreneur - A Kiwi Guide
Contact Jennifer Brice if you would like your own journey or story to be included in her new book.
jennybrice@hotmail.com
Success of New Zealand Designer at the Milan Furniture Fair
Furniture designer David Trubridge has huge success in Milan.
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Karl Fritsch & Lisa Walker
Article by Kate Ewing on the jewellery of Karl Fritsch & Lisa Walker and their tour of New Zealand.
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Norsewear Award Winners
This years winners and merit recipients.
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An Opportunity for Ceramists
Artists in residency at The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan.
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Call for Proposals
The Historic Places Trust and The High Street Project are pleased to
invite artists working alone or collaboratively to submit proposals for
solo exhibtions in a variety of historic places located throughout the
South Island.
More info
Honours Award
Congratulations to Garry Nash who was awarded a New Years Honours Award for his services to the art of glass making.
His studio Sunbeam Glass, often the workshop for aspiring glass artists, is the landmark glass studio in NZ. His fortitude, tenacity and creative spark has enabled him to hang on and develop that landmark - always with the support of his wife Anna.
It is a fine thing to have honoured another one of the hundreds of craft artists who should be thus honoured.
Black & Gold Pearl Dealer
Frederic Tapu is looking for buyers for Cook Island Black Pearls. He can
supply a "great amount" of black and natural gold pearls.
Contact:
Ph: 025439780
Email:stapu@hotmail.com
Call for Slides
A new book on surface design by Eloise Piper is underway. This will be a
survey of outstanding surface design artists, their techniques, creative
processes, and inspirations. Media will include various methods of weaving,
dyeing, painting, printing, stitching, added embellishments (beading,
metallic leaf, etc.) and other works of aesthetic excellence.
Artists are invited to submit 2 ½" or 1 ¼" slides or 4"x5" transparencies of
1-3 works. Please send 2-3 detail shots and a brief statement (400 words or
less) about each piece submitted. Include a self-addressed, stamped return
envelope. Deadline is June 30, 2001. For further information and a
publisher's release form please e-mail, call, or write to:
Eloise Piper
1168 23rd Street
San Diego California 92102 USA
619 235-8441
piperink@aol.com
Applications for International Residencies
Creative New Zealand is calling for applications from New Zealand visual artists for three international residencies: Sydney’s Artspace, the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, and the International Studio Program in New York.
More info:
www.creativenz.govt.nz
Artist in Residence Programme
Stewart House on South Curl Curl beach,
Sydney, is introducing a program of residencies to begin this year, each for a
period of ten weeks. Visual artists from all media and all stages of career
have been invited to apply.
Stewart
House is a charity, a school and hospital for disadvantaged children.
Applications for this year closed in
November, but check it out for next year.
More info:
www.artist.batcave.net
Objectspace
A Centre for Contemporary Craft and Design
More info
Sally Laing - International Indian Enamel Exhibtion
Jeweller Sally Laing has been invited as one of the enamelists representing Australia and New Zealand, to exhibit in the "Colour & Light - International Indian Enamel Exhibtion", which is being planned in conjunction with the Ist Indian Enamelist Society Conference in Feb 2001.
More info
"Surfacing" - Textile Artists and Designers Association.
"Surfacing" Textile Artists and Designers Association, is
expanding and looking for new members.
They are a national group (in Canada)
that promotes the recognition and growth of textile and fibre art.
They are encouraging interested individuals (and groups) to check out their
website, and consider joining an ever expanding family of fibre artists and enthusiasts.
website
Greg Bloomfield - New York Success
Greg Bloomfield, New Zealand furniture maker, has recently returned from New York, where he spent a year making 7 works for his show with the dealer gallery "Leo Kaplan Modern".
Copyright Income for Visual Artists
VISCOPY is trying to locate Australian, New Zealand, Asia Pacific and European artists in order to pay royalties owing to them.
In the latest edition of "New Zealand House and Garden" - November Issue, there is a wonderful article profiling Lynn Kelly, jeweller, of Dunedin. The two-page article includes fine images of Lynn's work, photographed by Jane Dawber. The text is written by Prue Dashfield.
Examples of Lynn's work shown in the article
Waitakere City - A Vision Being Realised
Waitakere City has had the brilliance of foresight and become the long-awaited first city in New Zealand brave enough to step out in the face of the ususal budget constraints and work collaboratively with artists when designing and building new facilities.
Mega craft retailer to hit Wellington
"A new concept in the retailing of craft items is due to arrive in Wellington
soon by way of a 1000-square-metre store at Porirua's North City Mega
Centre.
A company called Destination Management runs "Tours for Potters, Craft and Ceramics Artists" worldwide and advertises on the internet.
The final Kosovo Quilt Project Update
This is a story which should be on prime time TV. It was a story of empathy. Quilters all over our land who were able to relate to and empathise with the people of Kosovo.
This powerful response manifest itself in over 1200 quilts being created to take comfort and warmth (pyschological and practical) to hundreds of homeless.
Our official photographer Julia Brooke-White has collaborated with Clare de Lore in publishing the lovely new book 'Every Kitchen tells a Story'.
"Wellington Embroiderers' Guild Inc"
Newsletter 281
Events to look forward to in 2001
Richard J Lees would like to hear from any artists interested in expanding their market to the United States.
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"New craft artists email group"
New Zealand craft artists have been invited to become members of a new emailing chat group based in Australia.
more info
