Adriana Hendel I’m from a family of seven children. I was brought up in the Netherlands and started an early artistic career by winning a national painting competition at age 12. Followed evening classes in classic art education , I finished under private...
Alison & Gerard Carlin In 2022 we spent a week in Taranaki at the ‘Art and Garden festival’ where we met glass artist Richard Landers. His enthusiasm and art work were the catalyst for our present journey with the medium of glass. Soon after we did a...
Allen Jowitt My love of fire drew me to kilns and clay when I was a teenager back in 1969 at Maoribank near Upper Hutt. There were not many potters around but Bob and Jo Munro who were building their pottery at Akatarawa were wonderful enthusiastic mentors. I drifted...
Anni Veart-Smith For as long as I can remember, I have always loved colour and design. As a child, I’d enjoy many hours colouring with crayons and painting with my paint pots, creating and stretching my imaginative ideas then setting up a roadside stall to offer my...
Bob Langford Bob Langford has always had an interest in wood and became a hobbyist wood turner. Before he retired in 2000 he purchased a DVR 3000 wood lathe and upgraded his range of tools and accessories. Once retired, he turned his energy to full time wood turning,...
