Alan Preston
Alan Preston · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo · CC BY 4.0
- Born
- 1941. · Te Awamutu.
- Nationality
- New Zealand.
- Occupation
- jeweler, university teacher, goldsmith and designer.
- Fields
- jewelry.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Biography
Biography
The field of work recorded is jewelry. Places of work recorded in the authority are Auckland. Work by Alan Preston is recorded in the collections of Dowse Art Museum, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of South Australia and Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
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Alan Preston appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a designer and goldsmith (born 1941). The birth of Alan Preston is recorded in 1941.
Necklace consisting of nine sets of two oval shaped pieces of mother-of-pearl held together by metal rivet to form cross shape. Sets are attached to each other with black twine and circular, small (wooden) pieces. Mother-of-pearl pieces hang from loop of black twine with larger mother-of-pearl oval piece at top, through which the twine is threaded.
Alan Preston · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo
Necklace consisting of nine sets of two oval shaped pieces of mother-of-pearl held together by metal rivet to form cross shape. Sets are attached to each other with black twine and circular, small (wooden) pieces. Mother-of-pearl pieces hang from loop of black twine with larger mother-of-pearl oval piece at top, through which the twine is threaded.
Alan Preston · Auckland Museum · API data Catalogue record Photo
Life and career
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Life and career
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1941
Alan Preston born at Te Awamutu.
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- 1.Schamroth, Helen. 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Godwit Press. 1998. 1869620364.
- 2.APN New Zealand Limited. Fingers gallery is celebrating 40 years of contemporary jewellery. The New Zealand Herald. 15 October 2014.
- 3.Skinner, Damian. Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand. Bateman. 9. 2014. 9781869538620.
- 4.Skinner, Damian. Place and Adornment: A history of contemporary jewellery in Australia and New Zealand. University of Hawai'i. 141. 2014. 9781869538200.
- 5.Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Bone Stone Shell.
- 6.Alan Preston. The Dowse Art Museum.
- 7.Auckland War Memorial Museum. Exhibition and book release celebrate New Zealand's leading contemporary jeweler. 24 February 2009.
- 8.Wunderrūma: New Zealand Jewellery. The Dowse Art Museum.
- 9.Collections Online - Made by: Alan Preston. Auckland War Memorial Museum.
- 10.Works by Alan Preston in the collection of Te Papa. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
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Work by Alan Preston is
Dowse Art Museum, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of South Australia
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