Peter Stichbury
Peter Stichbury MNZM (10 March 1924 – 24 March 2015) was a studio potter from Auckland, New Zealand. • Illustration — Peter Stichbury checking pottery
Peter Stichbury
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- Born
- 1924 · Auckland.
- Died
- 2015 · Auckland.
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- ceramicist · potter
- Teachers
- Bernard Leach
- Honours
- Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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Peter Stichbury MNZM (10 March 1924 – 24 March 2015) was a studio potter from Auckland, New Zealand. • Illustration — Peter Stichbury checking pottery
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Stichbury was born in 1924. In 1957, he was the first recipient of a fellowship from the Association of New Zealand Art Societies, which is now Creative New Zealand, and went with his wife Diane to St Ives, Cornwall, England to study with Bernard Leach. From there, he went to Africa and was Michael Cardew's first western student in Abuja in Nigeria. These overseas periods were a source of inspiration for his work. Stichbury set up the pottery department at Ardmore Teachers College. His pottery was given to Queen Elizabeth II during her 1974 royal tour to New Zealand. While Stichbury is mostly known for his pottery he also built musical string instruments (cellos, violas) in his later years. The work of Stichbury was honoured by exhibitions at the Auckland Museum in 2004 and the New Zealand National Museum Te Papa in 2011/12. In the 2002 Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours, Stichbury was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to pottery. Stichbury died on 24 March 2015, survived by his wife Diane and three children.
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Peter Stichbury is recorded as having received Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Peter Stichbury (2010) — Open Library.
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1924
Peter Stichbury born at Auckland.
2010
Peter Stichbury (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2015
Peter Stichbury died at Auckland.
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- 1.Crafting Aotearoa: A Cultural History of Making in New Zealand and the wider Moana Oceania. 278–279. 2019-01-01.
- 2.Elliott, Moyra. Peter Stichbury 1924–2015. Cone Ten and descending. 25 March 2015.
- 3.Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Topic: Peter Stichbury in St Ives and Abuja: The formative years.
- 4.Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Topic: Peter Stichbury: Abuja, Nigeria.
- 5.Auckland War Memorial Museum. Peter Stichbury: a survey of a pioneer New Zealand studio potter. 62. 2007. 9780908623129.
- 6.Te Papa National Museum of New Zealand. Peter Stichbury: Exhibition at the New Zealand National Museum Te Papa.
- 7.Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002. 3 June 2002.
- 8.Peter M. Stichbury. The New Zealand Herald.
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