The tiles of many hues show glazes made from rocks Page found all over New Zealand. “I had been working with marine mudstone from Parininihi, so I thought this can’t be the only rock glaze… New Zealand must have its own palette.”Page’s research only turned up NZ Rock Glazes, a book by Wellington-based potter Minna Bondy. Instead of taking a rock, Page collected glacier dust, also known as rock flour, which formed a soft olive-green glaze. In the 1980s, a deregulation of imports opened the floodgates for cheap ceramics from overseas, essentially destroying the New Zealand studio potters’ movement. I have embodied the moves.”To make rock glazes, Page received help from renowned Taranaki potter Nick Brandon.

Source: Stuff August 06, 2021 15:56 UTC