New Zealand Potter

{{Short description|Magazine about pottery in New Zealand}}

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New Zealand Potter was a biannual, and later triannual, periodical magazine focused on the subject of pottery in New Zealand. It was co-founded in 1958 by potters Helen Mason{{cite news|last1=Olsen|first1=Justine|title=Helen Mason 1915-2014|url=http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2014/09/02/helen-mason-1915-2014/|accessdate=12 September 2017|agency=Te Papa|date=2 September 2014}} and Doreen Blumhardt.{{cite book|last1=McLeod|first1=Marion|title=Doreen Blumhardt: teacher & potter|date=1991|publisher=Wellington, N.Z. : Daphne Brasell Associates Press}} After 40 years of publication, the magazine ceased with its 40th volume in 1998.{{cite web|title=New Zealand Potter|url=http://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=NLNZ&docId=NLNZ_ALMA21189467430002836&tab=catalogue&tabs=detailsTab|website=National Library of New Zealand Catalogue|accessdate=12 September 2017}}

The history of the publication is divided into three periods. From 1958–1975 vol. 1, no.1 to vol 17, no. 1, were published by New Zealand Potter, Wellington, N.Z. in a black and white 20 cm tall format with a colour cover, sizing up to a 28 cm format in 1972.{{cite web|title=New Zealand potter|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22261285?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=%22new+zealand+potter%22|work=National Library of New Zealand Catalogue|date = January 1958|accessdate=13 September 2017}}

From 1975 to 1993 vol. 17, no. 2 to vol. 35, no. 3, were still published by New Zealand Potter, Wellington, but the format increased to a 30 cm tall size and the name abbreviated to "Potter".{{cite web|title=Potter|url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/21570023?search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=new+zealand+potter+periodical|website=National Library of New Zealand|date = January 1975|accessdate=13 September 2017}} During this time the magazine began to be issued with pages in 4 colour print from 1985 onward.{{cite book|title=Potter|date=1985|publisher=New Zealand Potter, Wellington|edition=vol. 27 no.1}} From 1994 to 1998 publication moved to New Zealand Potter Pub. Auckland, N.Z. and vol 36, no. 1 to vol 40, no. 2 reverted to using the original name in the same 30 cm tall format.{{cite web|title=New Zealand potter|url=http://natlib-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=NLNZ&docId=NLNZ_ALMA21189467430002836&tab=catalogue&tabs=detailsTab|website=National Library of New Zealand Catalogue|accessdate=13 September 2017}}

The content of the magazine covers a wide range of associated topics including coverage of the annual New Zealand Potters exhibition and other events, photography of pottery, illustrations, articles on indigenous pottery practices from outside New Zealand, biopic articles on local potters, technical and scientific articles, aesthetic writing, articles on associated handcrafts, gallery advertising, equipment advertising and obituaries.

Contributors to the magazine cover a wide range of figures within the New Zealand pottery community. Some notable contributors include Doreen Blumhardt,{{cite journal|last1=Blumhardt|first1=Doreen|title=Education at an Early Age|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1969|volume=11|issue=1|pages=3–6}} Helen Mason,{{cite journal|last1=Mason|first1=Helen|title=East-West|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1960|volume=3|issue=1|page=45}} Barry Brickell,{{cite journal|last1=Brickell|first1=Barry|title=New Wine into Old Bottles|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1958|volume=1|issue=1|pages=3–4}} Yvonne Rust,{{cite journal|last1=Rust|first1=Yvonne|title=Warren Tippett|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1963|volume=6|issue=2|pages=74–76}} Mirek Smisek,{{cite journal|last1=Smisek|first1=Mirek|title=Build your own Kiln|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1959|volume=2|issue=2|pages=3–4}} Margaret Milne,{{cite journal|last1=Milne|first1=Margaret|title=The Stuff Potters are Made of|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1971|volume=13|issue=1|page=47}} Colleen Waata Urlich, John Parker,{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=John|title=Primitive Firing|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1971|volume=13|issue=1|pages=17–18}} Len Castle,{{cite journal|last1=Castle|first1=Len|title=Unknown|journal=Potter|date=1976|volume=18|issue=1|pages=0}} Roy Cowan,{{cite journal|last1=Cowan|first1=Roy|title=How to Blow|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1969|volume=11|issue=2|pages=40–42}} Peter Lange,{{cite journal|last1=Lange|first1=Peter|title=End of an Era|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1998|volume=40|issue=2|pages=10–11}} Michael Cardew{{cite journal|last1=Cardew|first1=Michael|title=The Art of the Potter|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1968|volume=10|issue=2|pages=24–29}} and Bernard Leach.{{cite journal|last1=Leach|first1=Bernard|title=To New Zealand Potters|journal=New Zealand Potter|date=1962|volume=5|issue=1|pages=5–7}}

An anthology of articles selected from the years 1958 to 1967 was published in December 2017 under the title "New Zealand Potter: A Partial Archive", edited by Emma Bugden and published by Small Bore Books.[http://www.dowse.org.nz/events/new-zealand-potter-a-partial-archive-book-launch Dowse Arts Museum: book launch]