Ian Dalzell – New Zealand Ceramic Artist

t Glazed Vase by Ian Dalzell - Photo Stewart Nimmo Photography

Ian Dalzell is the only potter in New Zealand firing with coal. Based near Lake Brunner on the West Coast, his mentors include Yvonne Rust & Barry Brickell. Based at Kotuku, on NZ’s South Island West Coast, Ian uses a high BTU coal with some coking abilities which forms a bed on the fire bars […]

Ian Boustridge – New Zealand Jade Sculptor

Kakapo Survival Prayer by Ian Boustridge - Fiordland Jade - 1991 - Photo Urich Walthert

Among the world’s best contemporary jade sculptors (National Geographic 1987), master sculptor Ian Boustridge works the green stone in his native New Zealand. “I have a series of half-ton and multi-ton boulders from much earlier prospecting days,” says Ian Boustridge, “and it will take the rest of my life to sculpt from them the art […]

Yvonne Rust, QSM – Potter, Painter, Inspirational teacher

Spirits Bay by Yvonne Rust, QSM - Photo Theresa SjoquistTheresa Sjoquist

Yvonne Rust, QSM – An introduction – New Zealand’s influential pioneering potter, artist, arts teacher, with an unmatched gift for inspiring motivation. Yvonne Rust, QSM, was born in 1922 in Whangarei while her parents were living at Awarua in Northland, where her father had a few weeks earlier been posted as the native school headmaster. […]

Interview Tips for New Biographers

Theresa Sjoquist - Photo Michael Cunningham

Useful interview tips to help new biographers get quality information from interviewees. If you already know a bit about the subject of your biography, it will be easy to come up with initial leads to potential contributors to your research. These will mainly consist of people who knew your subject and who will provide newspaper […]

Email Etiquette

Rainbow - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Email Etiquette explains the ideal, and most acceptable behaviour when emailing – whether to friends and family, or for business. Email to Communicate Today the bulk of western society, and large portions of other societies regularly communicate by email. Email communication might be as simple as an inquiry about a product one is interested in […]