NZ STUDIO POTTERY & APPLIED ARTS: Pottery Glass...
Monday, 14 - Monday, 28 April 2025
Ross Michie (Kaitaia Northland) colourful folk art scallop shell decorated concrete planter. H.280mm. Dia.335mm.
Current Bid $15 (2 bids, reserve met)
This lot closes in 1 week 1 day 28 Apr 7:26 PM (NZST)
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Note: An article in 'Art New Zealand' titled 'Rainbows of the Naive Eye' by BRIDGET IKIN & PETER WELLS tells us 'Mr Michie made his first pot in the 'fifties when one he bought fell apart. He worked out his own methods of construction. He fashioned moulds of flat-iron, gradually experimenting with cement until he produced a satisfactorily malleable mixture for his work. Each pot is reinforced inside with wire meshing. The sand he uses varies and he has his favourite beaches for particularly fine sands. Similarly he and his family search for shells on particular Northern beaches. It is from start to finish a do-it-yourself process in the tradition of the home handyman: but with the fastidiousness of a man in pursuit of a vision....'
