Royce McGlashen

Royce Peter McGlashen MBE (born 1949) is a New Zealand ceramicist.

Early life

McGlashen was born in Nelson in 1949.[1]

Career

In 1966, he began a five-year apprenticeship with Jack Laird at Waimea Pottery, becoming a master potter.[1] He moved to Australia where he worked at Montville Pottery in Queensland. In 1974, he travelled to South Africa and then on to England, working at Le Dieu Pottery in Norwich.[2] He returned to New Zealand in 1975. In 1989, he began designing for Temuka Pottery.[1]

Recognition

In 1983 and 1987, he won Merit Awards at the Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Awards.[3] In the 1989 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to pottery.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 51. ISBN 1869620364.
  2. ↑ Blumhardt, Doreen; Brake, Brian (1981). Craft New Zealand: The art of the craftsman. Aucklabd: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 288. ISBN 0 589 01343 2.
  3. ↑ "Royce McGlashen". Royce McGlashen. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 51580. p. 34. 31 December 1988. Retrieved 26 December 2014.


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