Royce McGlashen

Royce McGlashen
Born
Royce Peter McGlashen

1949 (age 74–75)
Nelson, New Zealand
Known forCeramics
RelativesMuir McGlashen (father)
Maurice McGlashen (grandfather)
Websitewww.roycemcglashen.co.nz

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

Early life[edit]

McGlashen was born in Nelson in 1949,[1] the son of Muir McGlashen who served as mayor of Richmond from 1962 to 1974,[2] and was educated at Waimea College.[3]

Career[edit]

In 1966, McGlashen began a five-year apprenticeship with Jack Laird at Waimea Pottery.[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.[4] He returned to New Zealand in 1975. In 1989, he began designing for Temuka Pottery.[1]

Honours and awards[edit]

In 1983 and 1987, McGlashen won Merit Awards at the Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Awards.[5] In the 1989 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to pottery.[1][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 51. ISBN 1869620364.
  2. ^ Gibbs, Peter (1 September 2009). "Master craftsman of the clay". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Biography of Royce McGlashen". 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. ^ 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. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Royce McGlashen". Royce McGlashen. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. ^ "No. 51580". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 34.