Earthenware: Intersections between Place and Pottery in the Lives of Newfoundland and Southern New Zealand Ceramic Artists

• Main Author: Read, Heather A C
• Other Authors: Knowles, Gary J., Leadership, Higher and Adult Education
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Ceramics; Craft; Curator; Newfoundland; New Zealand; Pottery; 0516
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/68204

Diverse experiences and expressions of place are explored through life stories and craft works of sixteen ceramic artists living in Newfoundland and Southern New Zealand. This arts-informed research suggests, in its form, a method of representing what is often ephemeral knowledge: knowledge about the intersections between our lives and the places we live. Structurally, I borrow the concept of a terroir dossier used in making decisions regarding heritage food labeling in France, which necessitates producers document the history of their food product in detail in order to receive designation as a heritage food product. I expand on this structure to include stories about a potters’ processes of inspirations, learning, making, making a living, and preserving. I tell these stories borrowing document conventions typically used in museum exhibition catalogues, such as the use of photos and short panel texts. I am inspired by place-based exhibitions in this work and as a response have created a catalogue for an imagined exhibition about ceramics in Newfoundland and New Zealand. Ph.D.