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Nina Davis dish
Nina Davis is the daughter of Harry and May Davis from Crewenna Pottery.
very cute little dish found during my rounds.
very cute little dish found during my rounds.
paul_nz- Number of posts : 41
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I was very lucky today, I went to the Motueka market, and there I met Nina Davis. What a lovely lady (with well known parents), and just had to share a photo of her lovely wares. I have to say I was most impressed with the glazes, especially the ones on the right - such magnificent rainbow colours!
I should have checked first, but here is her mark too.
mumof1- Admin
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OMG! What a potter and what a heritage!
Glenys- Number of posts : 337
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Those glazes remind me of stoneware colours, though the clay doesn't look like stoneware .... ? The first bowl in the topic looks like it has a chun glaze on it ....?
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All the pottery pieces have a pale grey coloured base Ev, as seen in the two stamp photos. Does that help?
mumof1- Admin
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Re: Nina Davis dish
Pale grey is a stoneware clay colour - thanks sunny.
There are not many potters using stoneware clay now, as it's so expensive to fire.
The high temperatures turn out some really magic glazes and it's great to see someone still firing high
There are not many potters using stoneware clay now, as it's so expensive to fire.
The high temperatures turn out some really magic glazes and it's great to see someone still firing high
Re: Nina Davis dish
I chatted with Nina again last weekend, and she confirmed, definitely stoneware. She said she fires as high as her 'poor old kiln will go'.
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I found this large tankard the other day, made by Nina. The photo will never truly shown how spectacular the glaze is
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Re: Nina Davis dish
Kat, I think the terracotta dish was actually made by Christopher Vine who used to live in Teal Valley, Nelson.Kat & Co. wrote:
Terracotta Dish...Which is also Nina's mark..check this link out..
http://www.nelsonpotters.co.nz/jenny-miller/nina-davis/
Teal Valley is also the location for another well-known NZ potter, Maxine Waters.
Nina Davis regularly hosted the British potter, Ray Finch, of Winchcombe Pottery and she was trained there under Michael Cardew, I believe.
meoldchina- Number of posts : 14
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Re: Nina Davis dish
Would this be the same Christopher Vine who did decorations for Temuka and other pottery mainly Australian.
Maryr- Number of posts : 1994
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No, not the Australian Christopher Vine. The Nelson Christopher Vine was potting in Teal Valley in the 70s and 80s, mainly. You don't see much of his work, but he created a wonderful tiled wall mural at the Nelson Provincial Museum which depicts all of the historic buildings that have been demolished in Nelson. It's worth going to the museum to see that alone.
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