Christopher Peter Clouston

I think I have got this right, I originally thought it was Paul Laird, but certain it is Christopher Clouston from Hokitika now.  

I agree ..... thank you

A mug made by Christopher Clouston which is interesting as it looks like a decal was made specifically for these mugs ....



and the backstamp ....

Bought this gorgeous wee goblet today, it is just beautifully made and jumped out at me. Was very happy to pay $2 for it!

Heavily reduced iron oxide decoration with speckles in the clay = fantastic!

Hi I am new to this forum. I bought a vase with a lid by CP Clouston but am unable to find any information about this artist or his work.
Can anyone help me find out more. Thank you, Jacque.

I don't know very much about Christopher Clouston, but I often see his work listed on TradeMe. His stylised tree decoration is unique and stands out. Check out the pieces on this search on google -
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=C+Clouston+pottery+nz&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-Ip2UqqyJIKjlQXwpYCwDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=673#q=Clouston+pottery%2Btrademe&tbm=isch&facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=ssfPMWqyXYFLxM%3A%3B0mVxmaUVvk65pM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.trademe.co.nz%252Fphotoserver%252Fgv%252F261133024.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.trademe.co.nz%252Fpottery-glass%252Fporcelain-pottery%252Fother-nz-manufacturers%252Fauction-579910783.htm%3B233%3B175

The only information that I can add is that he is from Hokitika.

I found this pot the other day, with the classic tree design

But this is signed by him, Chris Clouston

Aha and bravo well done and I saw this somewhere else and liked it already

Aha I found my own piece today. A darling little cheese bell, with his gorgeous tree decoration. Love it and will post pics at a later date

I didn't need this, but fell in love with it when I saw it and had to have it
It's a dinky sized cheese bell ...



His stamp has been filled with a peculiar pink stain ...?

I saw three pieces today at Red Cross (or is it St Johns?) Kaiwaka that looked like CPC's designs but they appeared to be painted rather than glazed and on pinkish-bodied castware.

Any thoughts?

Also I bought two of four (the other two are cracked) Clouston mugs at Hospice yesterday. They have a similar design to Cat-a-lat's wine sip above. They are tightly wasted like my Simon Engelhard mug, making them look very 1960s. I am very pleased with them; they are quite unlike what I have seen before.
Marked as in the gallery.

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Will you just look at this gorgeous gravy / sauce boat? The shape, the colours, that tree. Minute damage to the bottom of the spout, but apart from that in pristine shape. The mark isn't too clear, but it certainly is Christopher:

Jeremy Ashford wrote:I saw three pieces today at Red Cross (or is it St Johns?) Kaiwaka that looked like CPC's designs but they appeared to be painted rather than glazed and on pinkish-bodied castware.

Any thoughts?

Also I bought two of four (the other two are cracked) Clouston mugs at Hospice yesterday. They have a similar design to Cat-a-lat's wine sip above. They are tightly wasted like my Simon Engelhard mug, making them look very 1960s. I am very pleased with them; they are quite unlike what I have seen before.
Marked as in the gallery.

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I don't know about the castware, but I picked up a matching two mugs to yours just the other week! Can't remember whether it was on a Wellington jaunt or here in Palmy, but I am also rather well pleased! Curious to see your Engelhard mug, have you posted it here?

Browsing the shelves of cheap plates at the OP shop, noticed 2 bowls with the Creek Pottery stickers, didn't really look at the potter's mark. Bought them both, just because. Washed them, looked at the mark more closely, thought "That looks like Clouston! Surely that can't be." So I checked here and yes, I was right:

Great sleuthing Hannele

This topic fill you in ....

https://www.newzealandpottery.net/t4444-the-creek-pottery-picton

This is very colourful compared to his other work:

I wonder if Christopher Clouston was related to Evelyn Clouston (nee Evelyn Marian Buttress) the well-known Kiwi illustrator? I notice the way he signs his name is remarkably similar to writing Evelyn would add to her school journal and book cover work. Evelyn spent time in Westland and then Nelson area up until possibly the late 1940s, and died in Nelson. Christopher Clouston worked out of Hokitika and Nelson. That can't be a coincidence.  

And a nice (tea?) bowl, 7 cm high and just over 10 cm wide:

Photos courtesy of Marie and the Ferret of another Arrowtown mug, this time it is hand signed by Christopher Clouston :

mumof1 wrote:
I think I have got this right, I originally thought it was Paul Laird, but certain it is Christopher Clouston from Hokitika now.  

I've been doing some more research on Artist Evelyn Clouston who did a lot of work for Dept of Education's School Publications, as their signatures are very similar. As far as I can tell Chris Clouston is still alive and living in Hokitika but may be quite elderly at this point perhaps in his 70s or maybe older. I haven't seen any items that look like they were made after the 1980s but who knows, he may still be working. I feel fairly sure he is probably Evelyn Clouston's son. There's not a lot to know about him, really.

I have now had contact with Chris Clouston and know a little more. Yes he is related to Evelyn, being her grandson.
He says he commenced his career as a ceramicist in 1978. After a workplace injury that played out over some time, he was no longer able to pot so finished making pieces in 2003. This means there is a limited oeuvre of his work.