February 1975

No. sixty-five January/February 1975 President: Director: Secretary: Exhibitions Officer: Receptionist: Editor of News: Tutor: The Journal of the Can...
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No. sixty-five January/February 1975 President: Director: Secretary: Exhibitions Officer: Receptionist: Editor of News: Tutor:

The Journal of the Canterbury Society of Arts 66 Gloucester Street Telephone 67-261 P.O. Box 772 Christchurch Registered at the Poet Office Headquarters. Wellington a t a magazil

Miles W a r r e n Annella MacDougall Russell L a i d l a w Tony Geddes Joanna Mowat Garry Arthur Bashir Baraki

GALLERY CALENDAR (Subject to adjustment) Dec-Jan 3 Jan 6-27 Jan 5-15 Jan 17-30 Jan 21 -Feb 5 Jan 29-Feb 14 Feb 1-13 Feb 8-15 Feb 18-March 1 Feb 17-March 1 Feb 18-29 March April

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July

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September October Painting

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CSA Junior Art Canadian Colour Photography Bashir Baraki Richard Coburn The Crafts of China Aldwyth Renault S. H. Mahon Public Library Collection Star Schools Larry Bell Doris Hunt Arts Festival Exhibition " L a n d 76' Maurice Angelo Linda Smith CSA Annual Autumn Exhibition Rosemary Campbell Light & Vision Structure Margaret Woolley Graeme Clement Nr-A^-Henwng Gladys Keeley • L. & J. Royal Chris Hignett Tony Geddes Gwenda Turner Llew Summers Tibetan Carpets Alan Pearson Barry Brickell CSA Open Exhibition Neville Sinclair Lily Lewis National Weaving Award Major Tonkin Bill Cumming Town & Country Art Group Sally Powell Morgan Jones Weavers CSA Spring Exhibition The Group Canterbury Potters Chris Grosz Benson & Hedges Ron Jorgenson CSA Summer Exhibition Junior Art

Exhibitions are mounted with the assistance of the QE II Arts Council

New Members

INTERNATIONAL FAME FOR CSA

Other Centres .

(The Society welcomes the following new members)

We reprint part of an interview with Reinis Zusters, currently in Canada. This was published in Latvija Amerika last August. We thought a few might find themselves in difficulties, so here is the English translation.

1976 KELLIHER ART AWARD Last day for entry forms Jan. 30th 1976.

Mrs Marina Shaw Mr Peter Gray Dr A. H. Meikleham Mr A. W. Franks Leila Kelly Burnside High School Mr Nell Mence Miss Rae Dawson Mrs Elaine Soanes Mr & Mrs P. Hampton Mrs Elizabeth Stevens Miss Robyn Willis Mr H. A. Isdale Mr Michael O'Malley Mr C. A. Hignett Mr Paul Johns Miss Jennifer Louch Miss Gail Emmitt Mr John Atkinson Mr J. Armitage Mr S. A. Mahon

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"Very interesting are the pictures of Zusters exhibi­ tion in Christchurch, New Zealand, which took place last autumn (Northern Hemisphere season) and was so far, his widest one-man exhibition. On show was work done in the last five years. To save paintings over such a long period requires considerable self-discipline, which is a necessity for Zusters in order to gain the stimulus for his artistic creativity and the essential feeling of direction.

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The exhibitions Republic of China, the policies of literature and art have been: "making the past serve the present and foreign things serve China" and "letting a hundred flowers blossom; weeding through the old to bring forth the In this collection colour photography and poetry are new". Workers, peasants and soldiers have created brought together to present A Portrait of Canada. Theartworks with new content and style, on the basis of collection first appeared in book form especially com­ inheriting and developing the fine traditions of national missioned in a limited edition of 500 copies by the art. As a result, works of contemporary or historical Canadian Government as its official gift to the Queen themes, and articles of simple folk arts or elegant and to visiting heads of government to commemorate applied arts have emerged in large quantities. Chinese the Commonwealth Conference held in Ottawa in arts and crafts today are blooming "more gaily than August, 1973. The book and the photographic collec­ ever". Their development has enriched the material and tion and the exhibition itself were produced by the Still cultural life of the people and contributed to the Photography Division of the National Film Board of promotion of cultural exchanges with foreign countries. Canada, Montreal. It comprised 67 frames which in­ cludes 12 frames of Canadian poetry. This exhibition will include ivory carving, jade carv­ ing, stone carving, wood carving, painted figurines, ceramics, embroidery, tapestry and carpet, woollen The Crafts of China needle-point tapestry, lacquer ware, cloisonne, filigree, woven articles, and brocade and printed fabrics. Jan 21 - Feb 5

Canada: An Exhibition of Colour Photography. Jan 6 - 2 7

Public Library Collection. February 8 - 1 5 A s e l e c t i o n of t h i r t y p a i n t i n g s n o w w i t h d r a w n f r o m t h e P u b l i c L i b r a r y ' s hire c o l l e c t i o n . T h e s e p a i n t i n g s w e r e p u r ­ c h a s e d by the former Librarian Mr R o n O'Reilly. T h e exhibi­ t i o n will i n c l u d e w o r k s b y C o l i n M c C a h o n , M a r g a r e t S t u d d a r t , Rita A n g u s , T o s s W o o l l a s t o n , D o r i s L u s k , Olivia S p e n c e r Bower a n d others.

Bashir Baraki - Drawings Jan 5 - 1 5 This e x h i b i t i o n c o m p r i s e s d r a w i n g s d o n e over t h e last e i g h t m o n t h s - mainly w o r k i n g d r a w i n g s f o r p a i n t i n g s - p e n c i l , acrylic work, a n d pencil a n d collage.

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Richard C o b u r n - " C l o u d C h a m b e r E c h o s " (Drawings)

Jan 17-30.

Born Christchurch 1955. L a r g e l y self t a u g h t . One M a n Exhibition Nelson 1974 & 1975. Will b e e x h i b i t i n g small d r a w i n g s in c r a y o n , p e n c i l a n d i n k s .

Aldwyth Renaut - Embroidery & T a p e s t r y J a n 2 9 - F e b 14 A L D W Y T H R E N A U T s t u d i e d a n d o b t a i n e d h e r D i p l o m a in Fine A r t s at C a n t e r b u r y S c h o o l of A r t , m a j o r i n g in e m b r o i d e r y a n d design under Louise H e n d e r s o n a n d Jas. A. J o h n s t o n e . S u b s e q u e n t l y s h e h e l p e d t o p i o n e e r t h e i n c l u s i o n of " a r t " as a r e c o g n i s e d s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l s u b j e c t , c y c l i n g d a n g e r ­ ously between Girls' High, Selwyn House a n d West Christ­ c h u r c h c a r r y i n g m u c h of t h e available e q u i p m e n t w i t h h e r . It w a s d u r i n g this p e r i o d that s h e s t u d i e d a n d i n t r o d u c e d h a n d weaving into these schools. S h e later s t u d i e d d e s i g n at t h e L o n d o n S c h o o l of A r t b u t t h e y e a r s of W o r l d W a r I I , d u r i n g w h i c h s h e w o r k e d in a n engineering drawing office, halted her career as a fabric designer both for w o v e n materials a n d as head designer for a F r e n c h s t u d i o of silk p a i n t e r s a n d d e c o r a t o r s , a n d f i n a l l y e n d e d it w h e n s h e r e t u r n e d h o m e .

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S h e is still i n f l u e n c e d b y t h e s t r e s s h e r e a r l y t e a c h e r s placed o n meticulous attention to design, colour, texture a n d t a s t e f u l p r e s e n t a t i o n . T h e d e c o r a t i v e p a n e l s s h e will p r e s e n t c o v e r e x a m p l e s of e m b r o i d e r y a n d t a p e s t r y w e a v i n g in Gobelin, Greek Soumak, Egyptian a n d Swedish knot techniques.

Larry Bell - Photography.

Her s i g n a t u r e " J O " is a n i c k n a m e w h i c h h a s s t u c k s i n c e the war years w h e n c o s m o p o l i t a n a c q u a i n t a n c e s f o u n d her W e l s h first n a m e a n d F r e n c h s u r n a m e t o o m u c h of a mouthful. She says: " I have reached t h e stage w h e n I c a n work e n t i r e l y f o r m y o w n p l e a s u r e b u t if o t h e r s a l s o g e t p l e a s u r e f r o m it, this will b e a d e l i g h t f u l b o n u s . "

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Born Hastings 1 9 5 5 . At p r e s e n t e m p l o y e d a s h a n d t y p o g r a p h e r . H e l d a n e x h i b i t i o n of p a i n t i n g s a n d a s m a l l n u m b e r of photographs during the '74 C o m m o n w e a l t h Games. They w e r e p r e s e n t e d in h i r e d p r e m i s e s in C a s h e l Street. S a y s : " T h e c o l l e c t i o n of p h o t o g r a p h s a r e e s s e n t i a l l y r e t r o s p e c t i v e in t h a t t h e y s p a n t w o y e a r s of s p a s m o d i c p h o t o g r a p h i c activity. T h e y reflect m y p e r s o n a l v i e w of life in its m a n y f o r m s a n d s t r a n g e t w i s t s of d i v e r s i t y . " All p h o t o g r a p h s will b e f o r sale at $ 2 0 a n d $ 2 5 .

Doris Hunt - W a t e r c o l o u r s .

Feb 18 - 29

S a y s : " M y p a i n t i n g s a r e a f e w ideas I b r o u g h t b a c k f r o m a r e c e n t visit t o N e p a l .

S a y s : " M y first a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h c o l o u r w a s u n d e r C e c i l Kelly at t h e S c h o o l of A r t w h e r e w e w e r e t a u g h t w i t h a v e r y limited palette. I w a s a w a r d e d t w o first p r i z e s at o n e T o w n & C o u n t r y art e x h i b i t i o n . S o m e t i m e a g o I p u t o n a o n e - m a n s h o w at t h e University of C a n t e r b u r y c l u b r o o m s .

" T h e y a r e p e r s o n a l g l i m p s e s of s h a p e s a n d a w a y of life p e c u l i a r t o this small c o u n t r y w h i c h is u n d e r g o i n g a m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g c h a n g e . A ' W e s t e r n i n v a s i o n ' is s l o w l y t a k i n g over t r a d i t i o n s a n d v a l u e s in a c o u n t r y w h e r e t h e s e h a v e e n s u r e d s u r v i v a l in t h e past. I d o n o t t h i n k t h e g e n t l e S h e r p a s

" T h e M c D o u g a l l G a l l e r y b o u g h t o n e of m y l a n d s c a p e watercolours about t w o years a g o . " I paint p u r e l y t o e x p r e s s myself a n d w h e t h e r t h e y a r e s u c c e s s f u l or n o t , I f i n d t h e e x p e r i e n c e m o s t s a t i s f y i n g a n d rewarding."

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From W. S. Baverstock's brother My grateful thanks for your kind expression of sym­ pathy with me in the loss of my beloved brother, my lifelong comrade and friend. He never spared himself in the service of artists, a great many of whom were his personal friends, and of the visual arts. It is a self evident fact that his strenuous work caused the Can­ terbury Society of Arts to survive during very difficult times. Both at the C.S.A. and at the McDougall Gallery he worked without staff and without complaint. He was indeed very grateful for your personal help in the exhibition of his own work. He loved all that is beautiful and of good report. Never have I heard him say any­ thing harsh and ungenerous about anyone and if he heard any ill of another, he never repeated it. He devoted much of his life to promoting the health and happiness of God's little children. Together with Miss Cora Wilding and the late Dr Currie he founded the Sunlight League of Canterbury. He was on the com­ mittee which planned the health camps of New Zealand and together with the two Misses Enwright and Dr E. Reilly founded the Glenelg Health Camp and personally transferred the funds of the Sunlight League (£. 6000) to Glenelg to start that camp in 1935. From then on, he

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take possession of their own first rooms in the Arts Centre, so it will be a busy year to decide how to run them and what equipment will be necessary. The Canterbury potters ace pleased to be able to congratulate Lawrence Ewing for having one of his large storage jars bought from the National Exhibition in

Hastings by Foreign Affairs. Congratulations are also due to Hazel McCaughern - her bowl, and my bottle, which were chosen to go to South East Asia last year, have now been bought for the Auckland Museum. Photographs are of pots made by Lawrence Ewing and exhibited earlier this year in Studio 3 9 3 . (Photographs

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Continuation of the "Civilization S e r i e s " . W i t h t h e s u c c e s s of t h e f o u r f i l m s s h o w n f r o m t h e B B C . s e r i e s , w e p l a n in c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e W . E . A . t o s h o w t h e r e m a i n i n g eight f i l m s d u r i n g this y e a r . 16 s c r e e n i n g s will be o n a o n c e a m o n t h b a s i s , b e g i n n i n g in M a r c h / A p r i l .

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At the time of writing all classes were working on an end-of-year play -.this has involved the working out of the theme, the making of masks, sets, and some movement of dance. The children have been encour­ aged to draw from nature, and this has had very satisfying achievements for the children as well as for the tutors. There has been tremendous interest shown in the classes by the parents, and this has been en­

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IDA L O U G H , a p i o n e e r in N e w Z e a l a n d of t h e 2 0 0 0 - y e a r - o l d art of t a p e s t r y w e a v i n g , h a s just c o m p l e t e d her largest a n d p o s s i b l y her finest w o r k - a g l o w i n g w a l l - s i z e d t a p e s t r y w h i c h will s u r r o u n d t h e t a b e r n a c l e in t h e n e w s i d e c h a p e l of t h e C a t h e d r a l of t h e B l e s s e d S a c r a m e n t in B a r b a d o e s Street.

It w a s her m e m o r y of s e e i n g t h e b e a u t i f u l G o t h i c t a p e s t r i e s in t h e C l u n y M u s e u m in Paris in 1 9 3 4 t h a t d e c i d e d h e r . " W h e n I s a w t h e m I h a d n o idea w h a t t h e y w e r e , " s h e r e c a l l s . " I thought they were embroideries. To me they are the a b s o l u t e p e a k of w e a v i n g . "

It h a s t a k e n her m o s t of t h e y e a r , but it h a s b e e n a l a b o u r of love, c o m m i s s i o n e d by the c h u r c h in t h e e x a c t t r a d i t i o n of t h e Middle Ages w h e n tapestry weavers were called on to furnish the g r e a t c a t h e d r a l s a n d c a s t l e s of E u r o p e .

For y e a r s s h e h a d p e r s e v e r e d w i t h t h e p i a n o , t h i n k i n g it w a s in m u s i c that s h e w i s h e d t o e x p r e s s herself. N o w wishes she had discovered tapestry 10 years sooner. feels that s h e is still o n l y at t h e b e g i n n i n g . Her o w n w o r k i n t e r r u p t e d by a n 1 1 - y e a r stint of t e a c h i n g w e a v i n g at Sheltered Workshop.

Its title is Earth With Heaven United and Christ the Lord of All. Ida L o u g h d e s c r i b e s it as n e i t h e r n a t u r a l i s t i c nor h u m a n ­ istic in c o n c e p t , but entirely r e l i g i o u s . S h e s t a r t e d the t a p e s t r y in m i d - J a n u a r y , a n d f i n i s h e d t h e t h r e e - d a y j o b of s e w i n g t h e t h r e e p a n e l s t o g e t h e r at t h e e n d of N o v e m b e r . It w a s a l o n g j o b , b u t s h e h o p e s it will last 1 0 0 years. T h e w o r k is 9ft h i g h by 8ft w i d e . O n her b e d r o o m wall it l o o k e d e n o r m o u s , but w h e n t h e y first h u n g it in t h e C a t h e d r a l she felt it l o o k e d like a p o s t a g e s t a m p . " I w a s s u r p r i s e d at how the scale was r e d u c e d , " she said. " T h e colours were r e d u c e d in intensity t o o , b e c a u s e of t h e s o u t h light. H e r e at h o m e I've b e e n w o r k i n g w i t h t h e s u n o n it a n d s o m e of t h e c o l o u r s l o o k e d a l m o s t g a r i s h . It c h a n g e s w i t h t h e light of d a y , a n d it will be i n t e r e s t i n g to s e e it u n d e r t h e play of n a t u r a l a n d artificial light in the c a t h e d r a l . " Ida L o u g h is a d e s i g n e r - w e a v e r , j u s t like t h e t a p e s t r y w e a v e r s of t h e M i d d l e A g e s . S h e d e s i g n s as s h e g o e s - o n the l o o m . For the c a t h e d r a l t a p e s t r y s h e w a s t o l d t h e r e w a s t o be n o s y m b o l i s m , n o p a t t e r n , a n d n o d e s i g n . " C o l o u r w a s all I h a d l e f t , " s h e s a i d , " s o t h e r e is n o d i r e c t s y m b o l i s m in it, b u t t h e r e is a t h e m e , e x p r e s s e d in t h e title - e a r t h g o i n g u p t h r o u g h sea t o s k y a n d t h e c o s m o s . " Her d e c i s i o n t o learn t o w e a v e c o i n c i d e d w i t h t h e rather s u d d e n w o r l d - w i d e revival of t h e c r a f t m o v e m e n t in t h e m i d 1950's. " S c a n d i n a v i a had never s t o p p e d , " she said, " b u t the rest of t h e Industrial R e v o l u t i o n c o u n t r i e s h a d lost all their c r a f t w o r k . " Her o w n i n t e r e s t w a s i n s p i r e d b y a visit t o S c a n d i n a v i a in 1 9 5 4 . W h e n s h e c a m e h o m e s h e b o r r o w e d a l o o m , w a s s h o w n h o w t o set it u p , a n d b e g a n t o l e a r n t h e w e a v i n g c r a f t . " I ' m c r e d i t e d w i t h s t a r t i n g it h e r e , " s h e s a i d , " b u t it just s p r a n g u p h e r e a n d e v e r y w h e r e e l s e . " T e n y e a r s a g o s h e d e c i d e d t h a t of all t h e a s p e c t s of w e a v i n g , e a c h of w h i c h t o o k a lifetime to d e v e l o p , t a p e s t r y i n t e r e s t e d her m o s t . It is t h e s l o w e s t of all w e a v i n g m e t h o d s a n d Ida L o u g h s a y s it c a n n o t be t a u g h t - o n l y l e a r n e d .

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Her d e f i n i t i o n of t a p e s t r y is: a h a n d w o v e n textile w h e r e t h e w a r p is c o m p l e t e l y c o v e r e d b y i n t e r r u p t e d w e f t s .

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that she She was the

S h e d o e s not u n d e r t a k e m a n y c o m m i s s i o n s , q u i t e f r a n k l y a d m i t t i n g that s h e d o e s not like t h e m . " I h a v e t h e a m a t e u r a p p r o a c h to m y w o r k , " s h e e x p l a i n e d . " I d o it for m y o w n p l e a s u r e . " E v e n s o , n o w t h a t t h e c a t h e d r a l t a p e s t r y is c o m p l e t e , s h e will t u r n her h a n d to a n o t h e r w o r k c o m m i s ­ s i o n e d for t h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y c o l l e c t i o n in W e l l i n g t o n . B u t it will not be as b i g as t h e c a t h e d r a l t a p e s t r y . S h e h a s b e e n g i v e n a c o m p l e t e l y f r e e h a n d w i t h t h e s u b j e c t , t h e size a n d e v e n the p r i c e . W h a t s h e really e n j o y s d o i n g is a d o m e s t i c t a p e s t r y - a p i e c e a b o u t 5 4 i n b y 3 0 i n for t h e w a l l of a h o m e . E v e n s u c h a m o d e s t size as that will t a k e t h r e e m o n t h s t o c o m p l e t e in her b e d r o o m studio. " I like t o sit d o w n , " s h e s a i d , " a n d if I h a v e a n i d e a of s a y , w a t e r g r a s s e s or s o m e t h i n g , t o d o that - not t o be c o n f i n e d t o a n a b s t r a c t p a t t e r n or a p a r t i c u l a r c o l o u r . T a p e s t r y t a k e s s o l o n g that y o u d o n ' t like t o be r e s t r i c t e d . " S h e n e v e r starts off w i t h a n y t h i n g o n p a p e r - i n d e e d , s h e s a y s that s h e c a n n o t d r a w . H a v i n g t h o u g h t of t h e s u b j e c t s h e goes straight to the loom and designs as she weaves. After 1 0 y e a r s in w h i c h a h o b b y h a s g r o w n i n t o a c o n ­ s u m i n g interest, s h e feels s h e h a s o v e r c o m e m o s t of t h e d i f f i c u l t i e s p e c u l i a r t o t h e art of t a p e s t r y . " I c a n n o w d o w h a t I w a n t t o d o in d e s i g n , " s h e s a i d , " a n d t h a t is s o m e t h i n g t o arrive at in t a p e s t r y , I c a n tell y o u . " No special techniques c a n w e a v e c a n d o it, but much more demanding beautiful wall hangings tapestry."

are n e e d e d , she says. A n y o n e w h o it is a n i n t e n s i f i e d f o r m of w e a v i n g a n d m u c h s l o w e r . " A lot of v e r y t a k e o n l y o n e - t e n t h of t h e t i m e of

Her m a t e r i a l s a r e c a r p e t w o o l s , c h e m i c a l l y d y e d b y e x p e r t s w i t h c o l o u r s that a r e as d u r a b l e as a n y c a n b e in t h e s t r o n g N e w Z e a l a n d light. T h e c a r p e t w o o l h a s e x a c t l y t h e r o b u s t q u a l i t y a n d t e x t u r e n e e d e d for her t a p e s t r y . H e r w o r k h a s b e e n s o l d in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s , B r i t a i n , Germany, France, Australia and New Zealand. She has

FOREIGN AFFAIRS White wooden

plate

grape

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with their strong

horses.

— Woman

tractor

driver

of Tai

nationality

I e x h i b i t e d in L o n d o n , S t u t t g a r t ( t w i c e ) , C a n a d a , J a p a n , a n d A u s t r a l i a as w e l l a s N e w Z e a l a n d . T h i s y e a r s h e w a s g u e s t e x h i b i t o r at t h e D o w s e G a l l e r y in L o w e r Hutt. S h e h a s w o r k e d t h r o u g h a n u m b e r of t h e m e s - c a n d l e s , w a t e r g r a s s e s , t h e t r e e s of H a g l e y Park - a n d h a s p l e n t y of o t h e r i d e a s m i l l i n g a r o u n d in h e r m i n d . T h e w o r k is s o p a i n s t a k i n g that s h e c o u l d never bear t o repeat o n e , a n d e a c h t a p e s t r y c o m p l e t e d has b e e n d i f f e r e n t f r o m e v e r y o t h e r o n e , a l t h o u g h s h e f i n d s that o n e will g r o w out of a n o t h e r . S h e h a s d o n e at least 2 0 of her v e r y first t h e m e - t h e H a g l e y P a r k series of t r e e s t u d i e s , o n e of t h e best of w h i c h w a s lost e n r o u t e t o a n e x h i b i t i o n in O s a k a . O n e of her " W a t e r G r a s s e s " t a p e s t r i e s is in t h e M c D o u g a l l G a l l e r y . Ida L o u g h w a s a p i o n e e r of t a p e s t r y w e a v i n g in N e w Z e a l a n d , b u t s h e is n o l o n g e r a l o n e in the f i e l d . " A n u m b e r of o n - c o m i n g t a p e s t r y w e a v e r s are s h o w i n g g r e a t p r o m i s e , " s h e s a i d . " O n e is Elizabeth A r n o l d w h o t o o k a prize at t h e D o w s e G a l l e r y . S h e t r a i n e d at t h e C a n t e r b u r y University S c h o o l of A r t w h e n it h a d a w e a v i n g d e p a r t m e n t , u n d e r F l o r e n c e Akins."

Stoneware

A tapestry

from Ida Lough's

Hagley

Park

series.

- tea set with plum

blossom

design.—Stoneware

- long handled

pot. —Pickle

jar with carved

floral

design.

"Spring is deep on the banks of the Hsiangyang Canal" - from the Crafts of China exhibition.