RICHARD NAYLOR
Updated 914 days ago
Like most people, my first experience of doing pottery was at school many years ago, but it wasn't until I moved to Japan with my job in 2000 that I got back to it. In a vain attempt to learn Japanese I thought it'd be a good idea to study something in the language, so I turned to a private pottery school. Little did I realise then that I was embarking on a passion that would be with me for the rest of my life. I was, and still am so grateful to those young Japanese pottery teachers and their willing encouragement. Indeed, I still sign all my work in Japanese because of them... On moving to New Zealand the following year, I immediately continued my education at Auckland Studio Potters under the guidance of Peter Lange and Renton Murray before becoming a member of Titirangi Potters, in whose studio I still do the majority of my work. I have taken part in the annual exhibition of Titirangi Potters many times now and have had exhibitions of my work at the West Coast Gallery in Piha. I..