David Brokenshire

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David Brokenshire
Born
David Serpell Brokenshire

(1925-04-28)28 April 1925
Thames, New Zealand
Died26 April 2014(2014-04-26) (aged 88)
Christchurch, New Zealand
EducationAuckland University College
Known forArchitecture, pottery
Spouse
Noeline Gourley
​
(m. 1954)​

David Serpell Brokenshire (28 April 1925 – 26 April 2014) was a New Zealand architect and potter.[1]

Early life and family

Born in

Noeline Gourley, an athlete who had represented New Zealand in the 80 m hurdles at the 1950 British Empire Games.[3] The couple went on to have three children.[3]

Architecture

Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook Village, notably designing its octagonal restaurant, and various buildings for the new Ilam campus of the University of Canterbury, including the registry.[2]

Pottery

He started working with pottery in 1951, alongside his wife Noeline, and became a full-time potter in 1979.[8] He began potting by throwing on a wheel but following a workshop with Patricia Perrin in the early 1960s, who was teaching a hammer and anvil technique using large-scale coils, Brokenshire began making work through hand building.[9]: 139  Hand building suited Brokenshire's architectural background, enabling him to build a piece steadily to whatever scale he desired.[9]: 139  Brokenshire also incorporated Māori motifs into his work, including modelling some pieces on Māori anchor stones.[9]: 135, 139 

His work is held in the

Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu,[11] and the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy.[1]

Brokenshire served as vice president of the New Zealand Society of Potters, and was an art critic for The Press newspaper in Christchurch from 1980 to 1984.[3]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 0589013432. Archived from the original
    on 30 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Crean, Mike (28 June 2014). "Creativity at artist's core". The Press. p. 14.
  3. ^ a b c d e Taylor, Alister, ed. (1992). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 1992. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 36.
  4. ^ "Births". The New Zealand Herald. 2 May 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. ISSN 1172-9813
    .
  6. ^ Cape, Peter (1969). Artists and Craftsmen in New Zealand. Auckland, London: Collins. pp. 15–20. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  7. ^ "New Zealand, World War II appointments, promotions, transfers and resignations, 1939–1945". Ancestry.com. 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  8. ^ Elliot, Moyra (4 May 2014). "Obituary - David Brokenshire". Cone Ten and Descending. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  9. ^
    ISBN 9781869537319
    .
  10. ^ "Untitled [David Brokenshire, leaf-shaped pot]". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  11. ^ Milburn, Felicity. "David Brokenshire 1925–2014". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Retrieved 3 December 2014.

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