Len Castle
Len Castle CBE | |
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Born | Leonard Ramsay Castle 23 December 1924 Auckland, New Zealand |
Died | 29 September 2011 | (aged 86)
Education | Mount Albert Grammar School |
Alma mater | Auckland University College |
Known for | Pottery |
Leonard Ramsay Castle
Early life and family
Born in Auckland on 23 December 1924, Castle was educated at Mount Albert Grammar School.[1] He went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1947, and trained as a secondary school teacher at Auckland Teachers' Training College.[1] After a period as a science teacher at Mount Albert Grammar School, he took a lecturing position at Auckland Teachers' College.[1]
In 1959, Castle married Ruth Main.[1] The couple had one child, but later divorced.[1]
Pottery
Castle's first experience of
In the early 1950s, Castle met
In the early 1960s, Castle had an architecturally designed house built in the bush of the Waitākere Ranges at 20 Tawini Road, Titirangi, with a kiln and rail system out the back, and a low basement which allowed pottery to be exhibited.[4] Turning room for tour buses was provided in the street outside.[citation needed] The Boyes family, which bought the house, demolished the kiln; however, the bricks from it form the paving round the lower part of the house, and shards from discarded pottery works can still be found amongst the clay soil of the bush behind.[citation needed]
Castle studied pottery in
Castle died on 29 September 2011.[6]
Honours and awards
In the
In 2003, Castle received an Icon award from the
The book Len Castle: Potter, published by Ron Sang Publishing, won a 2003 Montana New Zealand Book Award for non-fiction.
Works
References
- ^ ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ a b c d Neale, Imogen (4 October 2011). "Renowned potter Len Castle dies". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-473-13835-6
- ^ Glamorous New Zealand Homes in the Bush', New Zealand Woman's Weekly, 4 June 1962, cover, and pp. 16–17
- ^ "Len Castle", Collections Online, Te Papa
- ^ "Burials & cremation details". Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
- ^ "No. 50553". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 14 June 1986. p. 32.
- ^ a b Forbes, Stephen (14 August 2009). "No sir, says Mr Castle". Western Leader. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2004". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
- ^ Biography Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine, The Arts Council
- ^ "Potter shapes art world ", stuff.co.nz
- ^ "Montana New Zealand Book Awards". Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ISBN 1869620305
External links
- James Mack, Making the Molecules Dance: Len Castle Ceramics: a retrospective exhibition 1947-1994 (Lower Hutt: The Dowse Art Museum, 1994)
- New Zealand Potters site
- Steve Rumsey, Len Castle, New Zealand Crafts 21, Winter 1987