Royce McGlashen

Royce Peter McGlashen MBE (born 1949) is a New Zealand ceramicist.

Royce McGlashen

MBE
Born
Royce Peter McGlashen

1949 (age 73–74)
Nelson, New Zealand
Known forCeramics
RelativesMuir McGlashen (father)
Maurice McGlashen (grandfather)
Websitewww.roycemcglashen.co.nz

Early life

McGlashen was born in Nelson in 1949,[1] the son of Muir McGlashen who served as mayor of Richmond from 1962 to 1974,[2] and was educated at Waimea College.[3]

Career

In 1966, McGlashen began a five-year apprenticeship with Jack Laird at Waimea Pottery.[1] He moved to Australia where he worked at Montville Pottery in Queensland. In 1974, he travelled to South Africa and then on to England, working at Le Dieu Pottery in Norwich.[4] He returned to New Zealand in 1975. In 1989, he began designing for Temuka Pottery.[1]

Honours and awards

In 1983 and 1987, McGlashen won Merit Awards at the Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Awards.[5] In the 1989 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to pottery.[1][6]

References
  1. Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Random House. p. 51. ISBN 1869620364.
  2. Gibbs, Peter (1 September 2009). "Master craftsman of the clay". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. "Biography of Royce McGlashen". 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  4. Blumhardt, Doreen; Brake, Brian (1981). Craft New Zealand: The art of the craftsman. Aucklabd: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 288. ISBN 0 589 01343 2. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014.
  5. "Royce McGlashen". Royce McGlashen. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  6. "No. 51580". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 34.


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