AUDIO
75 Years of Rust, Yvonne Rust oral history project
- Date
- 20 May 1998 to 06 August 1998 - 20 May 1998 - 06 Aug 1998
- By
- Deverall, Patsy, active 1999-2015; Rust, Niria Yvonne, 1922-2002; Hawthorne, Raymond, 1936-; Hastedt, Jean Alison, 1938-
- Reference
- OHColl-0880
- Description
Interviews about leading New Zealand potter, art teacher and painter, Yvonne Rust, conducted by Patsy Deverall in 1998. Three interviews with Yvonne Rust describe the Northland Craft Trust, beginnings of her pottery and pottery on the West Coast. Four interviews are with people who knew her as apprentices or students. Subjects include learning to pot, development of pottery in New Zealand from the 1940s-1990s, the nature of art, teaching art at high schools, night classes and pottery schools, sourcing West Coast clay and glazes, developing kilns and studios, and artists of the time such as Barry Brickell, Olivia Spencer Bower, Theo Schoon, Mirek Smisek and Japanese master potter Hamada
Interviewees are Jacky Fahey, Jean Hastedt, Raymond Hawthorne, Evelyn Hewlett and Yvonne Rust
Awards/funding - Project received an Award in Oral History
Interviewer(s) - Patsy Deverall
Venue - One interview with Yvonne Rust was recorded at her home in Barrytown, West Coast
Accompanying material - Article from New Zealand Women's Weekly October 6, 1986 called "Change of direction...at 64" about Yvonne Rust. Northland Craft Trust, Autumn newsletter
Arrangement: Original recordings: OHC-025056 - OHC-025066
Transcripts: OHA-8293 - OHA-8295
Quantity: 11 C60 cassette(s). 3 transcript(s) edited. 7 interview(s). 11 Hours Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available for three interviews only.
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Patsy Deverall, Auckland, 2007
Search dates: 1948 - 1998
Processing information: Individual interviews not yet described
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Listening copies available at OHLC-011285 - OHLC-011290
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use requires the written permission of the donor. Copyright: Copyright is held by the donor.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Additional processing required - Access to the collection requires written permission of the donor. Collection is currently being processed. Access Contact - For information about access to this collection please contact Library staff
- Format
- 11 C60 cassette(s), 3 transcript(s) edited, 7 interview(s), 11 Hours Duration, Oral histories
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