Smisek, Mirek, 1925-2013

Date: 1990-1993

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-CERAMICS-1990/1993

Description: Includes: 1990: Fletcher Challenge ceramics award 1990 (14th). Catalogue 1991: An invitation to meet Michael Doulton. National Art Gallery and Museum, Buckland Street, 22 September 1991. Booking form Ron Nagle, 1991 Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award judge. A personal journey. Auckland Institute and Museum, 28 May 1991. Flier (2 different) Marie Ross. Haka pots. CSA Print Room, 20 February - 3 March 1991. Flier Wellington Hospital Royal Doulton Mural Preservation Trust :Wellington Children's Hospital Royal Doulton nursery rhyme murals. [Appeal and order form. ca 1991] 1992: CourierPost Royal Doulton Ceramics Exhibition. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Canterbury Museum 1992. (2 copies) Exhibition of Royal Doulton ceramics 1992/93. Pamphlet showing "Spirit of the wind", etc Exhibition of Royal Doulton ceramics 1992/93; treasures from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney. Pamphlet Mirek & Pamella Smisek Pottery summer show, with the Deirdre Tarrant Dance Theatre. Main Highway Te Horo, 5-6 December [1992]. Flier Fletcher Challenge ceramics award 1992. Auckland Museum, 29 May - 28 June [1992] Flier / poster Tembikar Sasak; the women potters of Lombok. Dowse Art Museum, 5-22 March [1992] Wedgewood of Etruria & Barlaston. "The path to the green" [Plate]. Flier 1993: Bradford Exchange Ltd. "Roses"; plate ... Priority buy-order from [1993] CourierPost Royal Doulton Ceramics Exhibition. Canterbury Museum 20 February - 12 April 1993. Yellow flier CourierPost Royal Doulton Ceramics Exhibition. Canterbury Museum. Special activities 20 February - 12 April 1993. Blue flier CourierPost Royal Doulton Ceramics Exhibition. Canterbury Museum. Special offer from Arthur Barnett allowing 10% discount Pottery sale. John Anderson (Pukerua Bay), Murray Clayton (Ohariu Valley). St Lukes Hall, Pitt St., Wadestown, 12 December [1993]. Flier Mirek Smisek pottery. Xmas exhibition. Work by Mirek Smisek, Pamella Annsouth. Main Highway Te Horo, 4-5 December [1993]. Flier Waitakere Arts and Cultural Centre. Heritage Week ceramic exhibition [ca 1993?]. Catalogue Treasures of the underworld. The catalogue for the New Zealand tour of the exhibition, by 14 New Zealand ceramic and glass artists, which was one of the major highlights of the New Zealand Pavilion at World Expo in Seville, Spain, 12 April - 20 October 1992. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Wellington New Zealand 1993 (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed catalogues and flyers, sizes varying up to 305 x 205mm Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: 1994-1999

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-CERAMICS-1994/1999

Description: Includes: 1994: Made in Adelaide; an exhibition of work by Jan Shone (Paint), Philip Kitto (Clay). Potters Shop & Gallery, Woodward Street, 2-21 May 1994. Flier Mirek Smisek & Pamella Annsouth. Exhibition of pottery. Turnbull House Wellington, 5th (opening), 6-14 August [1994]. Flier 1995: Coastal Ceramics potters supplies. Catalogue [Feb 1995] Walter Cook [collector]; exhibition of ceramics and pewter. Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, 6 November 1995 - 29 January 1996. Flier Mikasa; store opening sale. Kaiwharawhara Road, 25-27 August [1995]. Flier Talisman Manufacturing. Talisman Portable Electric Potters Wheel [1995]. Flier Wellington Potters Association. 37th annual pottery exhibition. Guest potter Mike O'Donnell, Paeroa. IBM Foyer, 24 April - 6 May 1995. Red flier 1996: Commercial Horticulture Magazine's guide to pots & containers [1996] The Potters Shop and Gallery. "From our point of view", an exhibition of contemporary works by five Hawkes Bay artists, featuring Sue Scharfe (paintings), Cathy Mintoft (pottery), Gaeleen Morley (pottery), Ricks Terstappen (sculpture), Dave Guerin (schulpture). 9-27 April [196]. Red flier 1997: Ballantynes (Christchurch(. Johnson Bros. A touch of class [Pamphlet showing tableware. 1997] Wellington Potters' Association invites you to a pottery exhibition. Ross Mitchell-Anyon, guest potter. IBM Foyer, Featherston Street, 14-27 April 1997. Yellow flier 1998: Wellington Potters' Association invites you to their 40th pottery exhibition. Katie Gold, guest potter. IBM Foyer, Featherston Street, 2-15 March 1998. Blue flier 1999: Clarice Cliff; a celebration. Science Centre & Manawatu Museum, Palmerston North [1999] Wellington Potters' Association exhibition of pottery by guest potter Royce McGlashen. Majestic Centre, Willis Street, 19-30 April [1999]. Yellow flier Wellington Potters Association presents a summer pottery exhibition. The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Arts Illuminous, Island Bay, 13-21 February 1999. Yellow flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed catalogues and flyers, sizes varying up to 305 x 205mm Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: [1960-1996]

From: Leov-Lealand, Christine, 1959- : Papers and recordings

Reference: 96-102-2

Description: Personal memorabilia including diaries, photographs, clippings, inwards and outwards correspondence, Polish family name research, other papers; brief listing within item. Includes correspondence with Roger Hall. Quantity: 1 box(es). Transfers: To Oral History Collection - One tape of personal letters.

Date: 2002-2008

From: Price, Jenny, active 2000s: Collection of photographs and letters relating to the potter Helen Mason

By: Price, Jenny, active 2000s

Reference: PAColl-10474

Description: Photographic prints relating to potter Helen Mason compiled by Jenny Price. Taken between 2002 and 2008 by unidentified photographers. Extensive captions are on the rear of the prints. Photographs show Mason, her pottery and associates, at Waipukurau, Waipawa, Taradale and Hastings. Photographs show ceramics created by Price for Hum n Buzz cafe, various ceramics and glazes, Mason in her kitchen with various guests, Mason at potting wheel and with kiln. Also at events such as 'Honouring Helen' exhibition at Hum n Buzz cafe, first firing at Waiohiki Creative Arts Village, and Helen Mason retrospective exhibition 'Commitment to Clay' at Hastings City Art Gallery. Identified people include Price, Sue Hanna, June Fleming, Helen Mason, Celia Manapouri, Tammy Enor, Bronwyn Christianos, Carol Slingsby, Mirek Smíšek, Michael O'Donnell, Tim Mason (Helen Mason's son), Bronwynne Cornish, Hilary Pedersen, and Kazuko Itoh. Quantity: 32 colour original photographic print(s). 4 colour copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour original and copy photographic prints

Date: 23 Sep 2005

From: The Crown Lynn story an oral history project

By: Smisek, Mirek, 1925-2013

Reference: OHInt-0833-11

Description: Interview with Miroslav (Mirek) Smisek who was born in 1925 in Bohemia and migrated to Australia after World War II. Talks about his experience in Czechoslovakia during the German occupation and his imprisonment in a forced labour camp. Mentions the work at the camp, sabotage and escape attempts. Explains leaving the country after the Communist takeover and joining the British Intelligence Service, before travelling to Australia. Decribes living in Canberra and working in the Canberra brick works. Recalls looking for creative value and playing with clay as a child. Explains attending evening classes before attending design school after marriage. Talks about working in a pottery factory, the other Czechs there and making a musical jug that played Waltzing Matilda. Discusses move to Auckland in 1951 and traveling from the North Shore to New Lynn. Describes first job at Crown Lynn mixing clays, then as an assistant to Ernie Shufflebottom, a thrower and turner of pots. Talks about making his first pots and practicing in his lunch time. Discusses his Bohemian Ware and the Scraffito decoration method. Considers Crown Lynn employment a stepping stone. Explains creative ambition caused him to leave after 18 months. Talks about managing the Nelson Brick and Pipe Company and his efforts to extend the production range into pottery. Mentions leaving the Company in 1953 to start his own pottery. Discusses establishing his business, building his kiln and wheel, and talks about exploring and testing various clays. Describes his first products, cider bottles, and selling pots to Mr Gibson, a Nelson distributor. Talks about working for a living as a potter. Mentions other potters working at the time: Len Castle, Stitchbury, Brickell. Discusses his studio behind Tahuna School and children watching him work. Explains he still works with children in Waikanae. Talks about moving to Te Horo and building a new kiln. Discusses making pots for Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Talks about some of his earlier pieces and current work, including a Jomom pot, as well as the work of his wife Pamella Annsouth at their home in Waikanae. Interviewer(s) - Mary Donald Accompanying material - Photocopy of Lighting the Candle: Amnesty Memoirs from the Kapiti Group; photocopy of Governor General Art Award; photocopy of art and exhibition cv; photocopy of photograph of a Middle Earth scene in the film Lord of the Rings showing Smisek's pots; page with name and illustrated title Potter to the Lord of the Rings; photocopies from Trade Me website showing examples of Smisek's Crown Lynn ware; photocopies from Studio Ceramics by Peter Lane showing Smisek's stoneware; photocopied excepts from New Zealand Potters: Their Work and Words edited by Doreen Blumhardt showing his stoneware. [with printed abstract] Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-015134 - OHC-015135 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Electronic document(s). 1.27 Hours and minutes Duration. 118 kilobyte(s). 3 Electronic document(s) (word docs). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5463, OHDL-000053. Search dates: 1925 - 2005

Date: 1989 - 1991

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CERAMICS-1989/1991

Description: Includes: 1989: Fran Dibble. Painted pots. Bowen Galleries, 11-15 December 1989. Green flier (2 copies) NZ Society of Potters 31st national exhibition. Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, 20 May - 18 June 1989. Catalogue Richard Parker. Green & gold [ca 1989]. Small green flier / strip Wellington Potters' Association Inc. Annual exhibition [guest potter George Kojis]. 17-28 April [1989]. Catalogue Merilyn Wiseman. Woodfired box, clay. Crafts Council of New Zealand (Inc). Index series no. 6 of 8 [ca 1989] 1990: Gavin Chilcott / Errol Barnes. Ceramics. Gregory Flint Gallery, Parnell, 30 November - 22 December 1990. Card Crafts Council Gallery. The edge of clay, 3-27 October [1990]. Preview 2 October [1990]. Card [NZ Society of Potters.] Return of clay. 32nd national exhibition. Nelson, 11-13 May 1990. Pamphlet Mirek Smisek, potter. Main Highway Te Horo Aotearoa New Zraland. Card 1991: An invitation to meet Michael Doulton ... at the launch of the Royal Doulton Exhibition 1992/93. National Museum of New Zealand, 21 September 1991. Invitation Paul Melser Pottery Wairarapa. Norfolk Road, Carterton RD1. 1991? Pamphlet (2 copies) Wellington Hospital Royal Doulton Mural Preservation Trust :There are two of these in the world. One set hangs in a children's war in London. The other's on the floor of a boiler room in Wellington [ca 1991] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 10, 21, and 24 March 2000

From: Czech immigrants oral history project

By: Smisek, Mirek, 1925-2013

Reference: OHInt-0473-02

Description: Quantity: 1 interview(s). Search dates: 2000 Number of interviews/events: 1

Date: 1993 - 1994

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CERAMICS-1993/1994

Description: Includes: 1990s?: Bloomsbury for decorative arts. 16 Majoribanks Street, Wellington. Card [1990s?] Tourist guide to Nelson potters [1990s]. Pamphlet 1993: Cone City Clay; the New Zealand Society of Potters 1993 diary Earth rhythms and wild singing; eight artists celebrate the centennial of Women's Suffrage in clay: Uli Christofferson, Bronwynne Cornish, Jenny Doole, Liz Earth, Diana Firth, Hilary Kerrod, Helen Mason, Helen Pollock. Pots of Ponsonby, 26 October - 13 November 1993. Yellow card Fisher Gallery. The Studio Ceramics Dinner Service Show. Pakuranga, 17 September - 17 October 1993. Card Points and penetrations; new ceramics by John Parker. Avid Gallery, 48 Victoria Street Wellington, 29 November - 11 December 1993. Card Potters of Greater Wellington; a tourist guide. Wellington Media Collective, 1993. Pure form; invited ceramic artists Cecilia Parkinson, Peter Shearer, Graeme Storm, Peter Collis, John Parker, Rick Rudd. Lopdell Gallery Titirangi, 27 March - 24 April 1993. Card Rolston's Reflections; sculptured plaster works by Sonya Corlett & Gregory Kerr, C/- Spellbound, Paekakariki Hill Road, RD 1 Plimmerton [1993]. Flier Royal Doulton; illustrated with treasures from New Zealand and Australia / Jennifer Quérée [1993]. Flier Wellington Potters' Association. 35th annual exhibition. [Majestic Centre], 19 April - 1 May 1993. Catalogue Christine Thacker & Volcanic cards. 1993 ceramic (liesize). Postcard [1993] 1994: Fisher Gallery. Review '94. "Urban heart"; ceramics by Sam Ireland, 13 January - 12 February 1995. Card (2 copies) Paul Melser Pottery, Wairarapa, Norfolk Road Carterton. Pamphlet / catalogue [1994?] (2 copies) Paul Melser Pottery, Wairarapa, Norfolk Road Carterton. Small folded pamphlet (2 copies) Mirek Smisek, OBE, potter. Biographer. Flyer Stevens Festival of European tableware. PO Box 111-312 Auckland 5 [1994]. Pamphlet Treasures of the Underworld; the New Zealand Expo exhibition from Seville Spain. Bold works in clay and glass by fourteen New Zealand artists. Exhibitour for Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa [1994]. Pamphlet Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1980 - 1984

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-CERAMICS-1980/1984

Description: Includes: 1980s: An Exhibition of Pottery by Ray Rogers (of Auckland). Antipodes Gallery, Wellington. An Exhibition of Pottery & Glassware by Nicholas Brandon & Tony Kuepfer. Antipodes Gallery, Wellington. Pots for the Eighties. Antipodies Gallery, Wellington. Includes potters - Keith Blight. Doris Dutch. Harley Gamble. Brian Gartside. Jim Greig. Barbara Hockenhull. Fairlie Rowe. Denis Rowe. Tony Stevens. Robyn Stewart. Graeme Storm. Howard Williams. 1980: John Parker: Recent Ceramics. Media, Karori, Wellington, 1 - 12 September, 1980? Springtime: An exhibition of garden pottery at Textures, Wellington, Monday 8 September 1980. Wellington Potters Association Annual Exhibition 1980 [entry form] Wellington Potters Association Inc: Charity Day, Cuba Mall, 18 October 1980. 1981: Auckland Studio Potters 18th Annual Exhibition 1981. Auckland War Memorial Museum 18 - 27 October 1981. Ceramix: First ever national pottery symposium and exhibition. Organised by the New Zealand Society of Potters Inc. Palmerston North Teachers' College, 19 - 22 January 1981. Exhibition Open Day. Mirek Smisek Pottery, Main Highway, Te Horo, 5 and 6 September 1981. Exhibition: Pottery by Geoff Clarke; Photographs by Warwick Smith; Cap-maker, Jay Davidson. Holloway Road Pottery, 19 - 20 December 1981. New Zealand Society of Potters Inc. [News letter dated 24 November 1981 circulating a letter from Sally Vinson to the parliamentary parties re their policy on a sales tax on craftspeople. Included are replies from the three parties involved]. Pottery: An exhibition by David Marden. The Crafsmans Quarters, Wellington, 8 - 19 December 1981. The Treasures of the Imperial Dynasties: Miniature vase collection (by Franklin Porcelain, Auckland). [Flyer advertising a collection of 12 miniature replicas of Chinese ceramics]. 1981. 1982: A review of Occupational Health Aspects of the work of Commercial and Hobby Potters in the South Island of New Zealand. Issued by the Occupational Health and Toxicology Branch, Department of Health, Wellington, 1982. Prepared by F W Darby. Dowse Art Museum (Lower Hutt): [News letter advertising events to be held at the museum during August and September 1982]. Touch: An exhibition of Ceramics to be Touched. Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, 22 July-20 August, 1982? Wellington Potters Pot-In. 28 Hanson St, Newtown, 3 April 1982. 1983: Exhibition: Recent work. Mirek Smisek Pottery, Main Highway, Te Horo, 6 and 7 August 1983. Hereford Fine China (Australasia) Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand. [Illustrated promotional brochure dated ca 1983]. John Papas Ceramic Works. Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington, 2-13 May 1983. New Vision Gallery: An invitation to the opening of a new ceramic gallery at 8 Durham Street East, Auckland. 7 October 1983. New Zealand Society of Potters: Taranaki 83. Flyer for a conference at an unidentified School in Taranaki]. Pottery: Residential summer workshop. Workshop leaders are Brian Gartside and Madeleine Findley. Tauhara Centre, Acacia Bay, Taupo, 7 - 14 January 1983. Town to Country: Ceramics by Doris Dutch. New Vision Gallery, Auckland, 21 August - 2 September. 1984: Porcelain Concepts: 1st National Porcelain Show. Antipodes Gallery, Wellington, 10 - 20 July 1984. The Potters Shop 324 Tinakori Road, Wellington. [News letter calling for support for longer opening hours, and promoting the theme `Round the Fountain.' 1983. The Potters Shop 324 Tinakori Road, Wellington. Office Gift Scheme: Gifts wrapped and delivered. 1984. The Potters Shop, 324 Tinakori Road, Wellington. Promotion for the `One off Pot' and raku fired pots. August 1984. The Potters Shop, 324 Tinakori Road, Wellington. [Flyer advertising new stock for 1984]. Water/Clay Exhibition. Wellington City Art Gallery, 21 August 1984. Wellington potters and watercolour painters join forces in a unique exhibition. Water/Clay: Painters and potters working together. Wellington City Art Gallery, 1984. Quantity: 30 catalogues, flyers, and one report. Physical Description: Printed catalogues and flyers, sizes varying up to 305 x 205mm Provenance: Donated at various times.

Date: Mar 1998-2 Aug 2008, 2011

From: Mason, Helen Wilmot, 1915-2014: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11191-42

Description: Contains correspondence from potters Doreen Blumhardt, [Mirek Smisek ?], Jenny Shearer, and John Lawrence. Also a letter from journalist Denis Welch, with his poem 'Grapefruit' attached. Papers include postcard, numerous greeting cards (including photographs of Blumhardt's work), examples of Lawrence's pots (ca 2001), a newspaper clipping of review of exhibition by potter Steve Martin, and a letter from Mason's daughter Julia Stuart with an annotation from Lawrence permitting his correspondence to be deposited and accessed in an archive. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, printed matter, typescripts

Date: [n d]

From: Arts Marketing Board of Aotearoa New Zealand : Records

Reference: 95-263-10

Description: The folder for Areta Wilkinson has a brochure, `Aoraki/Hikurangi' with biographical pieces on Cath Brown, Jacqueline Fraser, Ross Hemara, Peter Robinson, John Scott, Stephne Gibbs, Robert Jahnke, Robyn Kahukiwa, Baye Riddell, Ngapine Tamihana Te Ao and John Walsh Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1914-1992

From: Leov-Lealand, Christine, 1959- : Papers and recordings

Reference: MS-Papers-5620-2

Description: Comprises chronology of Macaskill's life, brief biographical notes, Oral History Project Agreements with Macaskill, Mirek Smisek, Sam Shocker, Ilse Macaskill, Roger Hall and Helen Macaskill, lists of questions for interviewees, description of project and notes towards this, correspondence (some photocopies) from Macaskill and Anne Maxwell, poem by Lealand, letter from Macaskill to Michael re his childhood, extracts from Macaskill's diary (1991), interviewee form for Jeanne Macaskill, invitation to Macaskill's 80th birthday, letter from Christabel Gibson and letter to Macaskill's father (1914), all towards Lealand's OH project on Macaskill Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Oral History Collection - One tape of Pat Macaskill, `Insight' (1971) and `Auckland - an outsider's view'.

Date: 1992

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- : Gordon Tovey Archive / Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: MS-Papers-7096-58

Description: Correspondence from interviewees and other sources of information on Tovey, re accuracy of their contributions to the draft biography. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2001

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to work and exhibitions by potters and ceramic sculptors in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CERAMICS-2001-01

Description: Photograph of a scene from Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of the Ring, showing guests at Bilbo's party seated at tables which hold ceramic tableware by Mirek Smisek. At top left is a sticker with Mirek Smisek's contact details. For a discussion of the making of the pottery, see http://www.newline.com/nlcauction/extras/lotr_smisek.shtml Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Laser print, on sheet 150 x 212 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mirek Smisek, Waikanae, in 2006.

Date: [ca 1990-2005]

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-9703-037

Description: Mainly correspondence relating to pottery. Includes copies of two letters to Rt Hon Douglas Graham (Minister of Arts and Culture) from Mirek Smisek, about creativity and anti-social behaviour Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1974

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1199

Description: Frames 1 to 6 show scenes in Maidstone Mall about the time of its opening in October 1974. The New World supermarket is partially visible in the background in frame one, with a woman standing at a cigarette stand in the foreground. Frames 3 to 6 show two young boys playing with a helium-filled balloon. Frames 7 to 12 were taken in an unidentified dealer gallery in Wellington. Shelves of New Zealand studio pottery possibly include works by Barry Brickell, and Mirek Smisek. Two works by artist Michael Smither are on the walls. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film