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

Early life

McGlashen was born in

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in 1949, the son of Muir McGlashen who served as

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from 1962 to 1974, and was educated at

Waimea College Waimea College is a co-educational secondary school in Richmond, Tasman District, New Zealand. Opened in 1957, the college has over 1500 students, and is the largest school in the top of the South Island. History Waimea College was established ...

Career

In 1966, McGlashen began a five-year apprenticeship with

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at Waimea Pottery. He moved to Australia where he worked at Montville Pottery in

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. In 1974, he travelled to South Africa and then on to England, working at Le Dieu Pottery in

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. He returned to New Zealand in 1975. In 1989, he began designing for Temuka Pottery.

Honours and awards

In 1983 and 1987, McGlashen won Merit Awards at the Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Awards. In the

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, he was appointed a

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, for services to pottery.

References

1949 births Living people Artists from Nelson, New Zealand New Zealand potters New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Waimea College {{NewZealand-artist-stub