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Barry Brickell

The life and work of Barry Brickell

From Nine To Noon 1 May 2013

NZ potter, conservationist and railway enthusiast Barry Brickell moved to the Coromandel to teach high school in the 1960s. But less than a year later he abandoned teaching to set up a pottery studio and kiln on a property in Driving Creek.

Fifty years later he's become one of New Zealand's most important ceramicists and has restored hectares of native bush and created a wildlife sanctuary.

Barry Brickell drawing in the Asylum. Haru Sameshima photograph, 2012

Barry Brickell. Photo credit Haru Sameshima.

Barry Brickell and a new work in his studio/office Asylum, Driving Creek. Brickell’s ‘Stradivarius’ pottery wheel can be seen in the background. Haru Sameshima photograph, 2012

Driving Creek Railway and Potteries sign, entrance and ticket office. Haru Sameshima photograph, 2012

Sculpture garden from the section on Energy and Twisting Forms.

The tram museum at Driving Creek. Haru Sameshima photograph, 2012

The tram museum at Driving Creek. Haru Sameshima photograph, 2012

Energy and twisting forms

Indigeneity of the South Pacific.

Salt glazing

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