Internet Banking Details

Bank:

National Bank of New Zealand

Branch:

Onehunga

Account Name:

Auckland Studio Potters Society Inc.

Account Number:

06-0996-0920949-00

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Centre Staff
Director	Managers
Renton Murray	Trien Steverlynck	Jo-Anne Raill

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Nadine Spalter

Committee
President	Vice-President
Peter Lange	Peter Scott
Since 1973 I have worked with clay in many forms. I have often needed help with these varied techniques and the ASP has been a huge part of solving pottery problems, whether I needed to build an experimental kiln or just chew the fat around the table with other experienced potters – it’s a great place to head to when there’s a new brainwave to follow up.	I have been involved with making pots since the later 1970s when I joined a nightclass in Farringdon, north London, then several years of potting in West England and a studio in Fulham, London. Back in NZ I did some classes with Peter Collis at the ASP. After a few years away I returned to the ASP 5 years ago. I attend Renton’s class and can be found on a kick wheel at the ASP most Saturdays.
Treasurer	Secretary
Michael Billington
I began potting about 7 years ago and joined the ASP about 4 years ago. I have completed the first year of the Diploma in Ceramics (part-time) and hope to return to it next year. This year I am taking a few classes at the centre and continue to pot at home. I have 3 children and a very tolerant husband.	I was “asked” to take a school clay class – after lesson three it became very evident I knew nothing and some urgent cramming was needed. At the ASP, two excellent teachers, Margaret Sumich and Renton Murray, gave me what I needed to cope with following 4 years of “clay classes”. For me the cheapest therapy in town and the love affair has never ended.

Graham Ambrose	I teach at ASP and focus on electric kiln pottery. For ‘light relief’ I enjoy both pit and raku firing. I am based in West Auckland and have a cat called Oliver who shows no aptitude at all for ceramics.	Lex Dawson	I was a full time potter in the seventies and eighties. After a couple of years as Director of the ASP, I became a full time lecturer in pottery and design at UNITEC. Since my retirement I have continued to make pottery at the ASP and enjoy taking a mentoring role, sharing my knowledge and experience with others working there.
Suzy Dunser	I am currently a student in the Ceramics Diploma programme. I have a Masters degree in Industrial Design, and in my previous life I was an architectural lighting designer. I am originally from New York, and since 1995 have lived in the Titirangi area with my husband Tom, and later our daughters, Erika and Katie.	Wally Hirsh	Adele and I began collecting New Zealand pottery over 40 years ago and now have a collection of 400 pots. I was President of the ASP for 8 years and I’m now a Life member. I began pottery classes just prior to my retirement 10 years ago and now have my own small studio - mostly domestic ware. I am currently President of the New Zealand Society of Potters Inc.
Vince KobyLarz	I discovered pottery 6 years ago and found I enjoyed pottery and potters. I hope one day to make a piece that comes out exactly as planned, am still living in hope and thankfully not holding my breath.	Stuart Newby	I first joined the A.S.P in 1978 and have potted on and off over the years. Initially I purchased Jeff Scholes’s pottery at Te Henga where he fired a wonderful wood fired kiln built by Warren Tippett. I currently work as a school counsellor in West Auckland and collect pottery.
Helen Perrett	I've been attending classes at ASP on and off for the past ten years and recently completed the Diploma of Ceramic Arts. I get quite obsessive about clay, I just love it. You will often see me around the studio with my dog Roxy, who has been sneaking into classes for her entire life.	Susan St Lawrence	Hopefully the skills I gleaned from my various careers will come in useful to ASP - I really believe that 96 Captain Springs Rd is a very special and valuable place for hundreds of people, and I'd like to help out so that it can continue to work and play well into the future. I'm in my final year of the Ceramic Arts Diploma and hope to continue on to Level 7 next year.

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