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Studio Ceramics and Original Prints by Linda Wigley at Puriri Grove Studio

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Linda started her creative journey at an early age, completing a two-year Art & Design Foundation Course in her home town of Sutton Coldfield in the U.K. She later studied Art History at Leicester University and following graduation, pursued a career in museums and historic built heritage, absorbing a rich source of decorative arts from the ancient to the contemporary. Linda has a post-graduate diploma in Museum Studies, is a Fellow of the U.K. Museum Association, and a Winston Churchill Fellow.  Recently Linda was shortlisted for two national awards the UKU Clay Awards 2024 for her Fern-Frenzie vase and the national Quarry Ceramic Awards 2024 for Ponga Tree Fern bowl. In 2023 Linda established Puriri Grove Studio in Rangitane, North Island New Zealand, where she is in her element creating hand thrown and sculptural ceramic works and prints, inspired by the bush backdrop to her workshop and the volcanic landscapes of her surroundings. Private commissions of one off ceramic works are undertaken on request. Linda’s great, great grandparents were potters working in the Stoke on Trent potteries in England, and she is delighted to be carrying on this ceramic tradition. 

Unique Studio Ceramics

In 2023 Linda established Puriri Grove Studio where she creates hand thrown and formed works, inspired by the bush backdrop to her workshop and the volcanic landscapes of her surroundings. 

All works are formed from New Zealand earthenware clays, some of which are sourced locally. 

Pieces are firstly bisque fired, then individually hand glazed before
receiving a final glaze firing. Linda mixes most of her own glazes and fires the work in her solar-powered electric kiln.

Linda is currently experimenting with the ancient technique of sprigging, popularised by the Wedgewood factory in the late 18th century, however taking on a more 2-dimensional effect.

Each piece Linda creates is unique in form and colour.

Original Limited Edition Etchings

Linda first explored printmaking at Art College in the 1970’s, and now specialising in copper plate etchings with added aquatint, on a Northland theme.

Linda uses copper and aluminium plates that are prepared, etched and aquatinted by hand using non-toxic chemicals. These single or double plates are individually printed on archival quality papers using a hand operated roller press at Wharepuke Print Studio.

All of Linda’s prints are original and hand printed in small, limited editions.

Featured Ceramics & Prints

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