Kamaka pottery

Our current issue includes a feature on vases, and while we like everything stylist Trudie Kroef sourced for the shoot (the photographs were taken by Toaki Okano), a particular favourite is the vase in the centre of this image, designed by the late Estelle Martin of Hawke's Bay's Kamaka pottery (the vase on the left is by Jonathan Adler from Askew, while the yellow bowl at right is by Campbell Hegan from Masterworks).<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491672976616891922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMtEEA99Fn2JsDRxNEFyII15rJGTt-H_JlizrMcP3r0C3_yFnAemf-TtNn4RMV0g2DPonJLN2NeV5MVnDFdS2zlw2Ft0k-Cb8pchnKc768S6pc92bRUFxfzith1K5tTlvCZu7b4Ts3VSTG/s400/Kamaka+vase.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />Estelle and her husband Bruce travelled frequently to Japan in the 1970s, where they learned the art of wood-fired anagama pottery. Their work has won many national awards and featured in major exhibitions. Bruce still lives in the couple's Hawke's Bay home (designed by John Scott), where he sells works of his own and Estelle's, and writes <a href="http://anagama-nz.blogspot.com/">this blog</a>. We featured Bruce and Estelle's West Coast bach (also by John Scott) in the magazine's December/January 2010 issue, and on our blog at this link <a href="http://homenewzealand.blogspot.com/2010/01/john-scott-bach.html">here</a>. If you're in Hawke's Bay, Bruce's studio is a very special place to visit.

Kamaka pottery

Our current issue includes a feature on vases, and while we like everything stylist Trudie Kroef sourced for the shoot (the photographs were...

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John Scott bach

<div><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426816966841685042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsk4bsyrbphZiKr3VMFjVO5FIbFH8-mstUOE7IlnVXQh66PmPJ4LW8qGKrpa7S5Fjwr78vnDwbTUxWpxFiJEFSHm5bZn9rGtswkVASbiuxIEdzDBhOoTrsgLbHynYI-knChknAfs6GHKa/s400/Martin21.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" />One of my favourite houses in our current issue is the bach that the late John Scott designed for Bruce and Estelle Martin and their family near Hokitika (that's the model on Scott's original drawings in the image above). My parents live near Bruce and Estelle's house in Hawkes Bay, also designed by John Scott, and we often visited and bought pottery from them when I was a child. For me, John Scott's work has a magical combination of modesty and confidence, a quiet cleverness that is abundantly evident in the bach, which was photographed by Paul McCredie. Here's a view of the exterior:</div><br /><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426816771946728738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgliTscDYGmXG1zGHD4XMlIUcrgbIc6oX0u96NPSgQhxt5nPoB1vnu02GWxFnO9NuM75ZF24bHOf-r9Q3T6CNf2yzQP3O6GBMqKFZyFfsKYytmuPz72-ZbKS_MgWoPJP7mNz2ftOCeJudMJ/s400/Martin6.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /><br /><div>And this is the living area upstairs:<br /><br /></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426816047528143442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg84IYZTI5EXxAoHUPtoyqQ2mHuBKBrc4gt2isbG01ix6Dgd_BATM0yQgL_VfypTIMlSdf4ae1j6QDeEmSZy90LMmD0fyavcA79OHiXp6JEczQaNr1Ivjz2Lmp-NUMyhLnHORkzOmx7Uasm/s400/Martin1.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" /><br />This is a favourite shot of mine that we couldn't squeeze into the layout in the magazine. It has a beautiful stillness to it. It was taken on the ground floor of the bach, looking towards the stairwell. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426818390003980930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi604BBHHUwHQXcMhuoVrM-GItn9oT8jkPXaDwEVhLqiJL9Y9hZLUQkRLlW5_t2PduhXgzIE8EFCugawISfTPMIIwcV8IyVsWRgIydfqKefB75OyrLCEmJuyFmly3aMt5LtxOs1V1L0QcON/s400/Martin25.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" /></div><div>Bruce and Estelle's son Craig Martin helped us a lot in producing our story about the bach. He also has an excellent website featuring many of John Scott's other works, which you should check out if you're interested. It is <a href="http://www.johnscott.net.nz/">www.johnscott.net.nz</a>. It's a fantastic resource for anyone curious about this hugely accomplished New Zealand architect. </div></div>

John Scott bach

One of my favourite houses in our current issue is the bach that the late John Scott designed for Bruce and Estelle Martin and their family ...

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