Marea Gazzard has been an influential ceramic artist in Australia from the late 1950's, consistently making hand build forms, and more interested in eg. Cycladic and pre-Columbian pottery than in other prevailing aesthetics. She was influential in setting up the Crafts Council of Australia, and was the first chair of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, president of The World Crafts Council and a Trustee of MAAS. Much recent work has been in bronze. She is also represented in the collection by a number of works from her important 1973 exhibition 'Clay + Fibre'.
This file also includes correspondence between Marea Gazzard and Lucie Rie from 1963 - 1993. The correspondence was donated by Marea Gazzard in October 2000. The following files also includes copies of the correspondence: Lucie Rie 97/263, 90/1074, 87/1365. Copies have also been included in the curatorial research files of Lucie Rie and Marea Gazzard.
Marea Gazzard has been an influential ceramic artist in Australia from the late 1950's, consistently making hand build forms, and more interested in eg. Cycladic and pre-Columbian pottery than in other prevailing aesthetics. She was influential in setting up the Crafts Council of Australia, and was the first chair of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, president of The World Crafts Council and a Trustee of MAAS. Much recent work has been in bronze. She is also represented in the collection by some major works from her 1973 exhibition with Mona Hessing, Clay + Fibre.
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