19世纪,新西兰成为欧洲人的殖民地,制陶业也由欧洲传入新西兰。在19世纪70年代,基于建设发展的需要,新西兰开始生产大量的排水管、砖瓦等陶制品。1920年布瑞嘉·卡德娜(Briar Gardner)在观察了陶制管道和砖瓦厂的生产后,便沉迷于陶土和手拉坯转轮之中。她建立了自己的工作室,制作一些陶器,在砖窑里素烧之后,加上装饰图案,涂上金色亮漆。1925年,她举办了第一次个展。1934年,罗博特·弗尔德(Robert Field)和奥丽芙·简妮丝(Olive Jones)在完成了英国的艺术教育后返回新西兰,相继建立了各自的工作室。 早期的陶艺家们大多是通过英国人伯纳德·李琪(Bernard Leach)1939年出版的《传统制陶技法》一书而自学的。伯纳德自幼随家人居 In the 19th century, New Zealand became a European colony and pottery was also introduced from Europe into New Zealand. In the 1870s, New Zealand began to produce large quantities of pots, such as drains and tiles, based on the needs of construction and development. In 1920 Briar Gardner, after observing the production of pottery pipes and brick factories, was indulged in the clay and hand cast blanks. She set up her own studio, made some pottery, burned in the brick kiln, with decorative patterns, painted gold lacquer. In 1925 she held her first solo exhibition. In 1934, Robert Field and Olive Jones returned to New Zealand after completing arts education in the United Kingdom and set up their own studios one after another. Early potters were mostly self-taught by the book “Traditional Pottery Techniques” published by the Englishman Bernard Leach in 1939. Bernard with his family since childhood