Jack Laird (potter)

Jack Denis Laird OBE (29 August 1920 – 7 August 2009) was a New Zealand potter.

For the American television producer, writer, director and actor, see Jack Laird.

Jack Laird

OBE
Born
Jack Denis Laird

(1920-08-29)29 August 1920
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Died7 August 2009(2009-08-07) (aged 88)
New Zealand
Alma materChelsea School of Art
University of London
Known forPottery
Spouse(s)
Peggy Marjorie Biggerstaff
(
m. 1943)

Early life

Laird was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, on 29 August 1920.[1] He married Peggy Marjorie Biggerstaff in 1943. Following World War II, he studied illustration and graphic design at the Chelsea School of Art on an ex-serviceman's scholarship, and began to specialize in pottery while undertaking postgraduate study at the University of London. In 1953, Laird moved to Jersey where he taught art at a grammar school. In 1959, he emigrated to New Zealand to teach extramurally, based in Palmerston North, at Victoria University of Wellington.[2] He became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1975.[1]

Pottery in Nelson

In 1964, the Lairds established Waimea Pottery in Richmond, New Zealand, near Nelson. There, Laird trained a generation of Nelson potters, including Royce McGlashen, Darryl Robertson, John and Anne Crawford, and Laird's son Paul.[2] At its peak Waimea Pottery employed 17 potters.[3] Later, Laird designed tableware for Temuka Pottery.[2]

In the 1984 New Year Honours, Laird was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to pottery.[4]

Laird died in 2009.[2]

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References
  1. "New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. Gibbs, Peter (22 August 2009). "Master craftsman of the clay". Nelson Mail. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  3. "Nelson pottery". The Prow. Nelson Public Libraries. 2009. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  4. "No. 49584". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1983. p. 34.
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