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Gavin Hitchings
Gavin John Hitchings (26 December 1937 – 21 August 2018) was a jeweller who lived in New Zealand. Early life Born in Woolwich, London, Hitchings grew up in Wales and moved to New Zealand in 1965 where he worked as an entomologist in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand). Jewellery In 1968 Hitchings trained in the workshop of Jens Hoyer Hansen Jens Høyer Hansen (14 July 1940 – 10 August 1999)Telford, Helen. ''Suter Art Gallery Magazine'', 7 April – 7 May 2000.The Jeweller's Mark: The Jens Hansen Workshop StoryThompson, Emma. ''The Prow'' 2009.Jens Hansen was a Danish-born jewelle ..., becoming a working partner in the business. In the mid 1970s founded his own workshop and along with Hoyer-Hansen was a foundation tutor at Nelson Polytechnic Institute.Telford, Helen. ''Suter Art Gallery Magazine'', 7 April – 7 May 2000.The Jeweller's Mark: The Jens Hansen Workshop Story He taught at Nelson Polytechnic between 1986 and 1995 and was the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 New Zealand Craft Artists
Helena Jeannette Schamroth (born 1945) is a New Zealand craft artist and author. Biography Schamroth was born in Kraków, Poland, just after World War II to two Jewish Holocaust survivors, but her milliner grandmother and shoemaker grandfather did not survive. The family emigrated to Australia and later moved to North Shore, Auckland, New Zealand. She served on the CreativeNZ Arts Board from 2000 to 2006. In the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours, Schamroth was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts. Art Schamroth makes textile arts, exhibiting primarily in Australia and New Zealand. In 2010 she was selected for the 13th International Triennial of Tapestry at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland. ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' A commission by Godwit Press led to ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' which won the Illustrative Arts Award and the E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction at the NZ Pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godwit Press
Godwit Press is a New Zealand publisher of non-fiction works, mainly of New Zealand arts, literature, and natural history. Initially founded in Auckland in 1989, the company was taken over by Random House New Zealand in 2000 and has since been its main non-fiction publishing arm in New Zealand. Godwit Press (frequently simply referred to as Godwit) has won several New Zealand book awards, as follows: ;New Zealand Post Book Awards *1999 Illustrative Arts Award winner and NZSA E.H. McCormick Best First Book Award for Non-Fiction - ''100 New Zealand Craft Artists'' ( Helen Schamroth) *2000 Lifestyle Award winner - ''The Gardener's Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Native Plants'' ( Yvonne Cave & Valda Paddison) *2002 Poetry Award winner - ''Piggy-back Moon'' (Hone Tuwhare) *2002 Lifestyle & Contemporary Culture Award winner - ''The Art of Tivaevae: Traditional Cook Islands Quilting'' ( Lynnsay Rongokea & John Dalley) *2003 Reference & Anthology Award winner - ''Spirit in a Strange Land: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woolwich
Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th to 20th centuries. After several decades of economic hardship and social deprivation, the area now has several large-scale urban renewal projects. Geography Woolwich is situated from Charing Cross. It has a long frontage to the south bank of the Thames river. From the riverside it rises up quickly along the northern slopes of Shooter's Hill towards the common, at and the ancient London–Dover Road, at . The ancient parish of Woolwich, more or less the present-day wards Woolwich Riverside and Woolwich Common, comprises . This included North Woolwich, which is now part of the London Borough of Newham. The ancient parishes of Plumstead and Eltham became part of the civil parish of Woolwich in 1930. Parts of the wards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Scientific And Industrial Research (New Zealand)
The Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) is a now-defunct government science agency in New Zealand, founded in 1926 and broken into Crown Research Institutes in 1992. Foundation DSIR was founded in 1926 by Ernest Marsden after calls from Ernest Rutherford for government to support education and research and on the back of the Imperial Economic Conference in London in October and November 1923, when various colonies discussed setting up such departments. It initially received funding from sources such as the Empire Marketing Board. The initial plans also included a new agricultural college, to be jointly founded by Auckland and Victoria University Colleges, Palmerston North was chosen as the site for this and it grew to become Massey University. Structure DSIR initially had five divisions: * Grasslands in Palmerston North * Plant Diseases in Auckland * Entomology, attached to the Cawthron Institute in Nelson * Soil Survey (later Soil Bureau) in Taita * Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Hoyer Hansen
Jens Høyer Hansen (14 July 1940 – 10 August 1999)Telford, Helen. ''Suter Art Gallery Magazine'', 7 April – 7 May 2000.The Jeweller's Mark: The Jens Hansen Workshop StoryThompson, Emma. ''The Prow'' 2009.Jens Hansen was a Danish-born jeweller who settled in New Zealand and did most of his well-known work in Nelson, New Zealand. Hansen was one of a number of European-trained jewellers who came to New Zealand in the 1960s and transformed contemporary jewellery in the country, including Tanya Ashken, Kobi Bosshard and Gunter Taemmler. He was the designer and creator of the prop ring used as The One Ring in Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' film trilogies. Life Born in Gram, Denmark, in 1940, Hansen moved to New Zealand with his parents and siblings in 1952. After undertaking a traditional jewellery apprenticeship at Sweeney's Jewellers in Auckland, he held his first solo exhibition at New Vision Gallery in 1960. He then returned to Europe and wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 Births
Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into February, leaving 1 million people homeless and 385 people dead. * January 15 – Spanish Civil War: Second Battle of the Corunna Road ends inconclusively. * January 20 – Second inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. This is the first time that the United States presidential inauguration occurs on this date; the change is due to the ratification in 1933 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution. * January 23 – Moscow Trials: Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center – In the Soviet Union 17 leading Communists go on trial, accused of participating in a plot led by Leon Trotsky to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime, and assas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Artists
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New Zealand Jewellers
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English Emigrants To New Zealand
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
