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Author Baye Riddell (Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare), author of Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists, recently shortlisted in the Ockham New Zealand....

Baye Riddell: biography and 10 questions about Ngā Kaihanga Uku

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Place of birth:Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne (region)/New.

Author Baye Riddell (Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare), author of Ngā Kaihanga Uku: Māori Clay Artists, recently shortlisted in the Ockham New Zealand.

Many of his art works are derived from Papatūānuku, they appear to be literally pulled up from the earth, he often works with uku - clay from.

Born August 10, , Baye spent his 39th birthday this year in an exotic, yet familiar setting 7 working with pueblo Indian potters in Arizona and New Mexico.

Photo by Norm Heke

Baye Pewhairangi Riddell (Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare) became a full-time potter in 1974, the first Māori artist to commit to this profession. In 1986, with Manos Nathan, he was a co-founder of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, the national Māori clayworkers’ collective.

In 1989 he and Nathan were awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to establish an exchange with Native American artists. He was awarded the Creative New Zealand Craft/Object Fellowship in 2011.

Q1: At the start of the book you mention how one of the co-founders of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, the late Manos Nathan, stressed the need for a book to set down the amazing story of the Māori clay movement since you held the first hui way back in 1987.

He was a member of the Trust Board of the Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui (), and a member of the New Zealand Ceramic Heritage Trust (

Was it much more of a challenge than you could have imagined?

Manos and I had discussed the need for an accurate account of the development of Kaihanga Uku . . . a book. We discussed poss