Review Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit – Michael Godfrey

First a disclaimer. I know the author. We’re Facebook friends and we’ve even met in unpixellated life. We worked on a common project without knowing each other, and met subsequently. Her coffee is great, and was it pecan pie? Something magnificent. Aotearoa New Zealand is a small country. So small. Years ago I worked in Rust Ave, Whangarei. I don’t suppose it ever occurred to me that it was named after someone (Alexander Rust) or that his descendant would be the subject of a book that I Read more [...]

Review – Anthea Grob – Ceramics Quarterly April 2015

Review - Anthea Grob

Review – Anthea Grob

A Review and New Information on Yvonne Rust, QSM

This combination of a review and an offering of information on the life and times of Yvonne Rust, recently recieved from John Ball, speaks for itself. The image shows detail of a large statue designed and created by Yvonne Rust with help in the construction from others, which stands at the entrance to the Quarry Arts Centre in Whangarei and is known as Spirit of the Quarry. 5 Feb 2015 Greetings Theresa, I write primarily to thank you for your wonderful book on the life of Yvonne Rust.  Read more [...]

Review Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit by Laurence Clark

People who were regarded as "Arty" and/or eccentric by the locals in the Whangarei Heads area were pretty well tolerated from at least as far back as the 1950s; sometimes with bemusement, but often as wise people in their own fields.  Though there wasn't much interest in those particular fields, the eyes of the locals would always light up whenever the names of these "characters" were mentioned. Yvonne Rust arrived suddenly, it seemed to me, in Parua Bay.  It was the early 1970s and I had Read more [...]

Review Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit by Shari Pickering

Yvonne Rust: Maverick Spirit by Theresa Sjoquist reviewed by Shari Pickering, Life Coach and Co-Owner of On the Edge Gallery in Whangarei, NZ - published in May-June News of On the Edge Gallery & Design. At the beginning I thought I was reading a book about Yvonne Rust.  By the end I knew I had read a book about the power of following one's daimon (or passion). Although I am an avid reader, biographies are not usually my topic of choice.  In the past I have found them to be dry, sometimes Read more [...]
Page 1 of 212
Copyright © Theresa Sjoquist