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Crown Lynn: A New Cup of Tea

The thought of seeing your dinner set in a gallery is as laughable today as it was a century ago, yet the crockery of the 1950s will sit proudly in Wellington’s City Gallery for the next three months – along with some new additions.

Crown Lynn ceramics were manufactured in New Zealand between 1950 and 1970, and used in homes all across the country. From jaunty tea cups to the iconic swan vases, it was down-to-earth crockery for a down-to-earth nation.

After the closure of their Auckland factory in 1989, and the subsequent shift of ownership to Kuala Lumpur’s GBH Crown Lynn, the value of original Crown Lynn pieces rose steadily as they became less readily available. Last year Michael Hall, great-grandson of Crown Lynn founder Tom Clark (1916 – 2005), secured the return of the company to New Zealand soil and production of a contemporary line of dinnerware began from the new Wellington factory. Situated in the heart of Thorndon, Wellington Crown Lynn jumpstarted the crockery revival throughout New Zealand.

Owner of the Newtown Second-Hand Warehouse, Tracy Lewis, claims her store hasn’t seen a ceramic piece in months. “Every day we’re asked if there is anything in. Any plates or mugs or vases. It’s always the same reply – we’re completely cleaned out.”

Mrs. Lewis is a ceramics collector herself, though her collection is not limited to dinnerware.

“I love the little animals. Pigs and cows – my favourite! It’s so comforting to have and hold a piece of the past, but a little strange to think they were once brand new and hi-tech.”

Crown Lynn hunters will be hard pressed to find any original creations in their local warehouses, with collected pieces being valued at a minimum of $2000.

The largest collection of these original pieces will be shown at City Gallery in its latest exhibition The Crown Lynn Legacy (29 June – 24 September 2040).

Their previous showcase of Crown Lynn in 2011 pulled together characteristic pieces from the twentieth century, but curator Jack Lynch says this time around there are some fresh additions.

“We've included the latest dinnerware set from Wellington Crown Lynn; their first this year. It’s a bit of a change from the vintage collection and replicas, definitely a new chapter in the legacy.”

Though the new crockery may seem like a step away from the traditional, it has the potential to become a kiwi classic. Made from extra-thin translucent ceramic, the ‘Conch’ set utilises the latest customisation technology. Each piece begins as a flat sheet, which is then folded and stretched into whichever vessel is required. From one square of moldable ceramic any shape or size cup, plate, bowl or vase can be created, giving homemakers complete control over their dinner set.

Aroha Scott, Wellington Crown Lynn’s Chief Designer, explains that the collection is more than just crockery. “ Conch is a call back to the good old days of DIY New Zealand. We had a reputation for doing things our way, with the simplest of materials. This collection allows everybody to experience the feeling of creating something themselves; of getting back to a time when we could see, taste, touch, and smell our cuppa, and with Wellington becoming a more sensory capital it just makes sense.”

The Crown Lynn Legacy opens at City Gallery Wellington on the 29^th of June.

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Capital Chronic Article Edit

CAPTIAL CHRONIC: Raw cinematography expresses the process of an enhanced emersion into Social Networks.


CAPITAL CHRONIC
Abstract Documentary
5/5 STARS
IMDB Top Movies in History
www.imdb.hs.nz

In 2011 research commenced towards the creation of artificial biological networks of social interaction. This season, open for public experience in Virtual Reality Film theatres nationwide, you can experience it for yourself.

Today, in 2040, the Network has been around long enough to start to see some developing trends; conclusions have been reached and finalised in the field of wireless digital emersion. Behavioral patterns and traditions have formed in and around entry and exit points that are popular within the public arena. The digital community welcomed the injection of biological enhancements, which was an aid to a greater communication web, yet readily became reliant of them for existence.

The Capital Chronicle has partially funded the production of an abstract film based on the last 30 years of network addiction. This film has received countless awards and accolades from the film industry, including ‘Best Film’ at the 2040 Wellington film festival and a score of 96% on imdb.hs.com. The film expresses the notes of raw abstract in a crude nature that is thought provoking and said to be shown as if the audience is looking through the eyes of the addictive substance itself.

Capital Chronic opens in VRF theatres nationwide Thursday 28th June 2040.

Aspects of the film contain themes not appropriate for all viewers, including entry into and out of the network, metal/biological poisoning, blood batteries and social interaction throughout history within the city of Wellington. This is combined with the idea of the past + future life. Humans were used to show the networking on a basic biological level. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Mc Queen still making headlines from the grave

Harvest for McQueen, the new Footwear craze has become widely gossiped about after son of Marilyn Manson and Lady Gaga grew a new fashion icon! Fashion men globally have flown miles to the McQueen lab in Wellington to have the Harvest footwear attached to their soles. Men and women in the fashion community flash their new feathery colours from the red carpet of L.A to Paris fashion week. Iconic fashion designer Rick Owens tip-toes the streets in his new bones. Wellington’s Wearable arts community rejoice in their cities success becoming the new Fashion iconic city.

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Moccasin’s for Africa

Caption: Money may not yet grow on trees, but we are now growing shoes on feet.

The Red Cross foundation has funded an innovation of the Harvest leather skin sticker. Teaming up with scientists, the Red Cross has developed a cost effective production method to produce a self-grown pair of footwear for citizens in third world countries. Poverty stricken areas such as Eastern Africa, California and other western areas of the United States can now more adequately shoe their populous.

Statisticians have predicted that by 2045 the whole of California will be once again adequately protected from harmful nuclear fallout that infection their grounds in 2019. Although most of the debris was excavated and successfully removed it appears direct contact with certain areas has adverse effects over extended periods of exposure; and thus the Red Cross have been pushing to make foot wear in the region widely accessible.

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