Historical information

Len CASTLE (23 December 1924 – 29 September 2011 )

Born Auckland, New Zealand



'My best work is when intuition and conscious choice come together successfully.'



Len Castle trained as a secondary schoolteacher and started making pottery in 1947. Initially self-taught, he was the first potter to be awarded a fellowship from the Association of New Zealand Art Societies, travelling to St Ives to work with Bernard Leach in 1956-57. He lectured at the Auckland Teachers' College until the early 1960s, before concentrating on making stoneware at Titirangi, New Zealand.



Len Castle was an artist in residence at the Gippsland Centre of Art and Design c1979.

Physical description

Press moulded bowl.

Gift of the artist.