Background
He was born in New Brunswick, Canada, in 1952 and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in 1959.
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Peter Alger
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In 1968, he became apprenticed to potter Warren Tippet in the Coromandel.
Career
He established his own pottery studio in Northland in 1970. His identifying potter’s mark, as registered with the New Zealand Society of Potters, was from 1969 to 1975 the shape of a clover, and from 1975 onwards a stylized fish image. In 1993, the Northland Craft Trust and the QEII Arts Council granted him a one-year artist residency at The Quarry in Whangarei.
Achievements
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In 1992, he won the Norsewear Art Award with his stoneware work Elemental Bowl and was listed as a Finalist in the New Zealand Society of Potters Easter Show Award Exhibition. In 1992, he was also awarded a Certificate of Merit at the Cleveland Ceramics Awards. In 1994, he won the Glenfalloch Award at the Cleveland Ceramics Awards.
