The day before he was due to received his ONZM at the Governor General's house last month, potter Ross Mitchell-Anyon passed away.
His niece Milly Mitchell-Anyon is a curator at Whanganui's Sarjeant Gallery. She was already working on an exhibition of the pottery that he'd given his parents over five decades, much of which has now been gifted to the gallery.
The exhibition is called The Pool Room - named after a scene in the family's favourite film, The Castle.
Milly's curated another show for the Sarjeant that's opening at the same time. Testing Ground looks at the future of craft, working with a range of contemporary craft artists.
But Lynn Freeman starts by talking about The Pool Room, and Milly's connection with her Uncle Ross's pottery:
The Pool Room and Testing Ground open at the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui on the 18th of June.
