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Art week a hit for sculptor

By John Maslin
Whanganui Chronicle·
20 Mar, 2016 07:43 PM3 mins to read

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Sculptor Raymond de la Haye was showing off a recent work commemorating the Battle of Moutoa as part of the Open Studios week.PHOTO/STUART MUNRO

Sculptor Raymond de la Haye was showing off a recent work commemorating the Battle of Moutoa as part of the Open Studios week.PHOTO/STUART MUNRO

When sculptor Raymond de la Haye opted to be part of Artists Open Studios Whanganui he had little idea what he was letting himself in for.

But yesterday, after a week of showing his work, he couldn't wait to be a part of it again next year.

Mr de la Haye and his partner, painter Tejomani Earl, have been showing their works at their Flemington Rd home and he said the two weekends of the open studios had been exceptional.

"It's blown me away. This is my first time but Tejomani has done it a couple of times. And the comments have been really positive," he said.

He has all but sold out of the artworks he had up for sale.

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"I've only got two or three pieces left," said Mr de la Haye.
He had also picked up commissions from the hundreds of people who streamed through their property.
"We had over 260 last weekend and over 130 yesterday, and today's tracking along about the same. It's been phenomenal."

Mr de la Haye said while locals made up the majority of visitors, they welcomed people from Auckland, Tauranga, Taupo, Wellington and Blenheim. And those commissions had come from buyers in Palmerston North and the capital.

He said that on the strength of what had happened last week he was a definite starter for next year.

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"My work is pretty varied, a sort of mythical and Gothic mix, but I'll have a lot of other work on show next year. If it's anything like this year, I'll have to have more works for sale."

He makes many of his initial sculptures out of clay then takes moulds of some to reproduce them in concrete. Self-taught, he has only been doing this artform for the past four years.

He and Ms Earl were among more than 100 artists working in 64 studios who opened their doors to the public for Whanganui's biggest annual art event.

Open Studios co-ordinator Serena Siegenthaler-Brown said she had received positive feedback from studios and visitors. She said she had been worried about the impact the Womad festival in New Plymouth might have on the open studios event but that proved groundless.

"In fact, we had visitors from New Plymouth saying they'd come here because they wanted to get away from that," Ms Siegenthaler-Brown said.

She said firm data on the impact of the event would be available in the next few days.

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