Helen Wilmot Mason MNZM (née Valentine; 1915 - 2014) was a New Zealand potter as well as the co-founder and editor of the New Zealand Potter magazine for which she also wrote. She was appointed to the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to pottery, in 2005.

She was born in Darfield in 1915, and grew up in Wellington. She became engaged to Malcolm Mason in 1938, and the couple married the following year. Helen Mason took up pottery in 1953, attending classes and purchasing a kiln. Over the next few years she met and worked with other New Zealand artists including potters Olive Jones, Barry Brickell, Len Castle and Doreen Blumhardt, and painter Colin McCahon, and by 1957 had exhibited and sold her first pot. In 1958, she and Blumhardt co-founded New Zealand Potter magazine, which Mason edited for nine years.

In the early 1960s Mason separated more...

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An Ainsley Mason bowl, porcelain. Flared thrown bowl form with…

Organic Flared Porcelain Bowl with Carved Detailing and Pastel Glaze

An Ainsley Mason bowl, porcelain. Flared thrown bowl form with organic carved detailing to one area of the lip. Glazed with pastel tones to the interior and a deep blue to the exterior, height 7 cm, depth 18 cm

An Ainsley Mason bowl, porcelain. Squared bowl form with…

Ainsley Mason Porcelain Bowl: Blue, Green, and Pale Purple

An Ainsley Mason bowl, porcelain. Squared bowl form with cut-out ring detailing to one area of the lip. Glazed with blue, green, and pale purple tones, height 5.5 cm, width 16 cm, depth 16 cm

A Helen Mason bowl, with maker's mark to base. Height 45 mm,…

Helen Mason Ceramic Bowl with Maker's Mark

A Helen Mason bowl, with maker's mark to base. Height 45 mm, width 110 mm, diameter 30 mm

A Steven Scholefield wall plate with Theo Schoon stamp design,…

Theo Schoon Stamp Wall Plate by Steven Scholefield

A Steven Scholefield wall plate with Theo Schoon stamp design, 2001, Rocket Pottery. Made from stoneware with impressed Theo Schoon stamps that were given to Helen Mason by Schoon. With impressed Rocket Pottery maker's mark, diameter 34.5 cm

Helen Mason wall plaque incised scallop shell forms with red,…

Polychrome Shell Wall Plaque by Helen Mason

Helen Mason wall plaque incised scallop shell forms with red, green and purple gloss polychrome glaze, impressed mark on reverse, 26 cm length

A set of Helen Mason cups, five pieces. With blue and red…

Helen Mason Striped Cups Set

A set of Helen Mason cups, five pieces. With blue and red striped glaze, height 7 cm, diameter 7.9 cm

A large Helen Mason sculpted slab form vase, pale blue/grey…

Helen Mason Sculpted Vase, 1981

A large Helen Mason sculpted slab form vase, pale blue/grey internal and dribbled glaze. Impressed potters mark and signed and dated 1981 to the base. Height 36 cm. Note: Helen Wilmot Mason MNZM (1915 - 2014) was co-founder, editor and writer for the New…

A Helen Mason bowl, with wax resist decoration. Impressed…

Helen Mason Wax Resist Decorated Bowl

A Helen Mason bowl, with wax resist decoration. Impressed makers mark to base, height 5 cm, depth 25 cm

Helen Mason Domestic Ware, comprising soup tureen, five soup…

Helen Mason Domestic Ware Set

Helen Mason Domestic Ware, comprising soup tureen, five soup bowls, three additional bowls and salt pig, all with impressed marks, of sizes

Helen Mason jug incised mark to base, 12.5 cm height

Helen Mason Incised Jug - 12.5cm Height

Helen Mason jug incised mark to base, 12.5 cm height

Helen Mason sculpted and glazed wall panel, approximately…

Circular Glazed Wall Panel by Helen Mason

Helen Mason sculpted and glazed wall panel, approximately circular with wire cut and applied sections, the centre with red and chun type glaze, old illegible label on reverse, diameter 32 cm.

Helen Mason, Stoneware plate, with wax resist decoration,…

Wax resist stoneware plate by Helen Mason

Helen Mason, Stoneware plate, with wax resist decoration, impressed potter's mark to the base, 2.5 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm

Ross Mitchell, Anyon teapot, impressed mark (minor frit to lid),…

Impressed Anyon Teapot from Helen Mason Collection

Ross Mitchell, Anyon teapot, impressed mark (minor frit to lid), Prov: Ex collection of Helen Mason

Helen Mason, teapot of ovoid form with raised tapered lid with…

Curvilinear Glazed Ovoid Teapot by Helen Mason

Helen Mason, teapot of ovoid form with raised tapered lid with flared knob end, wide waisted handle at right angle to spout, the trumpet form spout with frit chipping to edge, curvilinear glazed highlights to the purple red body, impressed potter's mark.…

Helen Mason, vase, 21 cm with Doris Dutch small dish, 13 cm dia…

Helen Mason Vase and Doris Dutch Dish Set

Helen Mason, vase, 21 cm with Doris Dutch small dish, 13 cm dia (2)

Helen Mason covered storage jar together with small casserole,…

Helen Mason Storage Jar and Casserole Set

Helen Mason covered storage jar together with small casserole, impressed marks (minor rim chip and base hairline crack)

Helen Mason, table bowl, impressed mark, 28.5 cm diameter

Helen Mason Impressed Table Bowl - 28.5 cm Diameter

Helen Mason, table bowl, impressed mark, 28.5 cm diameter

Helen Mason and Theo Schoon collaborative mug, with repeating…

Collaborative Puzzle Mug by Mason and Schoon

Helen Mason and Theo Schoon collaborative mug, with repeating stamped 'jigsaw puzzle' motifs in a band around the middle. Stamped marks by both makers under the handle. Height 95

June Black, puppet made of clay and copper, early 1960s, 8 x 26…

June Black's Clay and Copper Puppet

June Black, puppet made of clay and copper, early 1960s, 8 x 26 cm. Early Wellington potter who started Wellington Potters with Helen Mason

Steve Scholefield (Rocket Pottery), plate, decorated with…

Stamped Plate by Rocket Pottery (2004)

Steve Scholefield (Rocket Pottery), plate, decorated with stamps that Theo Schoon made/gave to Helen Mason who gave it to this artist, 2004, diameter 34.5 cm

Two Helen Mason bowls, hand-thrown, abstract dibbled glaze in…

Abstract Dibbled Glaze Helen Mason Bowls

Two Helen Mason bowls, hand-thrown, abstract dibbled glaze in dark red, dark olive and dark blue on a medium ground, impressed potter's mark to base of each. Diameters 210 and 23 cm

Paul Mason. Green patinated bronze vessel with gilded interior.…

Green Patinated Bronze Vessel with Gilded Interior

Paul Mason. Green patinated bronze vessel with gilded interior. Diameter 10 cm

Helen Mason, wall plaque entitled Cross Cut, impressed, mark,…

"Cross Cut" Wall Plaque by Helen Mason

Helen Mason, wall plaque entitled Cross Cut, impressed, mark, 29 cm width

A Helen Mason pottery bowl, hemispherical shape, decorated to…

Helen Mason Swirling Glaze Pottery Bowl

A Helen Mason pottery bowl, hemispherical shape, decorated to the interior with swirling Tenmoko and pale blue glazes on an ash ground. Ash exterior, impressed artist's mark. Diameter 25 cm