(The Blind Potter).
Why are you here - NZ Studio Pottery. We all want the same thing, beautiful Studio pots from NZ Studio Potters, regardless if it's a well known NZ potter or someone who is starting out.
Anyone who can create a pot from start to finish either in a home studio or a workshop in a potters class, is a potter regardless if the pot is to your liking or not. As we all know this is what we love to do, collect NZ Studio pots or create them for others to adorn and collect .
My love of ceramics all started with me collecting studio pottery many years ago, I have a passion for the forms that are created from the raw clay and complexity of glazes made into something aesthetically pleasing and the shapes that a perfectly imperfect.
So, I started potting around 2019 and I brought my first wheel, Kiln and batch of chemicals and now I can’t stop, I pot as much as I can between all of life’s other inputs. I am heavy influenced by the master potters both local and international, I’m not going to mention names as there are far too many to mention and I do not want to offend if I miss someone out but looking at their pots and creations make me strive to be able to pot as good as them one day.
I have a passion for Japanese ceramic shape the forms are I want my forms to be functional and to bring beauty to our living spaces.Japanese potters have given me a huge amount of inspiration, to go within myself and grasp the concept of the form or design that I am creating.
I believe that the clay talks to you and you become more attuned to let if form what it wants to become so that the clay and I work together better. It is like a long relationship that will develop over time. I love pottery in all of forms, and the process from digging the clay from the ground to firing in my home-made gas kilns, and the glazes that have be honed over the years to the high sheen and complexity of the chemical compound that melt and blend together the process of fire.
My work is my opinion of the different forms that the clay will become, I use objects/shapes and forms from our common environment altering and reshaping from my mind’s eye. I am passionate and dedicated to what I do and am inspired by people and the world around me. My work blends the Japanese shape and form, I enjoy the process of making pots and most especially love fostering this passion in others. I love the throwing, trimming, glazing, firing and finally, unloading the kiln. sharing of this knowledge is so important and brings me great joy.
The potting process is like a journey of the Earth’s resource's from the clay that you craft and the chemicals that are used during this process. Pottery are the wares that are made by potters and come in many shapes or forms, either made from porcelain or clay.
Clay has been used in nearly all ancient civilisations throughout the world to make all types of vessels for use in their daily lives.
Many archaeological sites from around the world have found some remains/remnants of the use of clay in ancient civilisations , as once the clay has been fired it will not degrade or breakdown back to its natural state even though it is made from a fully organic material.
There is a comprehensive list of NZ studio potter marks on the site as well thanks to all who made this possible
