Category: Australian Ceramics
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Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics
Beyond the hustle and bustle of Margaret River’s main street lies a gallery with country charm. Just ten minutes drive from town, in a beautiful bush setting, Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics produces some of the most unique contemporary ceramics in the region.Operating since December 1991, Dilkes-Hoffman Ceramics is a family-run business focusing on the production of high…
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Spiral Earth Pottery
These ceremonial ceramics are made with the intention of inviting presence. Through the curiosity and delight of playing with earth, water, fire, and air, the clay vessels alchemise into form for the functional use of presence practices, such as tea ceremony, cacao ceremony, and other medicinal rituals. The land on which these pieces are created…
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Shut Up & Relax Ceramics
“I don’t have time for this” was my first thought when diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014.Post breast cancer treatment, I had to figure out exactly what I did have time for. It certainly wasn’t my previous career. My brain seemed to have rewired itself and sought more creative pursuits instead. So, Shut Up &…
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Bec English Ceramics
Bec English started creating ceramics in June 2021 and quickly fell in love with the craft. Working from her studio in Red Hill Brisbane, Bec creates functional and decorative stoneware that is designed to add beauty to our daily lives. Our collection includes a broad range of products from earrings to vases, dinnerware and serveware.…
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Rhiannon Gill Ceramics
My story is a pretty simple one. After falling in love with clay, I decided to give up my day job to pursue ceramics full-time.I am largely a self-taught ceramicist, practicing my craft in my workshop in Wollongong, situated on Dharawal land. Nestled between the mountains and the sea, this picturesque surrounding inspires my pottery.…
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Brooke Clunie
Potter and Maker, Brooke Clunie can be found along with the hum of her wheel at Red Door Studio and Gallery, overlooking rolling hills and farmland in the Byron Bay hinterland. Thrown on the Potters wheel and individually decorated and glazed, Brooke’s ceramic vessels celebrate space, vitality and imagination. Choose from Brooke’s restful glazes and…
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Clay by Tina
I took up pottery in late 2014 and learned the craft from Julian Centofanti and the wonderful team at Carlton Arts Centre. The mindful act of creating something from nothing makes pottery one of those things that has captured my imagination fully. Combined with my enthusiasm for plants and colour, my ceramics offers an insight…
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Happs Wine and Commonage Pottery
Founded in 1978, Happs and Commonage Pottery has a long and inspiring story as one of the pioneering, family-run wineries and pottteries in the Margaret River region.Our story begins with two local high school teachers, Erl and Ros Happ who fell in love in 1969. This young, passionate, adventurous couple had boundless enthusiasm and drive…
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Mullum Clayworkers
Mullum Clayworkers are a community-based collective of 50 potters producing a diverse range of ceramic works from functional to sculptural. The Studio provides an open workspace for both individual and collaborative creation while the Gallery offers the opportunity to showcase and sell artworks to the public.Mullum Clayworkers Studio and Gallery aims to be a dynamic,…
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Earthen Gems Ceramics
Having grown up on Aotea (Great Barrier Island) of Aotearoa, I’ve wandered my way from NZ’s rolling hills to Australia’s coastal paradise in the Northern Rivers.After studying in a local school in Sydney I now have my own studio to create and share.Working with clay has taught me so much about myself, and life.Creating Earthen…
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North Coast Ceramics
North Coast Ceramics (NCC) sustains a community of professional ceramic artists who live and work on the North Coast of New South Wales.NCC provides opportunities for Members to interact with the public and to exhibit their work during three main annual events. These are the popular Mud Trail (August) celebrating twelve years and the Pre-Xmas…
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Jenn Johnston Ceramics
I am a ceramist, living on Bundjalung Country, in Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia.I discovered my passion for clay after a career in health research and policy. I was hooked after the first class I took, and over the next few years worked hard to develop my skills, build my home studio, and establish relationships with wholesalers,…
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Keramika
“My work is inspired by my love of nature and the connection to the land, by a sense of place and a sense of just being. I love the exploration of my heritage and a sense of belonging.” Expressing a love of the natural world, Tali Cohen Flantz work is an endless exploration of texture,…
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Ochre Ceramics
I believe we hold onto our most treasured possessions for life, they become the totems for our memories and milestones. A precious pair of gold hoops, gifted to us for our 30th birthday. A beautiful handmade ceramic vase passed down from our grandmother. It is so important to me that Ochre’s pieces nurture those same…
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Cathy Franzi
Dr Cathy Franzi is an award-winning visual artist interested in expressing scientific and environmental knowledge through the representation of Australian flora on ceramic form.Franzi has held sixteen solo and participated in more than thirty group exhibitions and is represented by Sabbia Gallery in Sydney and Beaver Galleries in Canberra. Her work is held in public…
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Katherine Mahoney Ceramics
I’m lucky enough to have a studio tucked away at the bottom of my Sydney garden, a wooden cabin that houses my wheels and glazes. There, among tranquil, leafy surrounds, I create my hand-thrown ceramics. The shelves are bustling with pots at all stages of the making process, clambering for my attention. My kiln hums…
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Mudlarks Studio
Here at Mudlarks we’ve been bringing fun to pottery classes since 1997. The human connection to clay is fundamental and we tap into that to help you tap into your creativity. Class sizes are limited, with a maximum of 6 students in each.Small classes mean you get to know each other quickly which adds to…
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Oshala Earthforms
Oshala was born in 2021 with a vision for beautiful earth conscious products, eco-friendly alternatives to body adornments & functional household items.A creative exploration of organic modern art that represents the earth and her forms, the art directly influenced by immediate surroundings and curated from nature itself.Oshala works with a range of textiles, plants, wild…
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Sandy Lockwood Ceramics
My relationship with clay began in 1975. This creative medium immediately attracted me through the raw and direct tactile experience it offered. I initially worked in a pottery production studio, and then continued my training by studying ceramics full time at East Sydney Technical College.I make woodfired saltglazed ceramics, both tableware and sculptural work, in…
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Upcycled Glassware
Upcycled Glassware promises to find new value in the discarded, while celebrating the circular economy of recycling and upcycling.Using existing materials, responsible production methods and sustainable practices, Upcycled Glassware’s mission is to contribute to a growing movement toward sustainable living and mindful consumption.We take a considered approach to each piece or batch we create. Whether…
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Melting Pot Glass
Australian hot glass artist, Gerry Reilly, creates handmade blown art glass from his renowned Melting Pot Glass Studio in Margaret River Wine Region.After 23 years as a public demonstration studio and gallery, Gerry and his partner Margot Edwards have closed their main street gallery and built a new home studio in Summer 2014. They have…
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Glass by Emma Klau
Emma Klau graduated from the University of South Australia in 2007 with a Visual Arts degree specialising in hot glass. Since the early stages of her glass education, Emma’s love of large vessel blowing and her inspiration to create organic forms has been evident in her work. She went on to work in Max Klubals…
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Cantara Australia
Cantara Australia is committed to sourcing unique gifts made from high quality wool by some of Australia’s most skilled artisans and manufacturers.Founder Rachel Giles’ life-long passion for all things wool goes back multiple generations to her great-grandfather, George Jeffrey, Founder of Wool-Classing in Australia.In a further twist of fate George’s son, George Jeffrey went on…
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Mission Glass
Mission Glass was created from our desire to contribute to reducing the number of glass bottles that end up in landfill. Currently, Australia imports 51% of its glassware from China, the glass used in their production often has a higher melting point than local glass, which renders it non-recyclable and creates more landfill.Mission Glass is…