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CERAMICIST JOY SMITHERS

Juggling life as a ceramicist alongside careers in modelling, acting and singing is not that common. But then Joy Smithers has not had a regular sort of life. The Sydney-based creative is perhaps...

CERAMICIST ROWENA HANNAN

Storytelling is an integral part of Rowena Hannan’s work as a ceramicist and teacher for the past 25 years. “Being brought up as a Catholic my childhood was full of stories about saints, these ofte...

CERAMICIST NATALIE ROSIN

“Ceramics is an interesting balance between tangible, tactile design and freedom of creation,” Natalie Rosin says. She came to it while studying architecture. Initially Natalie was enrolled in ...

CERAMICIST SANDRA BOWKETT

“From an early age I made, knitted, sewed and embroidered but to me these things were ephemeral and ‘use-less’,” says Sandra Bowkett. However, it was when she was introduced to ceramics towards the...

CERAMICIST MARYAM RIAZI

While Maryam Riazi studied fashion design and has worked as a design consultant and stylist, it is her interest in objects that has set her on a new path. Born in Iran, and raised in the city of Sh...

CERAMICIST JAN HOWLIN

“I’m not sure that you ever know if you’re on the right path with your career,” says Jan Howlin. “I only know that I have endless motivation for pursuing ceramics, and apparently endless patience -...

CERAMICIST ALANA WILSON

“I think the balance of creative aesthetic, technical knowledge and objectivity are what makes ceramics work for me,” says Alana Wilson. The Sydney-based ceramicist had an instant connection with t...

CERAMICIST MEL ROBSON

Even though she studied Modern Asian studies, and spent years working as a language teacher, it was when Mel Robsontook a pottery class that she knew instantly how she wanted to spend the rest of h...

CERAMICIST HELEN HAY

 “I love how the material changes from the raw state to the last firing, things can change quite considerably, and sometimes surprisingly,” says ceramicist Helen Hay of Kanimbla Clay. After graduat...

CERAMICIST ANNA EAVES

“There’s nothing like opening a kiln,” says Anna Eaves, a ceramicist from North Carolina in the USA. “People compare it to Christmas morning, but it’s better!” The first time Anna experienced it, s...