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DESIGNER MANDY SIMPSON

“After several trips to Japan I fell in love with the uniqueness of handmade ceramics - I have a deep respect for highly-skilled craftsmanship and seeing and touching a beautifully made ceramic obj...

CERAMICIST IVY WEINGLASS

Ivy Weinglasshas a long creative curriculum vitae. She has and continues to variously call herself an artist, stylist, set and production designer. But two years ago, after receiving the gift of a ...

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 + INTERIOR DESIGNER OLGA FRADINA

Olga Fradina started her working life as a graphic designer for a newspaper in her native Ukraine but after time was ready for a change. She migrated to work as an interior designer after she gaine...

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...