Allen Jowitt My love of fire drew me to kilns and clay when I was a teenager back in 1969 at Maoribank near Upper Hutt. There were not many potters around but Bob and Jo Munro who were building their pottery at Akatarawa were wonderful enthusiastic mentors. I drifted...
Briar Monro Briar Monro creates beautiful, hand-crafted pottery inspired by the beauty of Whangārei Heads, mid-century aesthetics, and Japanese wood-firing traditions. Her wheel-thrown, functional forms are created in short runs using 100% NZ clay and fired using...
Caitlin Osborne Caitlin is a potter making mostly wheel-thrown functional ware, with some hand-built and sculptural work. Her recent focus has been on wood-firing, glaze chemistry, and testing locally foraged materials to incorporate into her work. Her palette...
Kristin Kay Kristen Kay was originally from Auckland but migrated up to Whangarei around 2001. There she studied visual arts and obtained a bachelor degree specialising in ceramics. Her sculptural works are often very different from each other as she likes to...
Rosy & Rich Rosy & Rich is a partnership between Tai Tokerau artists Rosie Parsonson and Richard Darbyshire merging their skills in ceramics, painting, printmaking and sculpture which began in 2013. Our new collection will be smuggling its way out to...
