• Central North Island | July / August Updates

    Driving Creek Updates: Upcoming Workshops with Shinsuke (Jackie) Iwami and Callum Trudgeon We are thrilled to announce that renowned Japanese potter Shinsuke (Jackie) Iwami will teach a 5-day course on Large Plate Making Using a Slow-Speed Pottery Wheel at Driving Creek in October. For Iwami-san, pottery is a way of exploring how to live –…

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  • Otago Southland July/August

    NamSook Chang & Danijela Piculjan In June Dunedin School of Art Gallery presented NamSook Chang (Korea), Danijela Piculjan (Croatia) and Friends with work created during their DSA residency. NamSook Chang Danijela Piculjan Milford Galleries Queenstown: 18 July – 17 August Otago Potters Group OPG has a fabulous new website! Check it out here  The Otago…

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  • AUCKLAND Tāmaki Makaurau update – July / August 2026 Ceramic Events

    Auckland Region Pottery Suppliers: Bot Pots CCG Clay Centre Glass Station Just recently at The Arts House Trust’s new series: In Conversation, I had the pleasure of listening to a dialogue between Sue Gardiner, the Chair of the Chartwell Charitable Trust and Peata Larkin, our esteemed judge from the 61st CNZ National Exhibition. In this…

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  • Te Whanganui-a-tara | Wellington-Western region update: July-August ’26.

    Kia ora members and friends of Ceramics New Zealand First, I want to celebrate and acknowledge the work and contribution of uku artist, Baye Riddell, recently recognised in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours – Baye Riddell, ONZM, for services to Māori clay art. Baye Riddell (Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare) became a full-time potter in…

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  • Te Tai Tokerau/ Northland July/Aug 26

    Taus Ceramics – Kerikeri Next weekend I’ll be running my first ‘Fun With Plaster’ workshop. Students will make and modify simple tile moulds. They’ll learn about pouring plaster as well as using press moulds to make tiles and sprigs. www.taus.co.nz/workshops#funwithplaster I will also be running a two day mould making course at Driving Creek in…

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