Updates from DCR: Off The Rails Exhibition With the arrival of autumn, Driving Creek shakes off the summer fire ban and all the potters get very excited, as the smell of wood smoke returns to the air! The pottery team kicked off the first of the wood firings this year with a group firing in…

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Easter Weekend Exhibition Opening and Seconds Sale Following the success of our first Off the Rails exhibition in 2025, we’re excited to bring you this year’s show in the Driving Creek Gallery. Featuring fresh work from our team, it will run for four weeks over Easter. The show opens on Thursday, 2 April at 6pm.…

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Ngā Kaihanga Uku & Friends at Driving Creek, November 2 – 9 Driving Creek is thrilled to welcome Ngā Kaihanga Uku (the Māori Clay Artists Collective) and friends for a week of workshops, talks, and an exhibition opening from 2 – 9 November. Visiting artists include Baye and Gemeaux Riddell, Wi Taepa, Carla Ruka, Dorothy…

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Driving Creek Pottery Ahi Kaa: Ngā Kaihanga Uku and Friends Return to Driving Creek, November 2025 We are thrilled to announce that Ngā Kaihanga Uku (the Māori Clay Artists Collective) and friends will be returning to Kapanga to rekindle their long-standing relationship with Driving Creek. The rōpū will be at Driving Creek from November 2…

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Driving Creek Pottery A History of the Residency Programme Kia ora from Driving Creek Pottery. The winter weather is well and truly set in here, and we’ve been keeping it at bay with regular woodfirings. Our artists in residence have been firing the Phoenix kiln every other week, and it’s always a delight to see…

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Bethlehem Pottery Club Several members have entered “A Potters Mark” collaboration exhibition hosted by Rotorua Potters. A few of our members won prizes last year, so we are super-excited to see how they do this year. Good luck everyone! This is the last month of our financial year, and we are looking forward to see what the next year…

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50 Years of Driving Creek Next date: Friday, 01 November 2024 | 12:00 AM to Sunday, 03 November 2024 | 11:59 PM Join us from November 1st to 3rd to celebrate 50 years of Driving Creek Pottery. A weekend full of talks, firings, and food planned and would love to share it with as many of…

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Kia ora,Matilda here from Driving Creek Pottery. As the days continue to get shorter, the Driving Creek trains keep on chugging and the pugmill keeps on pugging. We’ve had potters from all around the country visit to take part in our new intensive courses. It’s been a pleasure to get to meet some of you.We’ve…

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