Kia ora koutou Welcome to your regional news update. Over the coming two months we can look forward to an exhibition of residency works by Shigemitsu Ohara at Toi Mahara Gallery Waikanae; Star Glaze Matariki event at Ōtaki Pottery Club, and a clay workshop with Sydney-based artist, Alana Wilson at The Kilns at Te Horo.…

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Kia ora koutou For this bi-monthly publication, I invited ceramists to share their individual journeys in clay. Included in this issue are Peter Quin in residency at Driving Creek, Coromandel; Shigemitsu Ohashi, resident potter at The Kilns at Te Horo (Kapiti Coast); and inspiration from afar with international artists Xanthe Somers (Zimbabwe) ; Katie Strachan…

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Kia ora koutou We welcome 2026 with a stunning start to Summer in many places and some exciting happenings in our region. Ōtaki Pottery Club is soon to host its annual Festival of Pots and Garden Art at Anam Cara gardens, Ōtaki. Resident ceramist at The Kilns at Te Horo, Shigemori Ohashi shares shares his…

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Kia ora koutou As I write there are a number of events occurring across the motu beginning with the first weekend of the Kapiti Arts Trail commencing 1-2 November (followed by the 8-9th November), while the 61st Annual Ceramics Association of New Zealand Award winners were announced at awards night on October 23rd. A warm…

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Spring is in the air! Thank you to all who contributed to this bi-monthly edition with some significant upcoming events, a fundraiser, and an early invitation to potters to exhibit (see ‘Whanganui Art in the Garden’). So, let’s get social, celebrating the past and the present with these ceramic-inspired happenings across our region. Kapiti Soup…

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Kapiti region New International artist takes up residency at The Kilns Conservator and ceramic artist Jasmina Vuckovic is the new Resident Artist at The Kilns at Te Horo.  Born and raised in Belgrade, Jasmina has been working as a conservator and art tutor in southern England while extending her own ceramic art. “I am a…

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Kapiti Coast The Kilns at Te Horo Jenn Leov has taken up a short-term Residency at The Kilns at Te Horo through to the end of June 2025. Jenn is using the residency to experiment with different shapes and methods and “a lot of loose work on the wheel”. She is also digging into Mirek…

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Te Horo: Thomas Baker, Resident Artist at The Kilns at Te Horo. The Residency at The Kilns at Te Horo has let Thomas Baker “play”. That is his term for generating his ongoing excitement about working with clay andwhere it leads. The six-month residency at Mirek Smíšek’s former pottery on the Kāpiti coast hasallowed him…

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Kilns at Te Horo WELCOME NEW RESIDENT ARTIST: TINNI ARORATinni is at The Kilns working in the Blumhardt Studio until 24th September. Call in to say hello!‍From New Delhi, she is a skilled studio potter and teacher, specializing in tableware and miniature pottery. Trained under the guidance of Ms Rachna Parasher in India and with…

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