by tanner | Sep 13, 2022 | Featured Artist
After making clay finger puppets at after school care as a child, I was hooked and for 33 years I’ve been using clay for my sanity. I started my studies at Canberra Potters Society back in 1989 and got my first wheel in 1990. In 2008 I completed a visual arts...
by tanner | Aug 9, 2022 | Featured Artist
I stepped into TAFE Ceramic course in 1990 with a friend of mine. That was the beginning of my journey of pottery. In the class, it wasn’t as free as we are now, but there were various assignments, grade marks were attached, and grade reports were sent every...
by tanner | Jul 18, 2022 | Featured Artist
I joined the Potter’s Club over 20 years ago so I could use the glass kilns after doing a glass slumping/lampwork course run by Judith Bohm-Parr. A few years ago, I attended classes run by Yuki which led me to the open day at CPC where I became a member once again....
by tanner | Jul 5, 2022 | Featured Artist
I grew up watching my dad on the pottery wheel so I have always been interested in ceramics. The fact that he built his own kiln is way cooler to me now than when I was 6 and just thought it was a good hiding spot for hide and seek (eeeek). Like my dad did in the...
by tanner | May 3, 2022 | Featured Artist
I have recently moved from Sydney to Cairns. I graduated from the National Art School, Sydney in 1997 where I studied Ceramics. Due to work and family commitments, I had little time to work on my ceramic projects until I stopped work four years ago. I then did a TAFE...
by tanner | Apr 26, 2022 | Featured Artist
Dad was very strict and meticulous! While he employed other potters to work for him, most of them never lasted due to his perfectionist nature. Of all the children, I am the only one who persevered and continues to make hand made pottery combining traditional and...
