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Fern Platter

Fern Platter

I thought I'd try a new take on an old favourite. This is made with the same design as on my Fern Tiles, but with a practical function. I had envisioned a different result with the glaze combination (a technique where multiple glazes are applied on top of one another to create a unique effect), though I am happy with this result. [...]
Royal NZ Easter Show

Royal NZ Easter Show

After many years of contemplating entering the ceramic competition at the Royal Easter Show, last year I thought it was worth a go.  And it was!  [...]

Copper Koru Bowl

Copper Koru Bowl

I’ve had to take things a little bit slowly over the last month, as I have broken my right thumb and the healing procees can’t be rushed…  [...]

Tui Korowai Vase

Tui Korowai Vase

Korowai means feather cloak in Maori.  As soon as I finished this design, I knew the name.

I had been wanting to make another Tui [...]

Zig – Bull Terrier/Huntaway

Zig – Bull Terrier/Huntaway

I got this dog as a 5 week old puppy, when I was just 18 myself.  He was definately a true love and I ended up having him for 16 1/2 years.  He was [...]

														Tui Korowai Platter

Tui Korowai Platter

Korowai means feather cloak in Maori.  As soon as I finished this design, I knew the name.

I had been wanting to make another Tui vase [...]

														Peek preview

Peek preview

A little peek preview of what has been keeping me busy, as of late.

From mid November, through to New Year, I had to nurse my dying dog, Nedyenko [...]

														Waka Bowl (Deep Red)

Waka Bowl (Deep Red)

The waka (canoe) was how the Maori arrived in Aotearoa (NZ).

There is no ease in cutting this piece, as it is done while still wet from [...]

														Small Koru Bowl

Small Koru Bowl

The koru design is represented in many cultures and has a quality of new life, growth, adaptability…  In NZ the koru can be found [...]

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Blue Koru Lamp

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Koru Bowl (Green)

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Ragazzo – Neopolitan Mastiff

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Hexagonal Kowhai Vase

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Designed [...]

Large Pohutukawa Vase

The Pohutukawa is the icon of a Kiwi summer, and is also known as the New Zealand [...]

Pohutukawa Lamp

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