About…

I am a Ceramic Artist working from our home at: The Kauri Tree Studio, Picton, Aotearoa New Zealand. My studio takes its name from the beautiful Kauri Tree growing in our front garden.

I have a Diploma in Ceramic Arts (Level 6).

Finding pleasure in the little things that often go unnoticed, highlighting the beauty of Papatūānuku, Mother Earth, & encouraging a stronger connection to her, lies at the core of my art practice. I like to call it “positive activism”

Living near the coast encourages me to be a watcher of water, enjoying a slow pace of living and making, becoming part of its ebb & flow.

I occasionally incorporate local wild dug clay & slip or river sand into my work.

Pieces are mostly sculptural, often with a simple nod to the original inspiration. The work becoming a vehicle to capture movement, time, light & shadow.

These works encourage you to get close, touch, explore from different viewpoints, hopefully enabling the viewer to connect with me in a

shared story of place.

 

Values:

Here at The Kauri Tree Studio we are constantly working towards best practice within the home, studio & business:

  • Mindful making to reduce waste

  • Solar powers our home & workshop whenever possible

  • Recycling water, returning this to the garden

  • Recycling Clay to be used again

  • Working with other small & local businesses

  • Choosing home compostable packaging

  • If we package your parcel using plastic wrapping, this material whilst not ideal, has been cleaned, repurposed/recycled & saved for us by family & friends

We are trying hard to make a difference.…if you have any other suggests we would love to hear them.