Auckland ceramicist

Support local artisans and watch your interiors thank you for it Shannon Courtenay of Shannon Courtenay Ceramics. Photo: Luisa Apanui If your table is missing that certain je ne sais quoi, or perhaps you’re woefully underprepared for receiving flowers on your birthday, it’s time to invest in some ceramics. Ceramics help ground any room, providing a focal […]

Denise Porter-Howland, aka Eleventeen Ceramics, pays homage to the abandoned and revered through her clay designs. Denise Porter-Howland’s world is wicked and wonderful, the underbelly of any good fairytale. From her home studio in Grey Lynn, Auckland she crafts surreal apple cores, ears and ashtrays. Highbrow fashion pieces, such as a ceramic Prada shoe that […]

Flow Studio’s Staci Coble shapes her clay using the gentle currents of the ocean as her museThe ocean is a big source of inspiration for Staci, who uses shells and sand to help craft her ceramic masterpieces. “I love texture and translating it from nature can be quite fun”, she says.  Out on the shimmering […]