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ABOUT EMILY

My dream is to make daily life more alive, by creating unique hand crafted ceramics that connect us to each other.

My work is primarily high fired porcelain and stoneware, focussing on functional wood fired pieces.

I am based on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra.

Porcelain and riverbed clay cup, wood fired for 6 days in Gundaroo (2023)
'Friend of Mind' handbuilt porcelain, wood fired for 5 days in Gundaroo with additional gold lustre (2024)
Porcelain handbuilt with celadon glaze, wood fired for 5 days in Gundaroo (2024)
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Stoneware vase with Shino glaze, wood fired for 5 days (2020)
Handbuilt porcelain work in progress
'Explorers', stoneware, wood fired with natural ash deposits, fired for 5 days in Gundaroo (2024)
Porcelain and riverbed clay cup, wood fired for 5 days in Gundaroo (2024)
End of the 6 day anagama firing, 2023

EMILY’S PROCESS

Bringing together earth, water and fire

I generally start by wheel throwing porcelain or stoneware clay. Many of my pieces are then hand carved or stamped. This creates dynamic surfaces for glazes and flame to play with.

I glaze my works with slips and glazes made by master potter Ian Jones. Some pieces are left unglazed, to allow a natural patina or wood ash glaze to develop during firing.

Whenever possible, I wood-fire my pots in one of the kilns at Old Saint Lukes Studio in Gundaroo. This takes between a day and over a week. Other kilns include Ian Jones’ new biodiesel (waste cooking oil) kiln.

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Seasonal black clay micro-batch for the goth chicks among us who reject summer bikinis and yearn for the dark of August. Srsly tho, these black carved cups look really cool as a pigeon pair with the porcelain ones in a similar design. I’ll hav
It’s a new thing! So far as I know a completely new thing… This is the first of a batch of new clay tests, using totally unprocessed Ngunnawal Country clay from a construction site near @strathnairnarts wedged together 1:1 with @keanece
Market time!! I’d love to see you Sunday at @haigparkvillagemarkets so here’s when I’ll be there: 10 November (this Sunday!) 24 November 8 December 22 December (for all your last minute Xmas madness) Haig Park Market is a supe
What a massive 3 days! On Thursday I was absolutely thrilled to be awarded this year’s Cesco award for wheel throwing at the @canberrapotters members exhibition. You can see the pot that the panel liked in the first picture. It’s certai
Mountains are life. These mountain cups are fresh from the salt kiln at #oldsaintlukesstudio and will be at the @craftdesigncanberrafestival Makers Market this Saturday 2 November. Come down to Civic Square from 10-2, we will be the craft party in f
New work from the 2024 Anagama collection now up online (and IRL store) with the beautiful people at @craft_design_canberra During the #cdcfestival2024 you’ll see a bunch of amazing Canberra makers and designers around town. Keep your eyes pe
I can’t wait to show you this new piece at the @canberrapotters members exhibition The exhibition opening is at 6pm, Thurs 31 October 2024, and all are welcome. The exhibition runs until 1 December 2024. This piece was an unexpected favourit
No peace without love. Exhibiting this work in Vessels of Peace at @_coralstreetartspace_ exhibition has given me an incredible opportunity to reflect, and I’m so grateful for that. Where can I even start. 364 days of feeling sick to my stom

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