A milestone in her long career was the 2022 win at the iconic 2022 Sydney Teapot Show for her tea-drinking Steampunk Jabberwocky teapot. Awarded a $500 prize Sponsored by Gleebooks this Australian made teapot was an audience favourite. Read my blog for more info on this award.
In 2023, her donut-shaped teapot won the $500 People’s Choice Award sponsored by Gallery Lowe and Lee and this year her Jack in the Box teapot won the Toy Story category generously sponsored by Keane Ceramics.
About Nicci’s teapot journey
Nicci Parry-Jones has been creating Australian made teapots for many years. In 2018 she honed her skills further by setting herself the goal of making 100 teapots in 6 months for the Brisbane Finders Keepers Designer Market, every teapot was individually crafted, no two exactly the same. It was at this time she introduced Steampunk elements into her work. This art style is a fascinating mix of features from the Industrial Age, Punk, Medieval and mechanical parts, all married together into intriguing forms. This combination of seemingly jarring time periods is referred to as anachronistic.
Nicci felt she had found her Nirvana. The ability to make challenging and complex teapots and succumb to her natural inclination to over-embellish. Steampunk teapots enabled her to be as over the top and creative as she desired!
Exhibitions
This niche specialty has been highly successful, many of her unique one-of-a-kind creations have been sold to appreciative collectors. Her unique teapots have won many awards. In the 2016 she won the sculptural teapot section of the New England Teapot Show. A finalist in the 2021 and 2025 Ceramic Arts Queensland Siliceous Award for Ceramic Excellence and the 2025 Klytie Pate Award.
During COVID In 2019, she launched a solo exhibition The Iso Tea Time of the Soul at Under the Greenwood Tree. It was to a restricted audience but nevertheless highly successful. As the title suggests, the show focused on all things tea-related, featuring her now well-known Steampunk teapots.
Aside from quirky and sculptural teapots, Nicci loves making Australian made functional teapots. She takes regular commissions for customized teapots and tea sets. Under her brand PJ Pottery, Nicci creates full-time from her studio on Tamborine Mountain, Queensland. She happily divides her time between hand crafting teapots, ceramic home ware and teaching ceramics. Enjoy this selection of Australian made teapots made by Nicci Parry-Jones over the last few years.
Steampunk Teapots Gallery
