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autumn and clay adventures

at the GC Potters Mudgeeraba Studio
poster for pottery classes Gold Coast and Tamborine Mountain
at the PJ Pottery Studio

learning ceramics

There is a chill in the air here on Mt Tamborine signaling the approach of winter. So, out come the jumpers and socks but not much interferes with getting creative and we are getting ready for term 2 of classes at PJ Pottery. There is one space left in the 10 week intermediate class on Thursday nights for people with basic skills in hand building and throwing.

Email for more info

I am excited to announce my return to Gold Coast Potters offering a 5 week introductory course in hand building and throwing. Classes are on Wednesday mornings at Mudgeeraba.

Bookings here

art + music = adventure

The other exciting news is that Tamborine Mountain Arts Collective TMAC will be hosting an Artisan Alley at the Long Sunset Festival presented by QMF featuring Angus & Julia Stone. This “radiant new music event” is on 30 April at Elysian Fields, Canungra. PJ Pottery teapots will be included in the TMAC gallery space.

Long Sunset Festival details HERE

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pottery rocks!

Happy New Year! I am pleased to say that in 2022 pottery continues to go strong. My classes are full and back for term 1 and my students are as keen as to learn more about this wonderful craft. I am receiving commissions regularly, these are always a welcome challenge and I feel privileged to be able to create handmade pieces to order.

I love teaching and sharing my skills and so I am doing some short instructional videos that I will post here and on my social media pages. As a bit of a teaser, this is one surface treatment process using resist tape on a ceramic bowl to create lines in a glaze. This piece is not fired yet so you’ll have to wait with me to see the results!

masking pattern on clay bowl
freshly glazed ceramic bowl
Peeling resist tape off a glazed ceramic bowl
revealing the pattern by peeling back the tape through the glaze
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Goodbye 2021 + Hello 2022!

What an incredible year of ups and downs for us all. I feel incredibly lucky to have my own studio on Mt Tamborine, Queensland and have been able to teach, provide workshops and sell work throughout the year. I feel for my fellow artists doing it tough through COVID restrictions. Remember, every time you purchase handmade you are supporting the arts and WE THANK YOU!

It was a busy year for me creating loads of new teapots; experimenting with coloured porcelain clay for jewellery; organising two exhibitions for Ceramic Arts Qld and oh yeah…I got married to the love of my life! #happydance

As a way of bringing in the new year with style I will be offering a 2022 PJ Pottery Teapot Calendar Every month features an image of a unique handmade teapot that I have made this year with a few from the archive. The A4 calendar will cost $25 and includes postage within Australia.

If you would like to pre-order please email me at hello@pjpottery.com

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Winter at the studio

We are all rugged up on Tamborine Mountain, wood smoke fills the evening air but it’s been snug and cosy at the PJ Pottery Studio and my wonderful enthusiastic students have just finished term 2 classes. I am so proud of their progress and some magic pots have been created over the last 10 weeks. Check out these amazing works including some marvellous monsters from a children’s pottery workshop I conducted in April with Scenic Rim Regional Council

Don’t forget my WINTER SALE of handmade jewellery ends last day of June – HAPPY SHOPPING!

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handmade jewellery: shop update

handmade porcelain jewellery

handmade jewellery

Back in the warmth of January 2022 I ran a ceramic jewellery workshop and revelled in watching my students get excited about their creations. So now we are in May and I have at last finished and photographed my own handmade porcelain earrings and handmade glass bead necklaces.

Some of these have been embellished with small porcelain trinkets making them pop. And to celebrate, all of these new pieces are on sale until the end of June. I hope you find one or two you like here.

You can find a selection of PJ Pottery handmade jewellery at French Garden and Butler and Grace on Tamborine Mountain

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2 day surface treatment workshop

There is a wonderful array of workshop choices at the 2021 Buderim Craft Cottage Winter School on the Sunshine Coast. These include a two day workshop with me! THE CLAY SURFACE 3-4 July 2021.

Explore a variety of surface treatment methods for application onto clay, from the raw surface to onglaze methods. Participants will make new pieces to be enhanced with surface treatment techniques and see demonstrations on carving, stamping, water etching and much more.

Check the details and book HERE

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autumn classes @ pj pottery

Autumn classes @ pj pottery

This is when I would normally let you know about booking in for next term’s classes but, well, they are full 😲 ☺️

There are 2 spaces left in the Casual Clay Class starting Thursday April 22 check it out HERE

If you want to go on the waiting list for next term or for future workshops please get in touch hello@pjpottery.com

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casual clay classes – term 2

Casual Clay classes - term 2 logo

casual clay classes – term 2

And now we are suddenly in March! Okay, welcome autumn! Although, it’s 30 degrees here on Mt Tamborine as I write this….

My first term of ceramic classes are at the halfway mark and I’m blessed with a bunch of keen students. So now I am pleased to offer the first of term 2 classes at my home studio on Mt Tamborine.

casual clay

is a 5 week course for those wanting to have a play with clay, hand building their own pottery pieces. These are small intimate classes, no more than 5 students per class, you can do your own thing or be guided by Nicci with hand building projects throughout the course. The casual clay classes – term 2 course starts Thursday 22 April from 9:30am to 11:30am, the course ends 20 May.

All the details and how to book a place is listed on my workshops and classes page HERE