Many thanks to all who made it out to our 50th exhibition. A packed opening night was on 1 November at CoCA.
Big congratulations to our winners:
Avice Hill First Time Exhibitor award: Carmel Pollock
Throwing Award: Gael Abraham
Handbuilding Award: Josie Martin
Premier Award: Linda Pringle
Peoples Choice Award: Helen Egan’s Piwakawaka
| Venue | Toi moroki centre of Contemporary art — coca |
| Location | 66 gloucester street, Christchurch |
| Duration | From 12—12 November 2023 |
| Guest Exhibitors | Kim Henderson and Duncan Shearer |
| Selection | To celebrate our 50th exhibition, entries are invited from all active members. There will be no selection this year, and all entries submitted will be exhibited. So we expect to see your wonderful work!! |
| Timeline | Wednesday 18 October – 6.30-8.30pm session for members to discuss choice of work and pricing for exhibition Wednesday 25 October – 11am-1pm + 6-8pm submission day at CPA Wednesday 1 November – 6pm opening night at CoCA 2-12 November exhibition open to public – let all your friends & family know |
Come along to our annual auction and have your say at the AGM.
“Raku” God helps a wonderful session again on Saturday 25 Feb. 2022.
Thanks to Hugh’s knowledge sharing and instructions for the productive raku day. We witnessed Hugh’s beautiful raku tiles and a big bowl turning out great. Donna A. tested her homemade glaze and the outcomes were stunning. What was even more fun that we found a good composition by combining Lorraine and Nicole’s pieces together! Sounds interesting?
We welcome our current members to join the future raku sessions. Please contact canterburypotters@gmail.com to include you in the mailing list of raku group, if you are interested.
2022, the new year is here! It’s the time to upgrade your pottery skills for personal enrichment and self-actualisation!
Check out our 2022 class timetable on the page of Classes, or press the link.
Christmas Pottery Market was held on Sunday 5th December 2021. The weather was perfect and many visitors came out to find their love pieces. What will be better to see the stallholders’ smiles from good sales results?!
“This was my third time as a stallholder at the CPA Christmas market and I had a great time chatting with other potters and people interested in pottery. It was fantastic to meet people of all ages who are enthusiastic about handmade local pottery and hopefully a few of them are inspired to sign up for a class and make some of their own! A big thank you to the other stallholders and the organizer that made the market a success!” ~ Meredith Leutzinger
Feedback from the workshop attendee, Pat Alexander
“Last weekend I had both the pleasure and privilege to do the workshop run by Tatyanna following on from her talk on Friday evening at CPA, where, by the way I discovered we had a multiple Supreme Award winner at W.O.W. in our mids.
But, getting back to the workshop Tatyanna had us thinking, rolling, brushing, cutting and throwing off the hump, all no means easy feat with 10 or so potters at differing levels of expertise.
We were exhausted but delighted by Sunday afternoon, coming away happily inspired after a thoroughly full on weekend of potting. Many thanks to Tatyanna for her humour patience and encouragement.”
Raku, in Japanese and Chinese, means “Fun”. We definitely had tremendous fun in our most recent raku firing workshop on Sunday 28 March 2021. We would like to extend our appreciation to the tutor, Hugh Rickard, for his knowledge, sharing, and leadership. Experienced raku potters even took an advanced step to try ‘naked’ raku techniques in the session. (the pots being unglazed, not the potter being naked!)
A wide range of raku specialised glazes were provided in the firings, including some cracking and copper-infused effects. Testing the durability of our bisque-fired pieces through the temperature changes during the raku process is the most challenging part. The unpredictable outcomes and its immediate delivery of results are the reasons potters are fascinated by it.
Approximately 7 batches of firing were conducted in a professional and safe manner on the day. The outcomes are stunning. Although we all smelt like smoky sausages, at the end of the day, many of us have started to consider what items to make and we look forward to our next workshop.
Thanks to Hugh Rickard for your guidance, expertise, and knowledge sharing a very successful Raku firing recently, not leaving out the strong backup team, placing wet newspapers, sawdust, shredded newspaper & relining bins. Approx 12 firings with start time 10-00 – 2.30 pm. Pleasant surprises with great outcomes. Fantastic company, delicious shared lunch & of course coffee.
