We create functional and beautiful pottery pieces in Albany Western Australia. Your unique item can be made to order becoming part of your home.We are a Boutique Pottery, located in Torbay, Western Australia, on the beautiful rugged Southern Coastline. We specialize in functional ware that can be made to order.
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Our Range changes constantly so check in to the Facebook page timeline occasionally to see if there is something that you like. Postage can be arranged
Pottery was something I had always dreamed of doing. A cancer journey meant early retirement and a change in direction with my life. I found peace and a sense of achievement when working with clay. To accomplish the simplest of tasks with clay, you have to be completely in the moment. You can’t be rushing or fussing, the clay must be approached with sensitivity and consideration to its limitations. David was soon caught in the spell of working with clay too, to take wet earth and create an object of simple elegant form that is functional but beautiful too.
For now our passion is for wheel thrown pieces of a style that could be described as functional ware. Our pieces are to be used and enjoyed. We strive for that new technique that will open possibilities. To find new ways to take the basic form and then alter or decorate or use a luscious glaze to enhance but not remove its ‘function’ and elegance.
We regularly make items such as bowls of every size, jugs and pouring batter bowls, platters, mugs and accessories. A new item that races out the door as fast as they are made are Yarn or Knitting bowls, your ball of wool sits inside and the thread runs out either a hole or a slot. I have worked with many of our new friends to create colourful and individual designs that were given as special and unique gifts. We welcome custom design enquiries across our range.
Bendigo Bank Great Southern Art Trail 2013 was our first exhibition with our pottery, held at the Oranje Tractor Winery in their newly expanded Cellar Door and Café area. David demonstrated on the wheel most days, (which was amazingly helpful for new stock for the markets) and I demonstrated decorating and design styles. We will be returned to the Oranje Tractor Winery for the 2014 Great Southern Art Trail. Pam and Murray have the best coffee and food, in the loveliest Organic Gardens around!
David is currently building an extension to my shed to install a larger gas kiln that will take our work down another clay path. He also has a full time ‘day’ job that limits his time in the studio at the moment but it is lovely to spend creative evenings at our wheels being serenaded by the neighbouring frogs.
This Years Market Season is nearly over. Our very last market for the season will be the Torbay Hall Markets on Sunday the 3rd of May, a fun and friendly day. Our Facebook page will help you keep up with the latest happenings.
In the development of our business we will be looking to expand into online markets and we are working on a webpage of our own. But our core focus will remain the challenge and satisfaction of making quality pottery, continually learning and experimenting. We love that our pottery becomes part of peoples homes and lives, the joy of knowing that our work has been chosen with care as a gift for someone they love or a piece they have bought for themselves. This is the reward that has no price. It is why presenting our pottery at Markets is an important part of the process, in development of styles and designs, and getting to know who our customers are and what will suit their needs the best.
