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I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. It’s been nearly 7 weeks since the USA and Israel started a war against an ...
16/04/2026

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while.
It’s been nearly 7 weeks since the USA and Israel started a war against an Iran, a sovereign nation that did not attack either country.
This is in addition to ongoing conflict in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sudan, Venezuela, the list goes on.
War benefits no one but the rich.
When will the violence end?
I’m so tired of seeing daily images of children being dismembered and people living in tents starving to death because some rich c***s want to get richer! It’s traumatising not only to see the violence inflicted on fellow humans but to feel so powerless to do anything. All we can do is keep showing up with empathy and love and trying to hold our elected officials accountable.

End these wars nobody asked for already!!

How did we let a bunch of rich f**kwits end up running the world?
Stop simping for these cringe losers already.

Thanks and everyone who bought one of these for supporting me. Thanks to my amazing community in 💔 I love you all and miss you heaps!

Finally got around to firing this amazing piece created during my residency along with and 😂 This was an attempt of ...
29/03/2026

Finally got around to firing this amazing piece created during my residency along with and 😂
This was an attempt of mine at throwing a moon jar which of course collapsed as it was drying… rather than start over and convinced me it was worth salvaging and we took an idea for a 2-person pottery completion for .clay.week to a novel to a film and then finally to a pot… 🎢
I hope that Barry would have appreciated it?
Thanks so much to everyone at 🥰 was such a joy and privilege to be part of the whānau along with and everyone else I am surely forgetting 🥰

I have always wanted to make a full dinner set 🥰 thanks so much to .coffey.94 for the custom 24 piece commission! What a...
19/03/2026

I have always wanted to make a full dinner set 🥰 thanks so much to .coffey.94 for the custom 24 piece commission! What an epic final project to get to work on before I said mā te wā to Aotearoa 🙏

After years of failed attempts today for the first time ever I actually went down to my local and had them pour 1.25 L ...
28/02/2026

After years of failed attempts today for the first time ever I actually went down to my local and had them pour 1.25 L of locally brewed beer into one of my very own handmade riggers 🥳
Even knowing the exact shrinkage rate of my clay getting a neck and lip that would fit a swing top with several precise measurements across different parts of the piece is seriously a challenge. I may have had to get the dremel out and adjust a few bits but I got there in the end! It even survived being a fairly bouncy bike ride back home in a pannier without the lid popping open. I honestly don’t know if I will ever be able to repeat this but I’m stoked to have been able to add another new functional ceramic object to my repertoire 😅

What should I try next?!

Wow. Just wow. Thank you so much to the whole team for creating such a special evening last night. To have an entire...
19/02/2026

Wow. Just wow.
Thank you so much to the whole team for creating such a special evening last night. To have an entire zero-waste meal designed around one of my plates - it’s beyond my wildest dreams 🥹 is a beautiful kitchen angel!! Thanks for making this happen!

I like to think of my studio practice as a form of activism - local materials, slow processes, reclaiming clay and glaze, connecting with community and teaching these practices and keeping my work accessible. It’s a conscious decision not to feed capitalist, multi-national profit‑driven systems that exploit people and the planet.

Everybody Eats’ pay‑what‑you‑can approach resonates with my values of accessibility, redistributing resources and removing barriers to dignity. Also OMFG was that meal YUM!

I loved teaming up with to prove once again waste can be sexy and there is no room for exploitative profiteering in the future we want to build!!

Thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and all the volunteers who helped make it happen! My only regret is I didn’t get better photos 😂

Kia ora e hoa mā, just a heads up I will be leaving NZ and closing my studio for a while from mid-March 2026. That means...
15/02/2026

Kia ora e hoa mā, just a heads up I will be leaving NZ and closing my studio for a while from mid-March 2026. That means:
online shop will be closed!
no casual kiln firing
no commissions
no teaching/lessons
no gift vouchers
no clay kits
etc etc etc
Thanks everyone for your support over the last 10 or so years!
I am hoping to be back in the not-to-distant future but at this point there are too many unknowns for me to say when with any certainty.
If you have a lesson voucher, a clay kit to fire, or want to do casual firing, please get in touch before 10 March.
Catch me before I leave at the market at on 28 Feb, and Aro Fair 14 March at 🥳

Join me and the team at Pōneke for a special low waste 3-course meal with matching low waste handmade tableware! Limite...
30/01/2026

Join me and the team at Pōneke for a special low waste 3-course meal with matching low waste handmade tableware! Limited edition of 40 signed & numbered locally handmade plates raising funds to sustain the awesome mahi Everybody Eats does 👏 I’m so thrilled to be working with an organisation that values the same things I do - sustainability, low waste, accessibility and community. Chef Harri has designed a special meal to accompany my plates which is a dream come true for a potter like me!! Get your tickets at https://everybodyeats.nz/events/clay-it-forward 🥰

Hey pals just a wee heads up that I am going to be closing commission from mid-Feb indefinitely so if there is something...
28/01/2026

Hey pals just a wee heads up that I am going to be closing commission from mid-Feb indefinitely so if there is something you’ve been hanging out for me to make you now is the time to get in touch!
Email [email protected] please with your weirdest requests you know I am here for it!!

22/01/2026

Succeeding out of spite?!

Ahoy shanty fans! My collaboration with is ready to be released into the world! These tankards hold a cool 750 mls of y...
12/12/2025

Ahoy shanty fans! My collaboration with is ready to be released into the world! These tankards hold a cool 750 mls of your beverage of choice and are available exclusively through wellingtonseashantysociety.com along with a ticket to one of their performances 🥳 These have been rigorously tested and able to withstand vigorous carousing along with your favourite shanty! Catch the band on tour or here in Pōneke ⚓️

Ahoy shanty fans! My collaboration with is ready to be released into the world! These tankards hold a cool 750 mls of y...
12/12/2025

Ahoy shanty fans! My collaboration with is ready to be released into the world! These tankards hold a cool 750 mls of your beverage of choice and are available exclusively through wellingtonseashantysociety.com along with a ticket to one of their performances 🥳 These have been rigorously tested and able to withstand vigorous carousing along with your favourite shanty! Catch the band on tour or here in Pōneke ⚓️

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