Melissa Barker Ceramic Studio

16/08/2026

The sandcasting workshop with Sylvester Mqeku was such a success! We learned all the ins and outs of casting clay in sand. Finished off by a delicious lunch cooked in Atuna. Let me know if you want to join the next workshop!

10/07/2026

Sneek peak to some of the workshop process!

Bookings now open: [email protected]

09/07/2026

New WORKSHOP alert!
Learn how to cast into a sand mould! Technique created by artist Silvester Mqeku in his Masters degree studies in Ceramics. A rare opportunity to learn from the artist himself. Seats are limited so dont miss out!

Bookings: [email protected]

03/04/2026

Melissa Barker approaches clay as a material that carries memory. Working with the vessel form, she shapes earth through an intuitive process guided by touch, time, and fire.

With a background in archaeology, she is deeply interested in how objects endure as witnesses to human presence. Fragments, tools, and vessels become records of touch, ritual, and everyday life.

Her ceramic works explore the relationship between past and present, considering how matter holds both memory and possibility. Through the act of making, Barker treats creation as a form of remembering, where each vessel becomes a quiet continuation of gestures that have shaped clay for millennia(Eclectica Contemporary)

31/01/2026

Walkabout

31/01/2026

Homecoming.

Showing Hazendal Wine Estate, Marvol Gallery

23/01/2026

20/01/2026

Artist Talk this weekend! Hope to see you there!