Studio

The pattern lives in the clay

Studio Zona — a clay and straw bale building in South Hobart, Tasmania. The place where the work becomes itself.

Nerikomi

Pattern from within

Nerikomi is a Japanese technique of layered coloured-clay inlay. The pattern is not applied — it lives inside the clay body itself. Each slice of the loaf reveals something different. Each vessel is the record of a decision made in the dark.

Fire

Work that holds the memory of heat

The kiln is not a finishing step. It is where the work becomes itself — or doesn't. Glaze chemistry, atmosphere, time. Some pieces survive. Some don't. All of them carry what happened.

Place

Making from the land

South Hobart, the Huon Valley, the Derwent Estuary — the studio sits in a landscape that feeds the work. Clay from this ground, ash from these trees, objects that belong to specific places along the Tasmanian coast.

Studio visits by appointment

The studio is open for visits by arrangement. Small groups, slow conversation, the work up close. Get in touch →