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The Ceramics Association of New Zealand is the national body for ceramics in Aotearoa New Zealand.

08/08/2026

Back in March a group of ceramics enthusiasts were sitting around a table together at ASP brainstorming ways of sharing their love of such things with others. Of course, there’s nothing like cool merchandise! (We’re doing other cool stuff too, promise). Inspired by our heritage, printed on quality gear and hand screen printed in Te Matau-a-Māui. To pre-order see the link in our bio. Order something now and we’ll even deliver it to you at Clay Week for you. Thank you to our friends Chloe and Hayley for letting me gatecrash their Monday at Taradale Pottery to take a few pictures.

07/08/2026

We are excited to welcome Numpucsh_ceramics as our first ever Ceramics NZ takeover artist!
Over the next few days she’ll be sharing her practice and thoughts from her studio as she prepares to visit Aotearoa for the first time this October.
Bookings for her workshops close 10 Sept! Get in quick!
She’ll be visiting:
Nelson Clay Week
Otago Potters Group
Wakatipu Potters Group
Otaki Pottery Club
Studio One Toi Tū

05/08/2026

We are so excited to be welcoming Numpucsh_ceramics Punch to Aotearoa as our 2026 touring potter!
She will@be teaching workshops in Dunedin Otago Potters Group Queenstown Wakatipu Potters Group Ōtaki Otaki Pottery Club and Auckland Studio One Toi Tū 🥳
Workshops are open to all makers and all experience levels!
Find out more about Punch this weekend while she takes over the Ceramics NZ account and shares more about her work!

02/08/2026

We are so excited to be welcoming Punch to Aotearoa in October along with Nelson Clay Week 🥳

Bookings close 1 September!

We have workshops scheduled at Studio One Toi Tū Otaki Pottery Club Otago Potters Group and Wakatipu Potters Group

Book now at ceramicsnz.org

30/07/2026

Advertise with us!

Our new $178 and $78 advertising options are ideal for potters, artists, tutors, ceramics studios, and small business owners!
- These lower cost advertising slots are a cost effective way to promote any exhibitions, sales, new collections, workshops, or market days you have coming up from September 2026 onwards.
- Advertising in Ceramics NZ magazine is not only an easy opportunity to promote your ceramic work, wares or business, but also an enduring way of being a part of our printed history of NZ made ceramics.

Deadline for issue 9.2 is 20 August.

15/07/2026

Ceramics New Zealand Magazine volume 9 issue 1 is now shipping!
This issue features incredible work by Scott Brough, Aaron Scythe, Madeliene Child, Ben Pyne, Isobel Thom, Wendelien Bakker, Wailin Elliott and more. Articles by Bronwyn Lloyd, Grace Lai, Oscar Mardell, Samantha Elise, and Mark Anderson.
Now shipping! Head to ceramics nz.org/shop/ to purchase!
Wholesale stockist enquires also welcome - email [email protected]

Cover image: Fissured pot (2025), Scott Brough._

02/07/2026

We are very excited to be collaborating with .clay.week to bring to studios around Aotearoa this October!
Bookings are now open for 2-day sculptural lidded jar workshops, or a 2-day narrative sculpture standing figure workshop.

Ceramics New Zealand October 2026 Workshop Schedule
3-9 October – Nelson Clay Week
10 & 11 Oct – Narrative Sculpture 2-day Workshop at Otago Potters Group (Dunedin)
13 & 14 Oct – Sculptural Lidded Jar 2-day Workshop at Wakatipu Potters (Queenstown)
17 & 18 Oct – Sculptural Lidded Jar 2-day Workshop at Ōtaki Potters (Ōtaki)
24 & 25 Oct – Sculptural Lidded Jar 2-day Workshop at Studio One Toi Tū (Auckland)
Book now or read more on our website - link in bio 🥳

18/05/2026

Welcome Frances Martin

Based in Te Matau-a-Māui with her whānau, Frances is the granddaughter of local potters Bruce and Estelle Martin and kaitiaki of their heritage home, kilns and ceramic legacy. She’s a passionate advocate for ceramics appreciation, education, collecting and everyday use. She works as part of an impressive team at Te Whare Toi o Heretaunga so brings experience in the art world to her council role and well as years of experience in education and community organisations. She writes, is an amateur archivist and op-shop ceramics sleuth. She spends too much time curating her Instagram feed and is obsessed with pastries

We are so stoked to have Frances on board our Council!!

10/05/2026

Introducing the wonderful Kate one of our ceramic nz board members ☀️

Kate grew up surrounded by women who sewed and painted and has been seeing faces in flowery curtains and the bark of trees since she was a child. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Dunedin School of Art and lives in Ōtepoti/Dunedin.
Kate works primarily with clay and is interested in how this very wild material is so bound up in our domestic lives, she says: ‘I love how clay can dress itself up as almost anything whilst also carrying its history of giant mountains worn down to the tiniest pieces.’

Kate has held several residencies including at Tylee Cottage, Whanganui and Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan. Recent projects include: The 14th Namwon International Ceramic Art Camp (South Korea), Suite 2023 (Dunedin Public Art Gallery), The Commons (with Dunedin Dream Brokerage & Dunedin Botanic Gardens, 2021) and Things don’t end at their edges (Sarjeant Gallery, 2019).

06/05/2026

Welcome Josh Jones to the Ceramics NZ Council!!
Josh is the co-owner of McGlashen Pottery, with his partner Coral. They have a ginger cat named Coriander and are loving being involved in a creative way with clay everyday. With a background in sales as well as film & television Josh loves the face to face experiences he gets in their Brightwater studio, meeting people and learning about their stories is a big part of where he gets his energy. Josh can’t wait to tell more stories about the fabulous ceramicists in the Top of the South.

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