UPTOWN STUDIO Uptown Studio features the work of Paula Moy/Ona Studio and Eliza Adams. Paula’s hand-built clay pieces are all unique. She takes inspiration from her Māori roots, primitive art and the natural rock formations and landscapes of Raglan. Her style originates from the synergy between art and nature; creating earthy textures by experimenting with…
TORU WĀHINE – WABI SABI Zasha Skye, Ava Mae & Olivia Dean-Chambers Intuition & Visual Expression brings together three artists whose practices are grounded in friendship, shared energy, and a deep connection to place/home. Working across oil portraiture, fluid movement, and ceramics; Zasha Skye, Ava Mae, and Olivia Dean Chambers play with the relationship between…
PAULA MOY AT ONA STUDIO Paula’s hand-built clay pieces are all unique. She takes inspiration from her Māori roots, primitive art and the natural rock formations and landscapes of Raglan. Her style originates from the synergy between art and nature; creating earthy textures by experimenting with clay types and slips, and by incorporating local materials…
CLARE WIMMER @ POT WITH CLARE Clare attended the Maine College of Art in the USA for ceramics and later embarked on a journey around the world as a potter. After settling in New Zealand, she completed a Ceramic Art Diploma at the Dunedin School of Art. Clare is a passionate potter who has been…
STUDIO O STUDIO O is the creative work of Fleur Rubingh. The work has been created using mixed media; digital illustrations, pencil, acrylics and film photography. The simple things in life drive my creativity, like a moment of joy when we come together and shared experiences. My work is always evolving and ever changing like…
SARAH BING I build large ceramic sculptures and throw and handbuild functional pieces.I also make tiles for kitchens and bathrooms by commission, and hold private classes in my studio. I started 11 years ago and was immediately obsessed as soon as I touched clay. It feels like the perfect medium because you can create anything…
ELSA LYE Elsa works intuitively to express the spirit of place/life through the magic of paint and clay. Elsa Lye (MFA hon) “my creative process is still a magical mystery that enthralls me, being surprised, seeing with new eyes. To somehow express the freedom, the energy, the pull of the tide, the shades of black…
THE RAGLAN COMMUNITY CLAY SHED Meet the makers, the creators, the fun-loving crew of the Raglan Community Clay Shed. The Clay Shed is located at the back of the Old School Arts Centre in our purpose-built Whare Uku and has over 100 active members. No matter if you are into collecting art or just clay-curious,…
KARIN BETTLEY Karin Bettley is a ceramic artist living in coastal Raglan. A love of nature, people and a sense of landscape, mood and movement is evident in her work which is both hand built and thrown on the wheel. Karin makes both sculptural pieces and homewares. “So often I am at the heart of…
MARISE RARERE AT THE SHED Ngati Ranginui / Pakeha MFA, Master of Fine Art (Painting, Sculpture) RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia BMA, Bachelor of Media Arts, Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton, Aotearoa ,New Zealand Marise Rarere lives and works as a full time artist in Whale Bay, Whaingaroa, Raglan. She makes work at home and from her small studio on Hills…