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One-off Pottery Studio

One-Off Pottery Studio

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ABOUT ME

Hi - I'm Jacqui.

A few years back, and tired of corporate life, I fell completely in love with clay. What started off as a hobby, has now become something of an obsession for me.

The mindfulness it brings me.

I marvel at the alchemy of earth, water and fire.

The endless possibilities and unpredictability of the outcomes.

Connecting with pottery enthusiasts from all over the world.

I particularly love working with porcelain.

It is delicate but tough, pure, translucent and infinite in possibilities.

I also like playing with other clay bodies like stoneware and terracotta,

but I keep finding my way back to porcelain.

I throw on the wheel in my studio and also hand-build vessels, experimenting with numerous shapes, colours, glazes and textures.

I have grown to love teaching pottery too.

I prefer making one-off individual vessels and series,

I use colour and form to tell a story, and hopefully evoke emotion.

Each piece/series is truly one-off.

Hand-made with love and passion and, let's face it, some frustration.

Please come and see me sometime.

Feel free to pick up my work and feel the potter's energy in each vessel.

If you are interested in the other side of my life, here is some info:

A bit more about me

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I had a sample of @keaneceramics #darkmatterclay. It threw beautifully and was not as groggy as I expected. Fired well with my glazes too. I think I will try more in future. Love the fired outcome. 😘 #australianceramics #ceramicsmelbourne #crawlglaze #oneoff #contemporaryceramics

I had a sample of @keaneceramics #darkmatterclay. It threw beautifully and was not as groggy as I expected. Fired well with my glazes too. I think I will try more in future. Love the fired outcome. 😘 #australianceramics #ceramicsmelbourne #crawlglaze #oneoff #contemporaryceramics

So happy these two pots have found such a beautiful new home. Thank you @christinelewis251. I hope they bring you much joy. #ACOS2024

So happy these two pots have found such a beautiful new home. Thank you @christinelewis251. I hope they bring you much joy. #ACOS2024

Thank you so much to everyone who came to visit me in my studio on the weekend and for your support! I had a competition on the spot for people to choose their favourite pot. The aqua/turquoise one is the winner (by 2 votes). And the random drawer winner is Linda Rudman (posted with permission). Congratulations Linda.

Thank you so much to everyone who came to visit me in my studio on the weekend and for your support! I had a competition on the spot for people to choose their favourite pot. The aqua/turquoise one is the winner (by 2 votes). And the random drawer winner is Linda Rudman (posted with permission). Congratulations Linda.

Relieved that it will be a cooler day today for the final day of @australianceramics Open Studios Day #acos2024! That means I can open up all the doors of my studio today. These pictures are from yesterday and quite a lot have gone already (thank you so much to everyone!). I still have some left. Hope you can come along and also to support all the other ceramic artists and potters on the Southside Trail as well as further afield. #melbournelife #bayside #baysidemelbourne #openstudiosmelbourne #handmadeceramics #ceramicsmelbourne #melbournesunday

Relieved that it will be a cooler day today for the final day of @australianceramics Open Studios Day #acos2024! That means I can open up all the doors of my studio today. These pictures are from yesterday and quite a lot have gone already (thank you so much to everyone!). I still have some left. Hope you can come along and also to support all the other ceramic artists and potters on the Southside Trail as well as further afield. #melbournelife #bayside #baysidemelbourne #openstudiosmelbourne #handmadeceramics #ceramicsmelbourne #melbournesunday

I am incredibly touched by @christinelewis251 for giving me this really beautiful oil painting study today, that she did of one of my pots she now has in her home. It is such a beautiful painting and I can’t tell you how moved I am by this special gift and gesture. Thank you so much Christine. It means the world to me. I am also so grateful to all the lovely people who came to support me at the Open Day today. Thank you very, very much. I’m so looking forward to doing it again tomorrow and hope you can come along.

I am incredibly touched by @christinelewis251 for giving me this really beautiful oil painting study today, that she did of one of my pots she now has in her home. It is such a beautiful painting and I can’t tell you how moved I am by this special gift and gesture. Thank you so much Christine. It means the world to me. I am also so grateful to all the lovely people who came to support me at the Open Day today. Thank you very, very much. I’m so looking forward to doing it again tomorrow and hope you can come along.

Hope you can come along today to my studio #ACOS2024 #australianceramics Southside Clay Trail. Here are some more goodies on offer. It’s going to be a hot, but lovely day.

Hope you can come along today to my studio #ACOS2024 #australianceramics Southside Clay Trail. Here are some more goodies on offer. It’s going to be a hot, but lovely day.

More of my “Oceans Interrupted” series of pieces also on offer this weekend @australianceramics #ACOS2024. I have been trying new clays and for some of these pieces, I used @keaneceramics Midfire 33 clay. Found it beautiful to throw and had a lovely clay-glaze fit. I usually use Keanes midfire Lumina porcelain (the white piece) which I adore for its translucency and how glazes simply pop on it. #midfireclay #midfirepottery #midfire33 #keanes #keanesclay #luminaporcelain. Now to go and get ready today for the Open Studios this weekend with a bunch of other creative ceramic artists on the Southside Clay Trail. (Details in earlier posts). Hope you’ll join us.

More of my “Oceans Interrupted” series of pieces also on offer this weekend @australianceramics #ACOS2024. I have been trying new clays and for some of these pieces, I used @keaneceramics Midfire 33 clay. Found it beautiful to throw and had a lovely clay-glaze fit. I usually use Keanes midfire Lumina porcelain (the white piece) which I adore for its translucency and how glazes simply pop on it. #midfireclay #midfirepottery #midfire33 #keanes #keanesclay #luminaporcelain. Now to go and get ready today for the Open Studios this weekend with a bunch of other creative ceramic artists on the Southside Clay Trail. (Details in earlier posts). Hope you’ll join us.

More pieces that I’m offering this weekend at my studio as part of the @australianceramics #acos2024 Open Studios event. I’ll be doing demonstrations, chatting, offering a few snacks. I hope you can come and visit me and all the other ceramic artists participating Victoria and nationwide.

More pieces that I’m offering this weekend at my studio as part of the @australianceramics #acos2024 Open Studios event. I’ll be doing demonstrations, chatting, offering a few snacks. I hope you can come and visit me and all the other ceramic artists participating Victoria and nationwide.

Three days to go until our Open Studios day as part of the Australian Ceramics Association nationwide Open Days. I look forward to sharing my work with you. I will have pieces to sell and will be doing demonstrations. And you can visit 9 other studios as part of the Southside Clay Trail to see the work of these excellent artists:
@belindanailon @clarindaclayworkers @conesstudio @hatchling_studio @jillsymes, @moorleighceramics
@mud_and_flame_studio @pamelairvingart @topopatu @jillandersonceramics @vjbpottery, @oneoffpots
@pam_crossley_ceramics @temper_and_ware gollerlee @robynfuerst @beatadorain @carolinebrandtceramics @sighbrarian @moore.martin @harlinahteoh @hardllineceramics
@jumpingcreekdesigns @river_girl_creations

Three days to go until our Open Studios day as part of the Australian Ceramics Association nationwide Open Days. I look forward to sharing my work with you. I will have pieces to sell and will be doing demonstrations. And you can visit 9 other studios as part of the Southside Clay Trail to see the work of these excellent artists:
@belindanailon @clarindaclayworkers @conesstudio @hatchling_studio @jillsymes, @moorleighceramics
@mud_and_flame_studio @pamelairvingart @topopatu @jillandersonceramics @vjbpottery, @oneoffpots
@pam_crossley_ceramics @temper_and_ware gollerlee @robynfuerst @beatadorain @carolinebrandtceramics @sighbrarian @moore.martin @harlinahteoh @hardllineceramics
@jumpingcreekdesigns @river_girl_creations

I hope you will join me and my fellow pottery colleagues at our studios for The Australian Ceramics Association annual nationwide pottery studio open day next weekend - 23rd and 24th November. We have a vibrant ceramics community south of the river! Make a day of it and take a tour of our studios. You will experience a wide range of work, meet makers in their studios and see some demos of work in progress.
Participating in the Southside Clay Trail. @belindanailon, @clarindaclayworkers, @conesstudio, @hatchling_studio, @jillsymes, @moorleighceramics, @mud_and_flame_studio, @oneoffpots, @pamelairvingart, @topopatu #australianceramics and #ACOS2024

I hope you will join me and my fellow pottery colleagues at our studios for The Australian Ceramics Association annual nationwide pottery studio open day next weekend - 23rd and 24th November. We have a vibrant ceramics community south of the river! Make a day of it and take a tour of our studios. You will experience a wide range of work, meet makers in their studios and see some demos of work in progress.
Participating in the Southside Clay Trail. @belindanailon, @clarindaclayworkers, @conesstudio, @hatchling_studio, @jillsymes, @moorleighceramics, @mud_and_flame_studio, @oneoffpots, @pamelairvingart, @topopatu #australianceramics and #ACOS2024

Bye bye @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool. Final pieces out the kiln today. Very sad to say goodbye to a group of magic people. Feeling deep gratitude for so much knowledge- sharing by John Colbeck @culppottery and @ceciliaariaudo.ceramics. Special connections with @si.ceramica @gls.create @fraustorchenbein @claypigeondesign @hanadimarzouq @porcelainbyregina @ning_hsuan_yen and, unquestionably, Veronique. Will miss you all. 😘🙏❤️

Bye bye @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool. Final pieces out the kiln today. Very sad to say goodbye to a group of magic people. Feeling deep gratitude for so much knowledge- sharing by John Colbeck @culppottery and @ceciliaariaudo.ceramics. Special connections with @si.ceramica @gls.create @fraustorchenbein @claypigeondesign @hanadimarzouq @porcelainbyregina @ning_hsuan_yen and, unquestionably, Veronique. Will miss you all. 😘🙏❤️

Next bunch of porcelain pots @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool ready to be bisque fired under the careful guidance of John Colbeck and the wonderful Carson Culp @culppottery. Final glazing tomorrow.

Next bunch of porcelain pots @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool ready to be bisque fired under the careful guidance of John Colbeck and the wonderful Carson Culp @culppottery. Final glazing tomorrow.

First batch of porcelain test pots ready for bisque firing on Friday. Will be glazing them on Monday. @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool

First batch of porcelain test pots ready for bisque firing on Friday. Will be glazing them on Monday. @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool

Back at the wonderful and beautiful @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool doing two weeks of Wheelthrowing and the Art of Porcelain under the incredible teaching of master potter and author John Colbeck and the incredibly talented Carson Culp @culppottery. Have met some special people and it has been an exciting few days unlearning my bad habits and pushing my limits. I have learned more than I could imagine in three days. Will post some progress shots but so far I have been throwing and discarding pots until I feel comfortable with my pieces. Video here is thanks to the great filming skills of Gillian @gls_create.

Back at the wonderful and beautiful @lameridianaceramics @potteryschool doing two weeks of Wheelthrowing and the Art of Porcelain under the incredible teaching of master potter and author John Colbeck and the incredibly talented Carson Culp @culppottery. Have met some special people and it has been an exciting few days unlearning my bad habits and pushing my limits. I have learned more than I could imagine in three days. Will post some progress shots but so far I have been throwing and discarding pots until I feel comfortable with my pieces. Video here is thanks to the great filming skills of Gillian @gls_create.

Another glazing test @lameridianaceramics with a crawling glaze and slips underneath. This pot was quite a large one (about 25cm tall). Loved using the French stoneware called GSA. Seems bullet proof with fast firings.

Another glazing test @lameridianaceramics with a crawling glaze and slips underneath. This pot was quite a large one (about 25cm tall). Loved using the French stoneware called GSA. Seems bullet proof with fast firings.

Jazz and pottery in Certaldo Alto. Plus getting a bit pissed on Aperol, Limoncello and Campari Spritz. What more is there to life?

Jazz and pottery in Certaldo Alto. Plus getting a bit pissed on Aperol, Limoncello and Campari Spritz. What more is there to life?

Three cups I made on the Bizarre Surfaces course with Luca Tripaldi at @lameridianaceramics. Experimenting using slips and different combinations of the silica and flux content. It was so fascinating seeing how the glazes performed under the different conditions. What blew me away too was that these cups were thrown, bisqued, glazed and high gas fired in three days only with no structural cracks or problems. Not having a single day here under 34 degrees helped with the drying, but the firing schedules were very fast too.

Three cups I made on the Bizarre Surfaces course with Luca Tripaldi at @lameridianaceramics. Experimenting using slips and different combinations of the silica and flux content. It was so fascinating seeing how the glazes performed under the different conditions. What blew me away too was that these cups were thrown, bisqued, glazed and high gas fired in three days only with no structural cracks or problems. Not having a single day here under 34 degrees helped with the drying, but the firing schedules were very fast too.

What a mind-blowing 5 days at @lameridianaceramics near the lovely medieval Tuscan city of Certaldo. I took the “Bizarre Surfaces” glazing course under the brilliant and patient teaching of Luca Tripaldi to explore the weird a wonderful world of textured, crawling, crater glazes and slips. We furiously experimented with slips, colours, made glazes and our own vessels. Learned so much. Luca did four firings in five days - unbelievable. That was an eye opener for sure. What a phenomenal experience. Met some wonderful and fascinating people from Japan, Sweden, France, Italy, Lebanon, Israel and the USA. Enjoyed it so much, I’m coming back in ten days for a porcelain-throwing marathon. Don’t ever want to leave this place. Thank you all so so much. Will post more. #lameridianaceramics #bizarresurfaces #certaldoalto #frenchstoneware #limogesporcelain #crawlglaze #tuscany

What a mind-blowing 5 days at @lameridianaceramics near the lovely medieval Tuscan city of Certaldo. I took the “Bizarre Surfaces” glazing course under the brilliant and patient teaching of Luca Tripaldi to explore the weird a wonderful world of textured, crawling, crater glazes and slips. We furiously experimented with slips, colours, made glazes and our own vessels. Learned so much. Luca did four firings in five days - unbelievable. That was an eye opener for sure. What a phenomenal experience. Met some wonderful and fascinating people from Japan, Sweden, France, Italy, Lebanon, Israel and the USA. Enjoyed it so much, I’m coming back in ten days for a porcelain-throwing marathon. Don’t ever want to leave this place. Thank you all so so much. Will post more. #lameridianaceramics #bizarresurfaces #certaldoalto #frenchstoneware #limogesporcelain #crawlglaze #tuscany

I’m very excited to be in exquisite Italy to be starting a glazing course @lameridianaceramics in Tuscany from Sunday. I will be doing the Bizarre Surfaces course with Luca Tripaldi. A week of Tuscan heaven and pottery. I will be in my element for sure! https://lameridiana.fi.it/product/luca-tripaldi-bizarre-surfaces-2024/. I cannot believe how lucky I am. I’m hoping to build on my love of using layered textured crawling glazes on porcelain. To me these glazes emit a special narrative energy and a way for me to express a story as in my Oceans Interrupted series shown here.

I’m very excited to be in exquisite Italy to be starting a glazing course @lameridianaceramics in Tuscany from Sunday. I will be doing the Bizarre Surfaces course with Luca Tripaldi. A week of Tuscan heaven and pottery. I will be in my element for sure! https://lameridiana.fi.it/product/luca-tripaldi-bizarre-surfaces-2024/. I cannot believe how lucky I am. I’m hoping to build on my love of using layered textured crawling glazes on porcelain. To me these glazes emit a special narrative energy and a way for me to express a story as in my Oceans Interrupted series shown here.

Here is a picture of my work on display at the @valleypottersinc Shaping Earth exhibition at The Memo, Healesville. Come along for a day visit to beautiful Healesville.
Shaping Earth is on until 25th August.
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 5 - 9pm
Wednesday: 12 - 9pm
Thursday: 12 - 4pm
Friday: 12 - 9pm
Saturday: 12 - 9pm
Sunday: 12 - 4pm
Or visit the online shop: https://www.valleypotters.org.au/shop/memo-exhibition/8

Here is a picture of my work on display at the @valleypottersinc Shaping Earth exhibition at The Memo, Healesville. Come along for a day visit to beautiful Healesville.
Shaping Earth is on until 25th August.
Opening hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 5 - 9pm
Wednesday: 12 - 9pm
Thursday: 12 - 4pm
Friday: 12 - 9pm
Saturday: 12 - 9pm
Sunday: 12 - 4pm
Or visit the online shop: https://www.valleypotters.org.au/shop/memo-exhibition/8

New ‘Woman Interrupted’ vessels. Made with #madewithkeane Lumina porcelain midfire clay and @northcotepotterysupplies glazes (pink and black poured dipping glazes).

New ‘Woman Interrupted’ vessels. Made with #madewithkeane Lumina porcelain midfire clay and @northcotepotterysupplies glazes (pink and black poured dipping glazes).

If you want to go away this weekend, how about going to Healesville. I have four pieces being exhibited there at Memo as part of the @valleypottersinc “Shaping Earth Exhibition” for the next few weeks. The opening is on Saturday at 2 to 4 pm. This one is part of my “Oceans Interrupted” series. Hope to see you there! https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Experience/The-Arts-and-Our-Creative-Community/Cultural-venues/The-Memo-Healesville/Upcoming-events-at-The-Memo

If you want to go away this weekend, how about going to Healesville. I have four pieces being exhibited there at Memo as part of the @valleypottersinc “Shaping Earth Exhibition” for the next few weeks. The opening is on Saturday at 2 to 4 pm. This one is part of my “Oceans Interrupted” series. Hope to see you there! https://www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Experience/The-Arts-and-Our-Creative-Community/Cultural-venues/The-Memo-Healesville/Upcoming-events-at-The-Memo

#porcelainvase #keanesmidfirelumina

#porcelainvase #keanesmidfirelumina

I’m captivated by this woman as vessel sculpture I purchased recently from the incredibly talented artist Marina from @hands.in.clay. It is so delicate and such a profound and moving piece. Thank you so much.

I’m captivated by this woman as vessel sculpture I purchased recently from the incredibly talented artist Marina from @hands.in.clay. It is so delicate and such a profound and moving piece. Thank you so much.

I’m hanging out at @LeStudio today (have a stall) as part of the Kingston Council Wall to Wall Street artists festival kingston.vic.gov.au/wall-to-wall. Come and have a Squizzy. Artists are busy painting several warehouses as we speak.

I’m hanging out at @LeStudio today (have a stall) as part of the Kingston Council Wall to Wall Street artists festival kingston.vic.gov.au/wall-to-wall. Come and have a Squizzy. Artists are busy painting several warehouses as we speak.

More pots from my #singlefire. Glazing looks ok, but they are cracked on the bottom. Oh well. More likely caused by fast uneven drying and poor throwing than single firing, imo. Live and learn.

More pots from my #singlefire. Glazing looks ok, but they are cracked on the bottom. Oh well. More likely caused by fast uneven drying and poor throwing than single firing, imo. Live and learn.

Some more pots from today’s #singlefire.

Some more pots from today’s #singlefire.

Finally back making again. It’s been great and a little disheartening how rusty I feel at the wheel. It has been a really long hiatus for me with knee reconstruction surgery and life events that my pottery mojo has been non-existent. But dived in and made these pots on Saturday using @keaneceramics midfire lumina clay. I have been dabbling with single firing in my @firedupkilns. The pots were glazed and fired by this morning (so 4 days all up). Nerve wracking and exciting at the same time. Had some hits and misses, but living and ever learning. #singlefire #singlefiring #keanesclay #midfireclay #keaneslumina

Finally back making again. It’s been great and a little disheartening how rusty I feel at the wheel. It has been a really long hiatus for me with knee reconstruction surgery and life events that my pottery mojo has been non-existent. But dived in and made these pots on Saturday using @keaneceramics midfire lumina clay. I have been dabbling with single firing in my @firedupkilns. The pots were glazed and fired by this morning (so 4 days all up). Nerve wracking and exciting at the same time. Had some hits and misses, but living and ever learning. #singlefire #singlefiring #keanesclay #midfireclay #keaneslumina

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