One-Off Pottery Studio

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ABOUT ME

Hi - I'm Jacqui.

Completely in love with clay, what started as a hobby, has become something of an obsession.

Ceramics is more than a craft - it is a conversation between material and maker, past and the present, personal and the universal.

I’m inspired by the art, chemistry and alchemy of ceramics. The transformation of earth, fire, and water into something fragile and enduring. I love unpredictability, the richness of materials, techniques and surprises.

Handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects that nourish, sustain and bear witness to life's most personal moments. I explore form, colour, texture and symbolic meaning to express my sentiments about our relationship with the environment, gender and identity. My forms are simple, suggestive, asymmetrical and serpentine, reminiscent of the earth and human body. Vibrant hues, complex layered textured glazes are central to my storytelling, expressing my emotions and inner chaos.

Trained in Australia, Denmark and Italy, I continually work towards deepen my pottery skills. Drawn to experimentation and teaching, I established OoPs – One-off Pottery Studio in 2019. Based in Hampton, I make, teach and provide firing services. I teach wheel-throwing at the Beaumaris Art Group and other venues.

Exhibitions and markets:

Currently represented by Eagles Nest Gallery in Aireys Inlet.
Earth Matters Exhibition at The Sol Gallery in Brunswick 6 July 2024
Shaping Earth Exhibition at Memo Gallery in Healesville 20 September 2023.
Warrandyte Pottery Expo with Valley Potters 26 February 2022
Mira Gallery Marysville 2022
The Rose Street Artists Market
Brighton Soul Night Market
Moorooduc Station Market
Le Studio Art Space

Studio visits encouraged. Experience my ceramics firsthand. Touch, feel, connect.

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I hope these vessels bring you much joy. Thanks to everyone for your support! Especially @the_window_bayside @jwtjessicawatsonthorp @endeavor_earth_designs @sandystreetartproject Oceans Interrupted Exhibition at 33-37 Melrose St Sandringham still on until the end of May! Opening times Fri 16 May 6 to 7pm. And viewing available from The Window all day, everyday. #sandringham #baysidemelbourne #alternativeartspace #ceramics #ceramicartmelbourne

Sold! Oceans Interrupted Moon Jar. Now on display in OCEANS
INTERRUPTED with @oneoffpots @jwtjessicawatsonthorp
@endeavor_earth_designs
33-37 Melrose Street, Sandringham @the_window_bayside
Opening hours coming up:
Saturday 10 May 3:30-4:30pm Friday 16 May 6-7pm
Saturday 24 May 3-5 pm
For more opening hours or to arrange an after hours Private Viewing please contact our Curator Jessica on 0488598004.

We have three public Art Hours openings coming up @the_window_bayside Oceans Interrupted Exhibition and would LOVE to see you there:

Tomorrow - Thursday 8th May 6 - 7PM
Next Friday 16th May 6 - 7PM
Saturday 24th May 3 - 5PM. Mother’s Day is coming up. Give your mum a unique piece that outlasts the flowers!

Now the dust has settled after the launch, we have three public Art Hours Openings. #Arthours Online catalogue link in my bio too.

Thank you so much Tina @bluevalleymedia for taking that photo this evening of the Oceans Interrupted Art Exhibition @the_window_bayside! The Window can viewed anytime until 30th May. If you wish to purchase, the link to the catalogue of my works as well as the paintings by @jwtjessicawatsonthorp and @endeavor_earth_designs is in my bio.

It’s wonderful that the Beaumaris Art Group is now fully renovated and ready to rumble! It’s a stunning facility I’m teaching intermediate wheel throwing on Tuesday evenings there starting tomorrow. There are still spots available if you’re interested. If you can’t start tomorrow, BAG will accomodate you if need be. Here’s the link: https://www.beaumarisartgroup.com/service-page/term-2-wheel-throwing-intermediate?referral=service_list_widget

Thrilled to see one of my pieces in its beautiful new home. This vase (one of my favourites) sold at the Oceans Interrupted Art Exhibition @the_window_bayside on Saturday. The Exhibition runs until 30th May. If you want to come along when it is open to look at my work as well as the paintings by @jwtjessicawatsonthorp and @endeavor_earth_designs up close, the Exhibition will be open to the public next Thursday 8th May at 6 to 7 pm in Sandringham. The Window Art Hours will be announced by The Window. The link to the gallery catalogue is in my bio.

This is the whole point of ceramics@and why it has become so important to my life. Lovely video by @ellafontanals.eng

Had a fantastic opening of our Oceans Interrupted Exhibition today @the_window_bayside in Sandringham. It will be on display until 30th May - so plenty of time to still come and view. Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported us today. #contemporaryceramics #supportlocalartists #sandringham #potterylove #australianceramics #oceanart #ceramicsmelbourne #baysidemelbourne

Huge thanks to the amazing @jwtjessicawatsonthorp for your passion, kindness, mentorship , friendship and expertise in inviting me to exhibit my functional ceramic art at @the_window_bayside as part of the OCEANS INTERRUPTED exhibition. Launches 3pm Saturday 3rd May but doors open at 11am as part of the Sandy Eco Expo. If any struggling artists out there need a mentor who genuinely cares, I’d kind, passionate and has the expertise in spades, to help get your work refined and out there, I strongly recommend you get in touch with Jessica. Jessica has literally changed my life. Thank you so so much. I’m very excited for this exhibition.

OCEANS INTERRUPTED
OPENS Saturday MAY 3 3PM - 5PM at The Window 33-35 Melrose St Sandringham.
Doors open from 11AM
In line with the SANDY ECO
EXPO. Exhibition will be there until 30 May.
My fellow Exhibiting Artists are Shirley Kumar and Jessica Watson-Thorp. I’m very excited! #melbourneceramics #contemporaryceramics #potterylife #sandringhamvillage #australianceramics #crawlglaze #baysidemelbourne #sandyecoexpo #oceanartwork

Taster of two of my pieces ready for the Oceans Interrupted Exhibition @the_window_bayside with @jwtjessicawatsonthorp opening 3rd May at 11am. Part of the @sandyecoexpo @sandy.village. Hope to see you there! Through my “Oceans, Interrupted” series, I invite viewers to consider the weight of human impact on our planet’s most vital and volatile element - the ocean. I use colour, texture and form to evoke the emotional and ecological tensions between humanity and the sea. I aim to prompt reflection on the delicate balance between nature’s power and its vulnerability.

Looking forward to opening my studio as part of the Southside Clay Trail this Sunday from 10am to 4pm with several of my ceramic colleagues. Details can be found on our new website https://imoanalytics.wixsite.com/southsideclaytrail. Will provide more details this week.

I have been frantically making and firing vessels for this one as well as the opening of my Ocean Interrupted Exhibition at The Window Bayside @the_window_bayside in Sandringham the day before.

Collaborators:
@topopatu @thekilnroom @clarindaclayworkers @hatchling_studio @ange_glazes

#southsideclaytrail #baysidemelbourne #thingstodoinmelbourne #melbourneartstudio

4 week wheel-throwing course starting on 31st March 2025. Only four wheels - so you will get highly personal and individual attention. Booking link is in my bio. #wheelthrowingclass #hamptonvic #hamptonvictoria #learnwheelthrowing #baysidemelbourne #sandringhambeach #brightonvictoria

Studio tour before pottery workshop for @jwtjessicawatsonthorp art tour yesterday

Visit @eaglesnestgallery in Aireys Inlet next time you are on the Great Ocean Road. So happy to have some of my work there. #greatoceanroadtrip #aireysinlet #potterylife #potterylove #contemporaryceramics

Excited to be teaming up with @jwtjessicawatsonthorp on Sunday 23rd March for her Day Trip venture to creative spaces across Highett, Sandringham and Hampton for an immersion in Fine Art, with a focus on ceramics.
Meet at JWT Studio in Advantage Road, explore a plethora of creative spaces and get your hands into clay.
Next stop : DOMO to view her exhibition of large abstracts titled ‘CONNECTION’, paired with sumptuous interiors and alongside top European brands such as Ligne Roset.
Visit OoPs- One Off Pottery Studio and extend your skill in a Ceramics Workshop including throwing and hand building.
A selection of artisanal ceramics will be on display.
Pit stop for lunch together (choose and buy your own) & chat about the creative experience followed by a VIP Private Viewing and chat with the artists at new Arts Initiative: THE WINDOW, Sandringham: Exhibition HEART FOCUS.
Book now for this creative feast here : https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1361228

Slightly different approach to my ‘Woman Interrupted’ series. I’m trying to explore new forms. Is the shape too obvious? #jacquilouw #oneoffpotterystudio #womaninterrupted #womanartist artist #handmadeceramics
#potterywheel #instapottery #ceramicstudio #functionalart #pottersofinstagram #claylife #contemporaryceramics #makersmovement #smallbatchceramics #craftsmanship #wheelthrown #modernceramics #porcelain #glazeporn #potterylife #ceramicdesign
#artisanceramics #slowmade #clayaddict #potteryforall #potterystudio #ceramicsdaily
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Results of my little pot competition. Reel 1 of 3.

Sold a good number of my pots at this Saturday’s Mansfield Pottery Festival. Thank you to @mansfield_pottery_festival for organising such a wonderful, friendly, well organised event. I’ll be back hopefully next year. I have been spending the past few years really working on my technique and my ‘voice’, which I feel is slowly beginning to emerge. I believe that handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects—that nourish, sustain, and bear witness to life’s most personal moments. I particularly love this moonjar shape as I find it lends itself well to what I’m trying to express. Colour is central to my storytelling, with vibrant hues conveying emotions and social themes. I’ll talk about my themes again soon, but basically I’m hoping to convey our relationship to the fragile interfaces of gender and environment.
@mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterylife #potteryart #crawlglaze #mansfieldmtbuller #victorianalpineregion #labourdayweekend #ceramicglaze

Fantastic Labour Day weekend @mansfield_pottery_festival in Victoria sadly coming to an end. This was my stall yesterday and today I was lucky and privileged enough to attend the handbuilding workshop with the inspiring and generous @fleurschell. What a special weekend this has been.

With the wonderful and talented Carson Culp @culppottery at @mansfield_pottery_festival today. What a fantastic festival in the most inviting and warmest of places. Thank you so much for a fabulous day. #mansfieldmtbuller #ceramicsmelbourne #labourdayweekend #contemporaryceramics #australianceramics #potterylife #potterylove #visitvictoriaaustralia #visitmansfieldmtbuller

More offerings at the @mansfield_pottery_festival Saturday 8th March 2025 9am to 2pm #visitmansfieldmtbuller #mansfield #mansfieldpotteryfestival #thingstodomelbourne #visitvictoriaaustralia #labourdayweekend

Now choosing my pots for this Saturday’s Mansfield Pottery Festival from 9am to 2pm-ish. I have been spending the past few years really working on my technique and my ‘voice’, which I feel is slowly beginning to emerge. I believe that handmade ceramic vessels are deeply intimate objects—that nourish, sustain, and bear witness to life’s most personal moments. I particularly love this moonjar shape as I find it lends itself well to what I’m trying to express. Colour is central to my storytelling, with vibrant hues conveying emotions and social themes. I’ll talk about my themes again soon, but basically I’m hoping to convey our relationship to the fragile interfaces of gender and environment.
@mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterylife #potteryart #crawlglaze #mansfieldmtbuller #victorianalpineregion #labourdayweekend #ceramicglaze

Totally thrilled that I will be sharing my stall at the Mansfield Pottery Festival @mansfield_pottery_festival on Saturday 8th March with an amazing and inspiring young American ceramic artist, Carson Culp @culppottery. I got to know Carson last year at La Meridiana Pottery School @meridianapotteryschool in Tuscany. I did a two-week porcelain wheel-throwing course there, where Carson was co-teaching with John Colbeck, in September 2024. Carson is visiting Australia as a resident artist at Montsalvat @montsalvatartscentre at the moment and was invited to be an international artist at the Warrandyte Pottery Festival @thepotteryexpo that was unfortunately cancelled because of the extreme fire danger that weekend. He will also be exhibiting two stunning pieces at the Poets of Pottery Exhibition at the Clay Stables as part of the Mansfield Pottery Festival. It opens on Friday night, 7th March from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Here are some pictures of Carson’s work that will be for sale on Saturday at my stall as well as pictures of my time with him here and at La Meridiana with wonderful group ofof women. Please come and visit my OoPs - One- off Pottery Stall on Saturday so you don’t miss out!

Looking forward to being a stall holder at the upcoming Mansfield Pottery Festival this coming Labour Day weekend. Will be a wonderful weekend with almost 50 potters to choose from on one of the most beautiful locations in Victoria. @mansfield_pottery_festival @mansfield_and_district_potters #potterystudio #ceramics #oneoffpots #jacquilouw #potterylove #handbuilding #wheelthrowing #potterylife #melbourneceramics
#CeramicArt
#HandmadeCeramics
#PotteryLove
#ClayArt
#ContemporaryCeramics
#HandmadePottery
#PotteryForSale

Absolutely over the moon to have ten of my pottery pieces selected for display and sale @eaglesnestgallery in Aireys Inlet. Thank you so much Bruno! Also very special mention to Jessica @jwtjessicawatsonthorp for believing in me, coaching and mentoring me and inviting me to the gallery. It means the world. If any of you are looking for help and coaching as artists to get your work out there, navigating the scary world of social media (as I am, to be honest) she goes above and beyond to help fellow artists. I am so grateful to Jessica for this opportunity. #melbourne
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#antipodeanart #aireysinlet #eaglesnestgallery #australianceramics #crawlglaze #ceramicsmelbourne #PotteryLove
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Getting next batch ready for glazing. Hopefully will be done by next weekend’s @mansfield_pottery_festival with @mansfield_and_district_potters.

Furiously getting pieces ready for the upcoming @mansfield_pottery_festival on 8th March 9am to 2pm. Labour Day weekend in #mansfield Victoria. Hope to see you at my stall. There will be almost 50 potters to support and it should be a wonderful weekend. Sorry I have not posted much recently. I’m really not good at the insta thing. I’ll try post more frequently from now on, especially of my recent work. I don’t really record reels - have not quite figured that out but maybe one day.

What an incredible weekend I had doing the Teapots: Lids, Spouts and Handles course with @kevinboydceramics at @neoceramics. What an incredible course with a delightful and highly skilled teacher. Look at these pictures of his beautiful, refined, quirky work. I also had the opportunity to meet some great people and potters. Blown away, quite frankly. What a joy.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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