Ceramic artist Sue Peachey will be opening the studio doors on the slow and meticulous process of coloured Nerikomi porcelain. Talk with the artist, see the work in its various stages and purchase a handmade, unique art piece to take home.
There’s something special about a ceramic piece that has been lovingly crafted by the hands of an artist. A collaboration occurs between the artist and the clay. The practice of Nerikomi has many stages and is technically difficult to achieve. Porcelain clay is wedged, coloured, kneaded, arranged in patterns, cut, painted, stuck back together, rolled out, moulded, slowly dried, sanded three times and fired twice. It’s a lot to ask from the clay, the artist must understand and be patient.
Come and chat with the artist, see the many stages of the process in the space where it all happens. Unique, hand-built ceramics will be available for purchase.
Sue Peachey is delighted to have her studio, River’s Edge Ceramics, nestled within the bush capital’s ceramic hub at Canberra Potters Society, an art centre focused solely on the teaching, making, firing, exhibiting and selling of ceramic artwork.
9 November | Saturday 10am - 4pm
10 November | Sunday 10am - 4pm
Entry to this exhibition is free | No bookings required
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Sue Peachey works with coloured Nerikomi porcelain and black and white sgraffito to create ceramic pieces that evoke empathy for the natural world. Her first solo exhibition, The Edge Between, responding to the 12 permaculture principles, was held at Craft + Design Canberra in 2024. Sue was awarded the ACT Historic Places–Craft + Design Canberra award in 2023, the CAPO–Craft ACT Emerging Artist Award in 2021, and the Canberra Potters–Keane Ceramics Emerging Artist Award in 2021. She brings a background in landscape design, permaculture and poetry to the work. Her studio, River’s Edge Ceramics, is located at Studio 7 at the Canberra Potters Society.
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Wheelchair accessibility, eftpos, toilet, off-street parking, cash
Image Credit: Sue Peachey | Rivers Edge, 2023 | Image courtesy of the artist