ART FEST DAY at the Hazelhurst Arts Centre

 

thank you to those who visited our stall at Hazelhurst Arts Centre today. We had a great time talking to our customers and admirers of pottery.

Shire Creativity 2026 - an exhibition at South Village Kirrawee

 We are once again taking part in the Sutherland Shire Heritage Festival with an exhibition that includes artists from the Continuum Arts Society.

Over two days, Saturday 2 May and Sunday 3 May, with extra events on the Saturday that includes wheel throwing demonstrations in the Brick Pit Kiln Museum at South Village Kirrawee.

More details about the other events here:

https://www.sutherlandheritagefestival.org/

A Successful Workshop making wombats

Twelve lucky PHP members gathered at the Hazelhurst Arts Centre pottery studio to take part in a slab building sculpture workshop with Tammy from the Pipers Creek Pottery.

Tammy led us all step by step through the process using a red raku clay and a series of slabs and additions.

We look forward to seeing the fired results.

Tammy demonstrating

Tammy showing how the nose and mouth are created

Very happy wombat makers at the end of a successful day

our AGM - Annual General Meeting will be held Sunday 1 March 2026

 

February Meeting 2026

 Members are invited to our first meeting of 2026.

Check your emails for details of time and activity details.

Sunday 1 February 2026 at 1.30pm in the hall at 5 Gibbs Street Miranda.

See you there!

the 2025 end of year get together

 All members are invited to come along on Sunday 7 December and share a meal together at the hall from 1pm to 3pm.

Please bring food to share and a drink if you don't want tea or coffee.

Scroll the posts below to revisit some of our activities during the year as we look forward to even more in 2026.

image- Ann's luminary Christmas tree being made at the October meeting.

Ray and Janet with saggar fire results

Our library continues to be popular with members

and took part in the Heritage Festival "Shire Creativity" show at South Village Kirrawee with Continuum Arts and their paintings.

Exhibiting members took part in the craft market at the Thirroul Art Festival

The big event has arrived - Australian Ceramics Open Studios 2025

 this weekend will be a big one for our members as we take part in the Australian Ceramics Open Studios 2025.

This is a national event and potters and ceramic artists all over Australia will be taking part.

We will be open for you to visit us both days, Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 November, from 10am to 4pm both days.

Our address is 5 Gibbs Street Miranda 2228 near the entrance to the rail commuter carpark and a short stroll from the station.

Not only will our members have their creations on display and available for you to purchase, we will also be conducting demonstrations of wheel throwing, coiling a vessel and making flowers in clay.  

For those contemplating joining us you can do so on the day, inspect our kilns which members can hire (after training) and generally chat about our love of creating with clay.

Hope you can visit and bring your friends...

Raku vessel by Christine Skrobek

Lyre Bird jar with lid by Janet Selby

Bells by Rochelle Johnston

Nerikomi vessel by Jitka Koprika

Waratah mug and dish by Anna Ryland

Save the Date

 We will be taking part in the annual event organised by the Australian Ceramics Association this year.

The Australian Ceramics Open Studio will take place in November - more details to come but we will be involved with an exhibition, demonstrations and more, over the two days.

The Big Saggar Reveal

 Our meeting on Sunday 3 August was the Big Saggar Reveal.

After being taken off site to be fired in a gas kiln, all our saggars were brought back to the hall and unpacked.

Packing our saggars at the July meeting

Our saggar bundles in the gas kiln

Some bundles were tricky to undo but there was only the one casualty where the clay saggar was too tight around the neck of a bottle.

The 'before' combustibles in a shallow dish

After the kiln firing to 600 deg C all organics have burnt out leaving just the wire wrapped around the bundle

'Before' showing materials used

The wire and the red terra siggalata gave the interesting colours here.

combustibles here include seaweed and ferns  - see below for results.  The terrasig pulled off in places leaving some white patches.

    

Random images from the big reveal day, with the results of some of the Raku at Ray's too.

Some were in foil and clay - some in only clay or only foil

a bit of a polish brings out all the colour 

Our new member was very pleased with the results of her first saggar firing

this little cat figure came out with some nice greens and black stripes.

Some lovely results in the raku firings too.

Clay Chat - a Cuppa and Cake

 Members are invited to come along on Sunday afternoon, 20 July for an extra meet up.  

Interested in joining? come along and have a chat.