Presenting, three days of clay indulgence in the style of a “summer school”, the Clay Festival Waikato 2027 promises to offer a variety of ceramic demonstrations and workshops to choose from, an onsite exhibition and daily lunch time markets.
When
3 days – 9:30am – 4pm each day
6th February 2025 – 8th February 2025
Where
185B Rosebanks Drive,
Tamahere, Waikato,
New Zealand
The Clay Festival is set in a beautiful lush rural garden of Tamahere, just 10 minutes from Hamilton
The 3-day Clay Festival Exhibition is exclusive to festival attendees
A great variety of ceramic demonstrations and workshops to choose from
Daily lunch time markets
Opportunities to purchase pottery, clay, glazes, tools and raffles
Introducing our Presenters . . .
Sir Rick Rudd
Unique teapot construction and demonstrations
Duncan Shearer
Sensual slow wheel throwing of different forms using a treadle wheel
Wilhelmiina Drummond
Sculpting a serene small face/portrait
Bob Steiner
Making a small plaster mould for slip casting or press moulding
Jane McCulla
Each of Jane’s sessions are different ranging from making your own tools to making luscious textured slabs into small vessels and boats
Karen Kennedy
Learn how to make a solid and hollow bodied animal. Also, a Primitive Pottery workshop on how to pot without buying clay, a wheel or kiln. How to fire your work in a simple bonfire or loose brick kiln in your backyard
Sarah Lee
We will create small monsters/creatures loosely based on the surrealists idea of the exquisite corpse.
Christine Bryant
Working out shrinkage to measure for fitting keep cup lids
David Kenny
At the summer festival David will guide you through turning ceramic disks with black copper oxide (CuO) glaze fired on into metallic copper (Cu) with a blowtorch. Then with a little oxidising make a thin film of copper(I) oxide (Cu₂O) with such pretty colours you won’t mind learning some chemistry.
Yasmin Davis
Screen printing on clay
Paul Pepworth
Tips and tricks using Abotts brushable glazes, demonstrations and firing
3 days of clay workshops & demonstrations by our excellent presenters and all materials needed
One entry (free) into our on-site Clay Festival Exhibition, winner selected by popular vote
Morning/afternoon tea, lunch, all day refreshments
Daily lunchtime pottery markets on site including Bot Pots
We’re thrilled to have been invited to take part in The Clay Festival 2027! We’ll be bringing the MUD2U van, packed with goodies for everyone to enjoy – clays, glazes, tools and perhaps even a pottery wheel or two!
Want us to bring a specific order down for you? Save on the courier fee! Simply place your order online and add a note asking us to bring it to the festival, or give us a call or send us an email. We’ll make sure it’s loaded onto the MUD2U van and comes along for the ride!
We can’t wait to be part of the festival, catch up with fellow clay lovers and share in all the creativity. See you there!
Bot Pots was established 26 years ago following the dissolution of Western Potters Supplies, a well-known Auckland institution that had served the pottery community for many years, with Quentin and his team supplying and supporting local potters. Richard Rushton was fortunate enough to secure part of the business and continue its legacy, relocating the operation to Flat Bush, where Bot Pots is based today and for the last four years Karen, Nicky and Mel have had a fantastic time expanding the customer base throughout New Zealand and, in the process, creating three studios, Clay Silverdale, Clay Studios Takapuna and Clay Studios Botany that have become community hubs for budding and experienced potters alike.
Registration closes:
Monday 18th January 2027 at 5pm.
Cost:
$475.00
Payment should be made to:
Yasmin Davis
01-0798-0129793-25
Registration confirmed upon receipt of payment