Aleida has lived at Avoca Beach on the Central Coast since 1993. She has a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Newcastle University. Aleida's work moves between paint, clay, printing and textiles, and at times a combinations of these. She loves using the potter’s wheel to throw forms to be used as containers for food or plants. Aleidas inspiration comes from the long tradition of ceramics that is part of our culture. European majolica, early Islamic ware, Chinese and Japanese traditions of clay and printmaking form a strong part of her visual vocabulary, as does Australian painting. Using almost ink like cobalt oxide and brushes she enjoys exploring elements of landscape on her surfaces. Aleida works mostly with porcelain clay, and sometimes with a stoneware body that gives flushes of iron oxide. Most of her work is fired to 1300⁰C in a gas kiln.

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Anniss Seymour has been making pottery on and off for over 30 years and on retiring to the Central Coast in 2001 she decided to return to pottery full time.

Anniss loves working with colour so her work is highly decorated with bright underglazes, glazed with a clear glaze, then a third firing is done to add the gold lustre. This lustre is 12% gold and safe to put in the dishwasher.

Anniss started making Japanese Kimono’s after being inspired by a trip to Japan where she was able to see authentic Kimonos first hand

15 years ago Jeltjie restarted her creative journey focussing on ceramics. She works from a small backyard studio in Mount Colah and shares her enthusiasm for clay by teaching adults in the workshop at the Central Coast Potters Society. Occasionally she teaches privately both wheel and hand building.

Jeltje grew up in the Netherlands and came to Australia in 1998. her work is inspired by the beautiful colours and textures of the Australian landscape inspired and her Dutch Frisian heritage.

""The beauty of a found feather inspires me to create a vessel that celebrates that little treasure. A generous sharing of knowledge inspires me to integrate an old basket making technique with clay. The loan of a spinning wheel inspires me to find ways to combine wool and textiles with glorious mud. Clay is a very versatile medium and it gives me the opportunity to let my mind wonder and the freedom to create and express myself.

For me it is important pieces have a function and are visually attractive and tactile. Because I prefer to make individual objects, I like to embrace the little imperfections that come with the process of creating by hand"".

Recent exhibitions (2022): Re use, Recycle and Rethink Exhibition as part of the Sydney Craft Week in The Watch House, Balmain. Guest exhibitor for the Arts and Crafts Society of NSW, October 2022 4 Play with Clay The Shop Gallery, Glebe. Collaboration of 4 different Ceramic Artist, June 2022 Botanica Gosford Community Art Gallery, May 2022.

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"I feel clay is an ideal substance to work with – it’s very forgiving and I am limited only by my imagination and ability". Karen is a resident of the Central Coast who has loved working with clay for many years.
She enjoys working with all types of different clays, experimenting with glazes and all the varied methods of firing.
Karen completed her Certificate 3 in Ceramics at Penrith TAFE and my Diploma in Ceramics at Hornsby TAFE and is also a member of the Central Coast Potters society.

"I have an Expressionistic style with a love and passion for colour, texture and shapes found in nature especially flowers and I love putting a smile on people‘s faces with my bright & colourful artwork"
Jacque finished her Art Degree majoring in Ceramics and Sculpture at the Phillip Institute in Melbourne where she won the Walker Ceramics student award in 1982.
She also completed a Diploma in Ceramics at Brookvale TAFE in 1990 and started painting and exhibiting in 2004. After Jacque moved to Toukley in 2013 she continued working and in 2022 won 1st prize in the Sculpture award Toukley Art Gallery

I enjoy how artisan ceramics weave into our daily lives as beloved pieces decorating our homes and functional ware that is a pleasure to touch and use.

I am passionate about all aspects of working with clay. I hand build and throw on a wheel - porcelain, stoneware and grogged raku clays and fire in electric and gas kilns. I am often inspired by firing outdoors using smoke as decoration on white clay. I like the contrast of black and white but also the beautiful copper and turquoise lustres created by starving the glaze of oxygen. I also like to decorate with decals, stencils and screen prints.
 

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Maree Azzopardi’s work is included in both private and public collections in Australia, Italy, Malta, USA, Sweden, including Artbank Australia, St Vincent’s Public Hospital Sydney, the Collezione Farhad in Rome, Collezione De Cecco in Pescara (Italy), The French Embassy  and MUZA in Valletta, Malta and Marisa Del Re Gallery in New York. She has exhibited alongside such prominent artists as, Marina Abramovic, Cindy Sherman, Annie Leibovitz (USA), Tracey Moffatt (Aus), Vanessa Beecroft (USA) and  She was artist-in-residence at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney in 1995 and produced her award winning Chrysalis series then an image from Azzopardi’s Momento Mori Series from Missing...From the Garden appeared on the front cover of the prestigious American art journal, ARTnews (NY) (1998). In 2015 she was invited to be part of The Beyond Malta exhibition and three of her works now form part of the MUZA Collection in Malta. Azzopardi was also included in the exhibition for GHOGM Malta 2015, Departure, Memory, Nostalgia, Identity and Return at the House Of Representatives of Malta in Valletta. In 2018 she was a finalist in the Blake Prize, the Pro Hart Outback Prize and the JADA prize.  In 2019 Exquisite Corpse was exhibited at St James Cavalier in Valletta Malta as part of the Spazu Kreativ programme then at Il Ponte Contemporeanea in Rome in 2020. Azzopardi is represented by Il Ponte Contemporeanea in Rome & Rex- Livingston Art & Objects in NSW. In 2021 Azzopardi was a finalist in The Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, The Dobel Drawing Prize, the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, The Gosford Art Prize, Naked & Nude Prize at Manning Regional Gallery and The Blacktown City Art Prize.  In 2022 she is a finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Womens Art Prize for the second year running and is in the Dobell Touring exhibition. Azzopardi exhibited her solo exhibition The Fireworks at Gosford Regional Gallery in NSW opening late October 2022 and won the GOSFORD Art Prize in 2024.

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Natalie Duff is a local potter residing in Kincumber who works under the name Mud Magic Pottery. Natalie creates her unique pieces in her home studio which includes a wheel and kiln. She loves creating beautiful ceramic pieces using local clay purchased from Keanes at West Gosford.

Natalie began her love of pottery in 2020 during the Covid lockdown when she was looking for a new hobby and got hooked. She lives with her husband Greg and two children Joel and jessica.

You can follow Nat's efforts on her Youtube channel Mud Magic