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

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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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