Aurelie draws inspiration from her French and Mediterranean roots. 

Her creations balances earthy textures with subtle bursts of color, guided by a poetic sensibility and a timeless aesthetic. 

Authentic, contemporary ceramics drawn from the earth itself. Ben Ruble hand-harvests wild clay from his land in the Byron hinterland, then throws, glazes and gas-fires every piece in his off-grid studio. He specialises in distinctive ceramic sink basins for homes and interiors, alongside bespoke dinnerware and sculptural work — each one shaped by hand, and unlike any other.

Earthly shapes & natural hues form Blanche’s architecturally considered tableware. Each piece seeks beauty & function in equal measure.

Cara makes contemporary stoneware and porcelain wheel thrown pieces, both sculptural and functional.

Carly is a ceramicist, artist, and designer from the Far North Coast of NSW. She first discovered clay as a 10-year-old when her mother, a potter, introduced her to the Pottery Wheel.

Based in the Byron Shire, Carol works primarily with handbuilding, often incorporating wheel-thrown elements to create textural, sculptural forms. Repetition and earthy tones guide her process, with a focus on surface, softness, and natural rhythm. Each piece is an exploration of form and feeling quiet, tactile, and intentional.

Edward Trost is a sculptor whose practice is grounded in material exploration, shaped by ceramic thinking and process. Formally trained in sculpture and with more than 30 years’ experience across the arts and entertainment industries, he combines technical precision with material-led experimentation.

Elaine love handbuilding and firinf Raku pottery.

Grace makes wheel-thrown forms that are thoughtfully designed and crafted with intention to be used and enjoyed daily.

Gudrun Klix produces functional work as well as sculptures and installations, utilising clay as a primary material. She is inspired by the beauty of nature, it’s power and fragility. Her work raises questions about the impact our lifestyles and practices have on the viability of our world and the planet.

Influenced by an appreciation of life’s vast and diverse experiences and the importance of growing and learning from these, Hayden uses the lightness, translucency, mimicry and texture of porcelain and to push the material and his skills to their very breaking point to find a convergence of crafting and concept, in perfect synchronicity.

Heather combines illustration, text, and pattern to embellish her ceramics; referencing nature, femininity, and the poetry of life.

Jacqui is a ceramic artist mainly working in alternative firing methods. She has concentrated on Obvara (12th Century Baltic technique using flour and yeast to make surface markings) and Japanese Raku. Her work is both sculptural and functional. She has a well-appointed showroom attached to her studio in a quaint back lane in Mullumbimby. She often does demonstration firings of her technique which is exciting and provides immediate gratification.

With the elements of life: earth, water and fire Janet creates her individual platters and vessels by slab and wheel. Influenced by living in New Guinea and travels to Japan and the Outback, using different clays and original glazes, each is unique, functional or decorative, reflecting her love of clay

Jay creates sculptural and functional ceramics inspired by rust, oxidation, and the beauty of material transformation over time.

Influenced by her appreciation of Japanese aesthetics and mid-century modern design, Jenn creates timeless and refined functional and sculptural ceramics.

I create functional ceramics for everyday use, working with forms that allow glaze and surface decoration to take focus.

Jo Norton is a Northern Rivers ceramic artist whose contemporary woodfired vessels and forms, fired at Middle Pocket Pottery, explore surface, process, ash, flame, and time.

SAFIR centres around sensitively crafted wheel thrown tableware and ritual objects with a timeless, refined and minimal aesthetic of design.

Kiriko is a Japanese born artist.Her passion for cooking and creating tableware has attracted several restaurants to supply her original tableware.

Her works are inspired by nature, and they were finished through this wood firing process.

Creating unique and elegant homewares and jewellery. Detailing the natural tones and textured of the both the materiality and methods used to make each pieces, giving Ochres pieces and soft earthy ascetic.

Linda Haigh is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice in ceramics and sculpture is deeply rooted in a reverence for the natural world. Her work thoughtfully explores the relationship between land, form, and memory, drawing inspiration from the textures, rhythms, and fragility of the Australian landscape.

Lisa works mainly with stoneware clays, as well as porcelain and terracotta, producing unique functional articles including urns, table, and tea ware. The stoneware articles are strong, food safe, ovenproof, dishwasher and microwave safe.

Lorraine creates sculptural vessels in porcelain and black clay that draw on the language of textiles and the handmade. Moving between larger statement pieces and intimate works, her practice explores fragility, connection and the quiet presence held within material and form.   

Lucy Be creates whimsical tableware by adding playful patterns and nostalgic colours to wheel thrown pieces.

Luke’s work is influenced by his career in graphic design, using some of the principles of design such as balance, proportion, contrast and unity to create a visual hierarchy. Luke feels that he is still designing, but this time, he is using the medium of clay.

I create everyday handmade tableware and homewares using a slab roller and hand building. Each piece is unique and contains imperfections that add to their individual beauty.

Natalia enjoys making a diverse range of wheel-thrown functional wares to art sculptures using a variety of hand-building techniques.

My love of working with clay began through studying ceramics, where I developed a strong focus on wheel throwing and an appreciation for the technical and creative possibilities of the medium.

Rachael is a full-time multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics, painting, and sculpture, inspired by nature, feminine form, and organic rhythms.

Satya Ceramics is a small studio with sustainable practices, offering honest, unaffected domestic ware in tones inspired by earth and sea. Founder Rachel works across the full range of the craft — glaze making, wheel throwing, hand building, and firing. For visitors, she demonstrates how to work from a compact, efficiently designed home studio.

Raven Esque is a ceramic artist and educator with a background in sculpture, textiles, surface finishing, and design.

My studio Rainforest Ceramics makes high fired functional and decorative pieces. The studio is set in a regenerating rainforest that inspires my work. We help save rainforest all over the world by making donations to Rainforest Trust.

Rosemary has had a love of clay for many years, but in the last 10 years started fully embracing the medium.

Samantha exclusively unique handmade pieces use only the finest of porcelains and display unique characteristics that are evident in her use of form, colour and exquisite finishes. My work is inspired by nature and the everyday .

Sara Gonzalez creates woodfired ceramics that reflect a deep engagement with process, material and place. Fired in the Anagama kiln at Middle Pocket Pottery, her work is shaped by the movement of flame, the accumulation of ash and the passage of time, with each piece carrying its own distinct story.

Sasa’s artworks are hand-coiled and sprayed with her signature ash glaze which she makes with ash from her fireplace. The sprayed glaze mimics the effect achieved by wood-firing, enhancing the shape and movement of her sculptural pieces.

Since 2012 Sasa has expanded and developed a range of now sought after unique functional tableware.

Sofie completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) graduating in 2016. During her studies, Sofie created 'Lunio by Sofie' as a creative outlet. Pieces are exclusively handmade by Sofie, bisque and glaze fired in variously fuelled kilns, including wood, gas and electricity. Her creations are functional objects to be used at home every day as well for special occasions.

Susanne Fraser is an award-winning Australian ceramic artist whose practice spans several decades and continents. Based in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Susanne is known for her expressive and evocative ceramic forms that often explore themes of nature, mythology, and cultural heritage. Her work is held in national and international collections, including the Grafton Regional Gallery, Byron Shire Council, and esteemed institutions in China and South Korea.

What sets Suvira‘s work apart is colour: cool-tone classic glazes and those earth hues produced in his wood fired kiln. He produces high fired stoneware works which include many sculptural vessels and landscape abstractions. Central to his range of functional pieces are collections of wares for the daily rituals for tea, dining and flower arrangement.

Tali is a visual artist working predominantly with clay. Expressing a love of the natural world, her work is an endless exploration of texture, colour and form. Working with the earth and the elements, her art practice explores the inner and outer world.

Venessa’s pieces are a collaboration between artist and kiln. Her functional ware is woodfired for over 100 hours in her Anagama kiln at Middle Pocket. The long slow firing with the heat, time and ash, leaves its mark, giving her work a timeless sprit.

Drawing on her Maltese heritage, Venessa creates functional ware and large vessels, with an amphoric influence rooted in tradition. with the intention for each piece to carry its own voice, unique story, character and timelessness with soul and connection to the ancient.

Victoria has been designing and creating with clay and mixed media for the last 41/2years and with wood in the 20 years before that.  She is inspired in equal measure by the colours and forms of the natural world around her and the built environment that resides with and often overtakes the natural world.  

Zyanya creates functional ceramic vessels using stained clay and nerikomi techniques, building patterns through the body of each form.