teachers at the ceramic house
Mieke De Deyne
Mieke studied her Masters in Fine Arts Ceramics at ANU, Canberra. During her studies, Mieke was taught by great artists including Greg Daly and Janet deBoos, who instilled a deep fascination and love for glazing and glaze development.
Mas & Miek was founded in 2010 with her daughter Charlie in their hinterland studio. The pair still create ceramics together under the name in Mas & Miek Ceramic House. The Mas & Miek range of ceramics is utilitarian unpretentious ware with exciting glaze colours and application.
Mas & Miek Ceramics can be viewed and purchased in the Gallery Store within Mas & Miek Ceramic House.
See Mieke & Charlie’s work here:
@mas.and.miek.ceramics
Claudia del Salvo
Claudia is a local ceramic artist making work out of her Gold Coast Hinterland Studio. Claudia began her studies in 2014 at the Queensland College of Art where she majored in Interdisciplinary Sculpture, she then went on to complete her Masters in Creative Production and Arts Management at QUT.
Through her practice, she explores the conceptual, sculptural and functional potential of clay, developing collections of one-off artworks alongside her a line of tableware and functional objects. In her classes, Claudia likes to emphasize attention to detail whilst still fostering a playful and experimental approach to the making process.
See Claudia’s work here:
@claudia_desalvo_makes
Jarrod Cahill
Through my practise of wheel thrown and hand built ceramics, I create pieces that reflect elements of the natural environment as well as contemporary industrial spaces in which pottery if often made. The acceptance of imperfection and organic aesthetic is a vital part of my work. My process uses a variety of clay bodies to create irregular forms, merged with a combination of freely layered glaze colours. Through the use of an alternative blend of techniques and visual elements, viewers are invited to disregard preconceptions and instead undertake a new and emergent approach to consuming ceramics.
See Jarrod’s work here:
Stephanie Outridge
Stephanie loves working with clay and exploring the myriad of possibilities it provides. She enjoys sharing her clay knowledge, experience and skills and working collaboratively to get things made. Stephanie has been a clay worker for 4 decades and is as excited and thrilled as she has ever been. Clay has a strong oral tradition and Stephanie loves introducing clay to people and working alongside them to create beautiful things.
Ruby Yu-Lu Yeh
Ruby Yu-Lu Yeh is a Taiwanese-Australian ceramic artist based in Meanjin (Brisbane). She utilises both wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques to create and develop works that can be both sculptural and functional. Ruby’s current exploration focuses on creating larger vessels as an internal dialogue between her Eastern upbringing and Western education. She is currently a student practitioner of Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony under the guidance of Sensei Tomoko (Soho) White. Ruby has participated in group exhibitions in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. She was a finalist in the National Emerging Art Prize (2021 & 2023) and a finalist with high commended award in The Siliceous Award for Ceramics Excellence (2023).
Tim Wilson
Tim is a Meanjin based artist and industrial designer with a long-standing passion for ceramics. He has previously spent several years creating a ceramic homewares brand of pinch pot vessels with a wabi-sabi design philosophy. He later moved to a more artistic practice, creating ceramic sculptures with an expressive abstract theme. Tim is currently studying for MA in Visual Art, focusing on figurative ceramic sculptures and oil paintings which interrogate social systems and dehumanisation.
See Tim’s work here;
Charlie De Deyne
Charlie has been playing and creating in clay for over 10 years. Learning from the best - her mama. Charlie studied her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2011. Although not offered within her degree, Charlie always incorporated ceramics into projects and continued her ceramic practise with her mother and Jackie Gasson on the Sunshine Coast. Charlie and Mieke travelled together to Jingdezhen, China together in 2011 to study ceramics.
Charlie and her mother Mieke started Mas & Miek in 2010 and continue to work together at Mas & Miek Ceramic House creating utilitarian ceramics.
Mas & Miek Ceramics can be viewed and purchased in the Gallery Store within Mas & Miek Ceramic House.
See Charlie & Mieke’s work here:
@mas.and.miek.ceramics
Sacha raine
Sacha Raine (formerly Sacha Taylor) is a ceramicist from Meanjin, Brisbane.
Sacha is in her eighth year working with clay and is known for her collaborative work with hospitality venues along the east coast of Australia. Over the years, she has worked alongside virtuosos to learn and grow as an artist.
As well as functional ware, Sacha focuses on conceptual curiosity to create sculptural objects that offer a sense of calm and quiet confidence. She is intentional in her making, her form and shaping is heavily influenced by modern architecture. The tones of her work mirror the Australian landscape, coupled with neutral glazes to preserve and celebrate the natural colour of the clay itself.
See Sacha’s work and brand COMMONS here:
www.commonsceramics.com.au
Instagram: @_commons_
Sinclair Bijker
Based out of his beautiful home studio in Coorparoo, Sinclair continues to find new techniques to push his pieces. While making his signature Coral Glow lamps and dinnerware for local cafes, Sinclair’s strong curiosity for alternative firings, lie in the unpredictable nature in which the designs are made. His strong influence of Japanese pottery can be seen in his recent hand built and wheel thrown work. Highlighting the marks his fingers make along the way.
See Sinclair’s work here:
www.byca.au
Instagram: @byca.clay
olivia kelly
Olivia revolves her practise around exploring sculptural wheel thrown vessels and functional tableware. Her work is a fusion of inspiration drawn from minimalism ergonomic forms. Olivia is also inspired by the joy of an object within a moment, the simple pleasure of your favourite coffee cup or breakfast bowl in the morning. She aims to create vessels that are reached for and celebrate the simple pleasures. In her classes, she aims to introduce her students to the craft of ceramics and the endless possibilities that it holds.
See Olivia’s work here:
imogen Webb
Imogen wants to support people to live well, so they can do what makes them happy. For her, that is ceramics. She works in public health and has previously used clay to engage community in health promotion initiatives.
Imogen’s work is commonly wheel thrown and altered. Sometimes, this involves manipulating overall shape, for example, adding a pinch to what her friends call “thumb mugs”. More recently, it has involved experimenting with surface decoration, like painting or trailing slip. It is often driven by a passing inspiration or a desire to learn a new technique.
Imogen has worked with clay since her first class at Mas & Miek in mid-2018. She was quickly obsessed, expanding and refining her practice by attending many classes at Mas & Miek and externally. In 2019, she set up her own home studio. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Design at QUT.
See Imogen’s work here: