Joan Smith
I found pottery through a hobby class in 1981. I asked too many questions, why, why, why, until the teacher suggested I take a Ceramics Class at the Gold Coast TAFE College, which I did the next year. Three years later I had my Studio Ceramics 111 Examination behind me and joined the Gold Coast Potters’ Association. I attended ceramic workshops whenever possible to see the work of as many different potters as possible. I would say I always came away satisfied and had learned something new, sometimes not always from the workshop teacher but from a conversation with another student attending.
I like pottery in the rough; hand building and being close to the flames as in Raku, saggar and pit firing the most exciting.
In 1992, I was invited to take a class at the Gold Coast Potters Association when one of their teachers was leaving to travel. Since then, by my students I have been taught.
I found pottery through a hobby class in 1981. I asked too many questions, why, why, why, until the teacher suggested I take a Ceramics Class at the Gold Coast TAFE College, which I did the next year. Three years later I had my Studio Ceramics 111 Examination behind me and joined the Gold Coast Potters’ Association. I attended ceramic workshops whenever possible to see the work of as many different potters as possible. I would say I always came away satisfied and had learned something new, sometimes not always from the workshop teacher but from a conversation with another student attending.
I like pottery in the rough; hand building and being close to the flames as in Raku, saggar and pit firing the most exciting.
In 1992, I was invited to take a class at the Gold Coast Potters Association when one of their teachers was leaving to travel. Since then, by my students I have been taught.
