Our Team & Teachers
Evan Davis
he/him - Languages spoken: English
Experience: Over 30 years of experience Wheel throwing, glaze making & Handbuilding.
Book me for: Learning how to throw larger forms more efficiently, as well as incorporating hand & wheel throwing techniques to produce beautiful platters and vessels.
Tamara Hall
She/Her - Languages spoken: English, Spanish (Nivel intermedio)
Experience: Bachelor of Fine Arts (ceramics) at NAS, working with clay since 2015.
Book me for: Handbuilding both functional and sculptural pieces on a larger scale, demystifying glaze technology/fun glazing and surface decoration ideas and techniques.
Bill Blampied
He/Him - Languages spoken: English
Experience: National Art School Graduate. 6 years teaching experience. Studied under Master wheel thrower Riccardo Gori at La Meridiana Tuscany.
Book me for: improving wheel throwing proficiency - centering hacks, throwing taller and thinner pots. Making your own underglaze/engobes. Understanding and demystifying glaze chemistry.
Josh Wallace
he/him - Languages spoken: English
Experience: BFA industrial design. Have studied ceramics under the tutelage of Joan Takayama-Ogawa as part of the degree. Have been teaching ceramics for 6 years. Specialising in wheel throwing, handbuilding, slip casting, plaster mould making.
Book me for: understanding wheel and clay mechanics, handbuilding techniques, work critique.
Caitlyn King
She/Her - Languages spoken: English
Experience: pottery instructor since 2022, practising since 2017
Book me for: Correcting your throwing technique so that you can produce the same shape/size vessel over and over (production pottery)
Emma Carr
She/Her - Languages spoken: English
Experience: BFA Majoring in Ceramics at NAS. Teaching since 2018 at multiple studios around Sydney.
Book me for: Sculptural handbuilding hacks and throwing big pieces. Can confidently teach the basics and beyond of both disciplines.
Kristina Guderjahn
She/her Languages - spoken: English
Experience: Advanced Diploma in Ceramics
Book me for: Hybrid wheel-throwing and handbuilding techniques and creative surface decoration ideas.
Ej Son
They/He/She - Languages spoken: English, Korean
Experience: A pottery instructor since 2019. I’ve worked in numerous studios in Sydney from Pottery shed, Makerspace, Kilnit, BondiClay, Pine street creative, Usyd and of course Clayground.
Book me for: Basic throwing fundamentals, experimenting with form (incl, teapots!) and glaze questions.
Elise Gellweiler
She/Her - Languages spoken: English
Experience: 5 years in both the wheel throwing and Handbuilding disciplines.
Book me for: throwing or handbuilding small to medium vases and other ornamental vessels.