Our Community Is Our Focus

Meet Our Team

Here at ClayGround, our team is the heart of our community, bringing together creativity, knowledge, and a passion for connection. Our teachers and team members are more than just instructors; they’re mentors, friends, and the foundation of our studio's welcoming atmosphere. Each brings a unique blend of expertise and warmth, fostering a space where everyone feels encouraged to explore, create, and grow.

Meeting our incredible team below, and discover how they can help take your skills to new heights.

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.