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Happy Easter, potters!

We're heading into Easter tomorrow, so we'll be closed for a few days, but thanks to our fabulous volunteers, we'll still be open on Saturday for Play with Clay and Members' Open Studio. If you're heading into the studio on Saturday please make sure you give our volunteers some love - we couldn't run this place without them, and you wouldn't be able to pot on weekends and holidays without their contribution. Aroha nui to all our volunteers - superstars! 🤩...

Term 2 Classes, School Hols Workshops, and Bye Bye Larissa :(

Most of our Term 1 classes finished up this week, and we know that lots of people are hanging out for the Term 2 classes to be loaded online - well, they're going live tomorrow at 9am! Check out the offerings below, and get in quick to secure your spot.Reports are that the Phoenix wood firing on the weekend went well, and this Saturday the firers will get to open up the kiln and see the results of their efforts! If you're around on the weekend, head over to the corner of the carpark and check ou...

Upcoming AGM, WSP staff members, possible power outage

We hope everyone is enjoying these last days of summer / early autumn - long may it last. The pieces coming out of the kilns were excellent this week, as were the people - as is always the case at the best club in the world! Take a gander at the beauties above 😍This week we need to tell you about the upcoming AGM and we have new(ish) staff members to introduce you to. Read all about it below......

An evening with Rick Rudd, and a couple of inspiring exhibitions to check out

Exciting news this week, particularly for anyone who missed out on the Rick Rudd workshop... Rick will be in the studio delivering an artist's talk and slide show on the 1st May. Come along and share a pot luck kai, and hear Rick's inspiring story! Read the details below, along with other news from WSP, the best pottery club in the world™️...

News from the best club in the world*...

*probably ;)...

School Holiday Workshops, Diploma teaching starts this week

It's been another busy and fun week here in the studio, and we're excited to be welcoming our Diploma students into our community tomorrow. Please note that this does mean the studio is closed all day, apart from drop offs and pick ups. We may also be closed on Saturday afternoon as we don't have a volunteer to run the Members' Open Studio session yet. That may change, so please be sure to check the studio calendar before you head in!In other news, we successfully reregistered WSP under the...

Raku firing, Studio fees, Upcoming road closure

Next week the classes we teach for the New Zealand Diploma in Arts and Design - Ceramics studio modules will start. We are excited to be welcoming 12 diploma students into our studio this year and are looking forward to the additional creative energy this programme brings to our already vibrant clay community. The classes for the diploma programme used to take place every second Friday, but this year they will take place every Friday during the Otago Polytechnic teaching terms. For the main pa...

The Rick Rudd workshop is open to non-members now

We've just got an itty-bitty newsletter for you this week, with the most important news being that the Rick Ruck workshop on 2nd and 3rd May is now open to non-members to enrol in, but... There's only one place left! Get in quick.The Fiona Tunnicliffe workshop sold out in less than 12-hours, so at this stage there aren't any places to offer to non-members sorry. However, do add your name to the waitlist, as any places arising from a cancellation will be offered to those formally registered on th...

Workshops open for enrolments, a call for volunteers, wood firing, 4-week classes

This week has been fantastic! Classes and Kids' Play with Clay started up this week and so we've had lots of new and returning faces coming through the doors. The studio is starting to hum again and the creative energy is as incredible as ever.We have news this week about classes, workshops, firings and a call for a few more Saturday volunteers - read about all that, plus more, below....

Rick Rudd and Fiona Tunnicliffe are coming to WSP!

We hope you're enjoying the short week, and this tiny patch of fine weather we've been blessed with.It's been a productive week in the studio and we have finalised two thoroughly excellent workshops to bring you in April and May. As the heading suggests, we have Rick Rudd MNZM, and Fiona Tunnicliffe coming to deliver their respective 2-day weekend workshops!Please note that for both of these highly anticipated workshops, we will be prioritising ticket sales for financial members of the Waikato S...

Phoenix firing, Kids' Play with Clay, Firing fees

Planning for a full year of clay activities is well underway, and this week we have the first Phoenix wood firing of the year to announce - read about that below, and all the other tid bits......

Happy New Year!

We're back in the studio this week, ready and raring for a brand new year of classes, workshops, firings, events, exhibitions, and allllll the muddy fun!Term One classes are starting on the 2nd of February, and while many are full already, we do have spaces left in a few of them - check those out below along with the rest of this week's news......

Meri Kirihimete

Well that's another year at the studio done and dusted. Literally. What a fantastic turnout to the working bee on Monday. We cleaned the studio (almost) top to bottom and it looks a-maz-ing. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to help. ...

Party time

Even though classes have finished for the year there's still lots of activity at the studio. It's great to see you all at Open Studio finishing off your pieces in time for That Day. We have some exciting news about a workshop coming up next year - more on that below. But before that there's all sorts of other thing to do. Read on!...

Important, helpful and fun things to do

While we're all counting down the days to the holidays and that day that shan't be named (tralalalalaaaa!), Margaret and Libby are bending over not backwards but forwards to get all your wonderful pieces through the kilns before we close up for the year. THANK YOU. Not to mention Larissa who's been firing the gas kiln for y'all as well. BLESS.Coming up we've got an important thing (Special General Meeting), a helpful thing (Working Bee) and a super fun thing (Xmas Party) to do this month. More i...

Fabuliciousness galore

Too many wonderful things to behold on our shelves this week. What stars you all are! With our classes coming to a close we hope you've all had a great year playing, learning, and hanging out with each other. We've certainly enjoyed watching your development and seeing the surprises coming out of the kilns.But it's not all over yet. There's a few fun and important things coming up in December so read on!...

Counting down

Our wonderful volunteer Margaret has been super busy getting all your creations through the kilns ahead of the December rush. THANK YOU MARGARET. Term 4 classes are starting to wind up next week and they'll all be done and dusted for the year on Sunday 7 December. We'll be posting the 2026 Term 1 classes up on our bookings page in the next couple of weeks so start thinking about your pottery plans for next year....

Learn, grow, help, recycle

Only 33 sleeps until the WSP Xmas Party on Tuesday 16 December. Save the date!Until then there's all sorts of fun things going on here, so let's get into it....

Xmas Decorations, Lustre & Decal workshops, Pit Firing and more

As usual there's all sorts of ways to get down and dirty here at the pottery. Check out all the activities below, and get thee to the studio without delay. Muddy up Buttercup!...

Diploma exhibition, All the firings, Last classes for 2025

We've got lots to tell you about this week! Including every type of firing we can possibly make available for you to get involved in, a chrissy deco workshop, a couple of exhibitions and more... Get into it! :) ...

Pit firing, Wood firing, Raku firing - all the firings!

Sorry I didn't get the newsletter out on Thursday, here's a special Monday issue instead :) We've got all the firings coming up in the next couple of months, from the usual electric and gas, through to Raku, Wood, and Pit - find out about all these opportunities below......

Studio closed tomorrow, end of year dates, November wood firing

It's been a busy week here with classes starting up and Magic Margaret has been pumping all the the work through the kilns - she's had all five electrics firing at once quite frequently lately. A good indicator of how busy all you beautiful potters have been!We've got a a short newsletter for you this week - get into it below......

Kids' PWC and another Phoenix Firing in November

It's been another fantastic week here in the best little club in the world! We've had heaps more kids join us for the School Holiday workshops, and the kilns are running hotter than ever.Our Term 4 classes start next week, so be sure to check the schedule below to see when the Members' Open Studio sessions are before you head into the studio....

People's Choice award, Phoenix wood firing, Half yearly memberships, and so much more

All our classes have wrapped up for this term, and our school holiday workshops are in full swing. The exhibition also came down last week - huge thanks to Yasmin Davis, Ed McAvoy and Josephine who de-mounted and transported the works back to WSP 🙌 We missed getting a newsletter out last week - sorry folks! But we have a bumper issue this week. Get into all the news below......

Exhibition pack down, Waiclay, School holiday workshops, Building mural

Spring is really springing, bringing it’s typical four seasons in one day vibes and we’ve been alternating between having the heaters on and having the doors and windows open. Here’s hoping for some sunny weather this weekend. Speaking of weekends, we’re absolutely pumped for the Fiona Tunnicliffe workshop this weekend! If you’re one of the lucky 12 who got a place in the workshop (it sold out overnight!), we’ll see you there. If you missed out, then we have another workshop with Fio...