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Gonzalo

jormatos@cox.net

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Lesley-Ann Hoets

Eastern Cape admin@hotart.co.za 044 343 1123 https://www.lesley-annhoets.com/

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Lesley-Ann Hoets is perhaps South Africa's best known Handwork Potter, popular for her organic shapes and Slip Trail designs. She makes use of the Japanese technique of Raku to fire her pots as she is a lover of reduction, the obvious transformation by fire, and a touch of the unexpected. The blue bricking of the carbonized clay body and the silvery sheens from the iron's heavy reduction contrasts with crackle and colour and achieves textures reminiscent of metal and leather. Lesley-Ann also runs a business making unique ceramic fireplaces. More info on this can be found at www.hotart.co.za

Angela Gilbert

Western Cape agag1@mweb.co.za 082 453 9770

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Full time architect specialising in the design of wayfinding systems, and serious part-time potter currently working and teaching in her own studio in oxidised stoneware and raku, using an electric and a gas kiln. Has participated in South African regional and national ceramic exhibitions since 1976, and has been part of several group exhibitions since 1993. Winner of Ceramics South Africa Regional awards in 1993 and 2016.

Alex Shabalala

Gauteng Alexceramicartindesign@gmail.com 0618986851 http://shabalaladesigns.com

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Originally from KwaZulu-Natal, Alex says he has always been interested in working with his hands. As a child, he made toys out of waste materials that he collected and use to play by the clay. From Grade 7, he taught art at the Sbonokuhle Primary School and then at Mpophomeni they had a studio with friends called Amacikwesizwa Visual Art, near Howick. He also attended art workshops in print making at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Early in his career, Alex worked on linocuts and canvases. “In 2013 I came to Johannesburg with the hope of fulfilling my ambition as an artist. Since I get to Johannesburg I had an opportunity to work with Bronwen Findlay running several mosaics projects which include Mandela Children’s Hospital, running ceramic art project at American International School also father my education on a small business management with Tsogo Sun Entrepreneur. I currently run a ceramic art studio SHABALALA DESIGNS in Johannesburg Fuorways Riversand incubation hub,” says Alex. “I work in earthenware and terracotta clay and use underglaze paint, which is water based and glazed with a transparent glaze before being fired in a kiln at between 1 000 to 1 200 degrees centigrade.” Underglaze is a method of decorating pottery in which the decoration is applied to the surface before it is glazed. Because the glaze will subsequently cover it, such decoration is completely durable, and it also allows the production of pottery with a surface that has a uniform sheen. My work is inspired by African wildlife and the Heritage of Africa.

Alila Hofmeyer

Western Cape alila.hofmeyr@gmail.com 023 625 1069 https://www.elysium-mcgregor.co.za/pottery-studio

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Alila studied Neuropsychology and Drama at UCT but pottery has been a part of her life since before she started school, as a child she took lessons with Lissa Classens in Hout Bay. After graduating Alila moved to McGregor in 2016 at first to do an apprenticeship at Millstone Pottery with Paul de Jongh and Nina Shand. The plan was to learn as much as possible and then take the knowledge back to Cape Town and open a studio there. Over the course of the year long apprenticeship she fell in love with McGregor and decided not to go back to Cape Town. In 2017 she opened her own studio there, although she still works with Paul and Nina from time to time - woodfiring together and helping out at workshops. From her studio Alila teaches workshops and beginner throwing lessons and is finding her visual identity as her own work takes shape.

Ali Nabavi

Western Cape capesculptures@gmail.com 0737924070 https://www.capesculptures.com

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Ali is originally from the city of Amlash near the shores of the Caspian Sea in Iran where his parents are rice farmers. From a very early age, Ali was interested in all forms of art, especially painting and sculpture, but career uncertainty and parental pressure resulted in him studying HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) Engineering at the University of Rasht. It was not long after he qualified that he was given the opportunity to work as a designer and technician for the Inspector and Board of the Iranian Ceramic Association and this is where he found his calling. He subsequently worked for 3 years as a full time ceramic artist for the President and Vice President of the Iranian Ceramic Association before moving to South Africa in 2016. Ali has 12 years of experience as an artist and teacher in ceramics sculpture. He teaches and works from his home studio in Cape Town where he gives classes and masterclasses and produces sculptures in ceramics, bronze and other media. He is currently an actively exhibiting artist with a portfolio of artwork available on request. His unusually broad ceramics expertise results partly from having studied under the best masters in Iran, a country with an ancient, advanced and sophisticated tradition in ceramics. EXHIBITIONS IRAN 2012 Iranian Ceramic Association Exhibition (exhibition title “Frame”), Tehran. 2013 Iranian Ceramic Association Exhibition (exhibition title “Lock”), Tehran. 2014 Fajr International Exhibition, Tehran. 2015 Fajr International Exhibition, Tehran. SOUTH AFRICA 2016 Ceramics Association of South Africa Regional Exhibition, Cape Town. 2017 Group Exhibition (exhibition title “What Art is For”), Cape Town. 2018 Corobrik National Ceramics Biennial Exhibition, Cape Town. 2019 Association for Visual Arts Gallery Group Exhibition, Cape Town. 2022 Ceramics South Africa Exhibition, Cape Town. 2024 Selector for Ceramics South Africa Western Cape Regional Exhibition, Cape Town.

Andile Dyalvane

dyalvane@icloud.com

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Andrée Bonthuys

Western Cape andreebonthuys@gmail.com 0726223456

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I enjoy hand-building and sculpture and occassionally work with wild clays, dug near my home. I often add organic matter to the clay, such as bone, and prefer alternative firings, where the fire can speak.

Angela Gilbert

Western Cape agag@mweb.co.za

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Ann Marais

Western Cape avmarais@mweb.co.za 021 9751796

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Ceramic artist, sculptor, writer for ceramic publications, selector and awards judge, workshop presenter, external moderator, occasional teacher, occasional lecturer, occasional poet. Fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa. My work is in museums in SA and abroad and I have taken part in exhibitions locally and occasionally overseas since 1975. Since 2017 I have been creating figurative sculptures of animals other than humans. I use porcelain clay and sometimes stoneware mixed together. My focus is to create an awareness of the importance, sentience and agency of other animals, not just humans. We are all inter-related in some way.

Ansie Ibbotson

Western Cape ansie@ibbotson.co.za 083 571 7193

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Ansie was raised on a farm near Hartswater, Northern Cape, where her first creative endeavours with clay were on the banks of the farms dam. After many years of technical drawings for architects and engineers and doing art as a hobby, Ansie acquired the Creative Arts shop in Durbanville in July 2008. Learning from and interacting with artists daily was a dream come true. She enrolled at Unisa to do a Fine Art degree but had to deregister because running the shop left her with insufficient time to devote to her studies. In 2009 Ansie joined the Gallery Committee at Rust-en-Vrede Art Gallery and Clay Museum in central Durbanville, where she still volunteers. After selling the shop she rented a studio at Wow in Durbanville where she met ceramicist Alessandro Pappada and is still taking classes with him, exploring multiple techniques. Ansie enjoys combining her twin interests of pottery and painting as she creates her pieces. She finds using her own imagination and experimenting with clay very satisfying. Her studio/gallery is adjacent to her home.

Antoinette Du Plessis

Western Cape antoinette@sway.co.za 083 246 1463

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Antoinette du Plessis lives in Cape Town, though she hails from Pretoria and has an enduring love for the Karoo, the Drakensberg and the Cederberg. She regards her African environment, both natural and urban, as well as her longtime interest in ancient and classical African art, ceramics and textiles as major sources of inspiration. Her shapes, colours and imagery range from floral patterns, birds and animals to political caricature and anything in between. Her preferred medium is earthenware, which she fires in an electric kiln to mid-range temperatures. She produces containers, sculptural vessels and decorated plates, each individually built and glazed. Antoinette makes up her own glaze formulas, which she uses in conjunction with oxides and commercially available slips and glazes to achieve tactile surfaces layered with colour and texture.

Anton Bosch

anton@boschstudio.co.za 083 456 3272 http://www.boschstudio.co.za

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Anton has been a ceramist all his life. He has mastered complex techniques and established himself as a potter in whose work the painterly aspect plays a significant role. Anton developed a clay fusion technique uniquely his own which he applies on his wall plaques to create subtle line, depth in color and three-dimensional shapes. `I regard working with clay as an experience which brings me into intimate contact with the natural world` His work features in various national and international collections.

Lizeldi Loots

lizeldiloots@gmail.com

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Ashleigh Christelis

Gauteng ashhogan1@icloud.com 082 452 7783 https://www.ashleighchristelisceramics.com/

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Ashleigh works from her teaching studio in Morningside Manor at the Ernest Ullman park Recreation Centre. Ashleigh works both with handbuilding and throwing

Ashton Moseley

Gauteng ashtonbullock@gmail.com 084 321 0476

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Ashton's passion for ceramics and the handmade sparked while studying industrial design at the University of Johannesburg. Upon joining the department as a Lecturer in 2016, her interest in the discipline grew rapidly as her lecturing responsibilities allowed for the incorporation of ceramic projects into the Industrial Design syllabus under the mentorship of John Shirley and Eugene Hön -who undertake student projects and utilize the facilities for their own work creation. Through these projects, Ashton enjoys exploring different ways of incorporating the craft based skills of ceramics within the Industrial design discipline. With access to the facilities available within the academic setting, Ashton, along with a colleague and friend, began to undertake a series of experimental projects combining traditional ceramic materials rapid prototyping technologies, such as 3D printing and CNC milling, attempting to increase design complexity and detail of ceramic products, while increasing production efficiency. Her current range includes functional products with minimalist forms, accented with digitally inspired features and details. Albeit contemporary slip-cast pieces, each piece is finished by hand, giving each product its own unique character with the subtle mark of the maker. The colour and material choices maintain a" truth to materials" approach, using sleek black and white glazes to complement and enhance the beauty of the unglazed raw material.

Avi Sooful

avi.sooful@up.ac.za

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Martin Bartholomae

Western Cape martin@tungoma.co.za

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Retta

kdstevens@cox.net

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Belinda Ormond

Western Cape belindaormondct@gmail.com 0825047063

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I'm dedicated to exploring the limits of clay and sharing my discoveries with my students.

Monserrate

andrewrose@live.ca

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Hanlie Bosch

hanlie@boschstudio.co.za 082 321 4318 https://www.boschstudio.co.za

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Apart from sensitively and colorfully decorated plates and tiles, Hanlie`s ceramics comprise mostly hand-built pieces and sculptures. She is well-known for her expressive clay figurines and contemplative, compelling clay heads with other-worldly expressions .Hanlie`s ability to reveal through faces and figures a depth of meaning finds expression in ceramic wall-hung, pipe-figurines. These highly tactile and decorative pipe `couples` and pipe `families` are at the same time humorous and haunting.

Catherine Brennon

Western Cape Bren@yebo.co.za 072 141 9924 http://www.overbergstudio.co.za/

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My work is a direct response to my environment - in this case, living In Hermanus between the mountains and the sea. The forms I choose to handbuild are organic and often refer to the rhythms found in nature. I sometimes finish with a matte surface but more recently have employed multiple glazes to create a dynamic and rich surface. Each piece informs the next so the work is constantly evolving. I also continue to make my Dream Boxes from time to time when requested.

Brenda Kuhn

KwaZulu-Natal brendakuhn1@gmail.com 0829038647

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I started my ceramics journey in 2008 when a friend invited me to join her pottery class. The rest, as they say is history! In the studio at the bottom of my garden I get to share my love of clay with my students. I am currently the chair lady of CSA KZN. This affords me the opportunity to help grow and encourage the potters of KZN with Newsletters, informal get togethers and workshops.

Brenda Fantozzi

Western Cape bjfantozzi@gmail.com 0829015901 http://www.brendafantozzi.com

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I am a hobby ceramist with no formal training in the art but with a love for the freedom of expression that it offers. I work only with stoneware and hand build all my pieces. I believe that one cannot create without a piece of themselves being expressed in that creation. Working with clay is for me a daily ritual equal to eating and breathing.

Name	Region
THERESA WORMSER	Western Cape
sandra goercke	Gauteng
Carolyn Heydenrych	Gauteng
Gonzalo
Adah
Adéle Sherlock	Western Cape
Adele Gross	Gauteng
Adèle Fouché	Western Cape
Lesley-Ann Hoets	Eastern Cape
Angela Gilbert	Western Cape
Amy Engelbrecht	Western Cape
amelia jacobs	Western Cape
Marcelo
Alexandra Palmer	Western Cape
Kathleen
Santiago
Alex Shabalala	Gauteng
Alila Hofmeyer	Western Cape
Ali Nabavi	Western Cape
Alison Sher	Gauteng
Tess
Rebeca
Alyssa McMahon	KwaZulu-Natal
Amoret Ferreira
brandon amronski	Western Cape
Anabelle Cardoso	Western Cape
Anam(TUT) Hina	Gauteng
Andile Dyalvane
Andrea Duell	Western Cape
Andrée Bonthuys	Western Cape
Angela RivettCarnac	KwaZulu-Natal
Angela Gilbert	Western Cape
Anita Malan	Western Cape
Anita Malan	Western Cape
Anitra Nettleton	Gauteng
Anja
Ann Marais	Western Cape
Annabelle Venter	Namibia
Ansie Ibbotson	Western Cape
Antoinette Du Plessis	Western Cape
Anton Bosch
Ariana Smit	Western Cape
Lizeldi Loots
Beverly
Ashleigh Christelis	Gauteng
Ashton Moseley	Gauteng
Avi Sooful
Theo
Barbara Owen-Hughes	Western Cape
Dane
Martin Bartholomae	Western Cape
Beatris Glasgow	Namibia
Beatris Keane	KwaZulu-Natal
Retta
Belinda Mendes	Gauteng
Belinda Lailey	Gauteng
Belinda Mendes	Gauteng
Belinda Lailey	Gauteng
Belinda Ormond	Western Cape
ben van wyk	Gauteng
Betsie van Rensburg	Namibia
Brigitte Greyling	Namibia
Bianca Bernstein	Western Cape
Wilfredo
Amanda Rybicka	Western Cape
Julia Buss	Western Cape
Ladarius
Monserrate
Hanlie Bosch
Hailee
Catherine Brennon	Western Cape
Brenda Kuhn	KwaZulu-Natal
Brenda Fantozzi	Western Cape
Bridget Heneck	Western Cape

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Meet the Makers

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THERESA WORMSER

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sandra goercke

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Carolyn Heydenrych

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Gonzalo

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Adah

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Adéle Sherlock

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Adele Gross

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Adèle Fouché

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Lesley-Ann Hoets

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Angela Gilbert

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Amy Engelbrecht

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amelia jacobs

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Marcelo

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Alexandra Palmer

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Kathleen

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Santiago

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Alex Shabalala

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Alila Hofmeyer

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Ali Nabavi

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Alison Sher

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Tess

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Rebeca

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Alyssa McMahon

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Amoret Ferreira

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brandon amronski

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Anabelle Cardoso

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Anam(TUT) Hina

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Andile Dyalvane

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Andrea Duell

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Andrée Bonthuys

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Angela RivettCarnac

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Angela Gilbert

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Anita Malan

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Anita Malan

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Anitra Nettleton

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Anja

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Ann Marais

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Annabelle Venter

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Ansie Ibbotson

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Antoinette Du Plessis